Kingdom of Luang Prabang
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The Kingdom of Luang Prabang (also Luang Phrabang, Laotian ພຣະ ຣາ ຊ ອາ ນາ ຈັກ ຫລວງ ພະ ບາງ ) was a rulership within the Southeast Asian Mandala system in what is now Laos .
Luang Prabang was formed in 1707 in the course of the division of the kingdom of Lan Xang and consisted of the capital Luang Prabang and the area in the north of Laos. Internal disputes weakened the empire, so that it was dependent on and had to pay tribute to its more powerful neighbors Siam (now Thailand ), Vietnam and Burma for practically all of its history . In 1779 Luang Prabang became part of Siam as a vassal principality (prathetsarat) , but retained its own king. During the particularly violent clashes with the Chinese Ho hordes, the Luang Prabang empire fled under the protection of France in 1887. In 1893, Siam ceded the capital Luang Prabang and the areas of the kingdom east of the Mekong by treaty to France. The areas west of the Mekong (today's Sayaburi Province ) became part of Siam. King Sakkalin urged France to claim these areas as well and in 1904 Siam had to cede them in a new treaty. Luang Prabang also retained its own monarchy within French Indochina , but now under a French protectorate.
Ruler of Luang Prabang
- 1707-1713 Kingkitsarat
- 1713-1723 Ong Kham
- 1723-1749 Inthasom
- 1749 Inta Pom
- 1750-1768 Sotika Kuman
- 1768–1791 Suriyavong II. (From 1779 as vassal of Siams )
- Vassal princes of Siam
- 1791-1795 Interregnum
- 1795-1816 Anurut
- 1817-1836 Manthatulat
- 1836-1851 Sukaseum
- 1851-1872 Tiantha
- 1872-1887 Oun Kham
- interregnum
- Kings under French protectorate
- 1894-1904 Sakkalin
- 1904–1959 Sisavang Vong (from 1946 King of the united Kingdom of Laos )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Grabowsky : Introduction to Maha Sila Viravong: Prince Phetsarat. A life for Laos. Lit Verlag, Münster 2003, p. 4.