Shandrindra

Shandrindra (4 September 988—16 April 1037), also known as Sri Shande or Neak Chao Phra Shande, was a cousin and wife of King Tychen of the Kiangnu dynasty of Jasume. She was famous for her charm towards two Kiangnu kings and jealousy to her husband’s other wives. She poisoned herself to death.

Background
She was the tenth daughter of Prince Wakilaradra and his wife Sri Kachan, both of whom were children of King Bohu. Wakilaradra’s mother was noble consort Chao Phra Mintong, while Sri Kachan’s mother was princess consort Sri Suyiket. She was born Shande Si on 4 September 988 in Udegan, growing up with King Ang Sum’s children including future kings Mansaw and Tychen. Shande was fabulous and intelligent, who was popular in the palace. Ang Sum’s queen Pinthinah Minsaw liked her and often asked her to play with her children together. In the long-term getting along, both Mansaw, Pinthinah’s third son, and Tychen, the fourth, fell in love with her.

Emotional entanglement
She was designated to marry Mansaw as a princess consort in 1010, the second year of Mansaw’s reign, but she was against it, because the one she loved was Tychen. Tychen and Shande planned to run away, however, the escape was found by the king. Shande declared she’s pregnant with Tychen’s child, which she was not, making the king angry, then jailed her in a temple to force her to become a nun and forbade her to get married. Shande was so sad that she planned to suicide a lot of times, but luckily, she was saved on time every time. Tychen used to beg the king to gave them a mercy, but the king refused, and said,“ princess or criminal, she chose the latter.”

Queen consort
Life as a nun lasted 10 years. Mansaw died in 1020, maybe dying in Tychen’s conspiracy, as Tychen was unsatisfied with his brother for almost a decade. Tychen was crowned the new king, and then released Shande from the temple. In June, Shande married the king, becoming his queen consort with the royal title Indrasakdi Ramet Luang Sukichat Kuangedra Sachithewee. Shande never bore a son, but she had a daughter Aguillarma, King Ang Sum II’s queen. Shande was jealous, especially her husband was not faithful to her with almost a hundred wives. In 1026, Tychen married Princess Sri Yin, whom the favorite wife of the king replacing Shande. Shande was angry about that, and afraid of losing her status. In 1037, Shande plotted to poison Sri Yin, but some mistakes existed in the plan; finally, Shande took the wrong cup, which was supposed to give to Sri Yin, drank it, and then died, aged 48. Knowing this accident, Tychen was shocked then commanded to hold a grand funeral for Shande, but he didn’t show up on the funeral from the beginning to the end. Shande was buried in the royal cemetery in Konshin.

Issue
Queen Aguillarma, wife of Crown Prince Phamipi and King Ang Sum II, was seemed as a fate-repeater of her mother.