List of rulers of Laos

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List of the rulers of the various kingdoms in Laos .

Rulers of Sawa and Lan Xang

Kings of Vientiane (1707-1828)

The Kingdom of Vientiane was formed in 1707 due to continued throne disputes and subsequent division of the Kingdom of Lan Xang. It was tribute to Siam , its powerful neighbor to the south.

Kings of Luang Prabang

After Lan Xang was split into three parts, the Luang Phrabang Empire was the weakest of the three new areas. It had to pay tribute to Siam , Burma or Vietnam at different times . After a particularly powerful attack by the northern Chinese Ho , Luang Phrabang submitted to the French colonial power in 1887, which integrated the empire into French Indochina .

Kings of Laos

Kings of Champasak

Champasak split from Lan Xang in 1700 and was made a principality by the French colonial power in 1904 . When the Kingdom of Laos was formed in 1946 , the existence of the Champasak Empire ended.

Independent kings of Champasak:

Ruler of Champasak under Siamese rule:

  • Sayakumane 1780-1791
  • Fay Na 1791-1807 / 11
  • Nu 1811
  • Interregnum until 1813
  • Manoi 1813-1819
  • Rajabud Yoh (Prince of Vientiane) 1819 / 1821–1826
  • Huy 1826-1841
  • Nark 1841-1851
  • Boua 1851/1852 (died before official installation)
  • Interregnum until 1855/56
  • Kham Nai 1855 / 56-1858
  • Interregnum until 1862
  • Kham Souk 1862 / 63-1900
  • Nhouy Ratsadanay 1900-1904

Heads of the Princely House since 1904:

  • Nhouy Ratsadanay 1904-1945
  • Boun Oum 1945–1980 ( resignation from the throne in 1946, in exile from 1975 )
  • Keo Champhonsak since 1980.