Xieng Khouang

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Xieng Khouang

principality, Laos

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Fa Ngum
…on to the conquest of Xieng Khouang and then, in 1353, took Muang Swa, forced the abdication of Souvanna Khamphong, and proclaimed himself king of the expanded kingdom of Lan Xang (“a million elephants”). Small Lao principalities to the north recognized his suzerainty, but he had to fight to gain…
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…on to the conquest of Xieng Khouang and then, in 1353, took Muang Swa, forced the abdication of Souvanna Khamphong, and proclaimed himself king of the expanded kingdom of Lan Xang (“a million elephants”). Small Lao principalities to the north recognized his suzerainty, but he had to fight to gain…
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Chanthakuman
…to free the principality of Xieng Khouang from Vietnamese domination, and succeeded in getting it recognized as a vassal of both Vietnam and Luang Prabang. The high point in his reign came in 1866, when the Siamese king Mongkut returned the statue of the Prabang Buddha, taken by the Siamese…
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…to free the principality of Xieng Khouang from Vietnamese domination, and succeeded in getting it recognized as a vassal of both Vietnam and Luang Prabang. The high point in his reign came in 1866, when the Siamese king Mongkut returned the statue of the Prabang Buddha, taken by the Siamese…
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