List of monarchs of Laos

List of rulers of various kingdoms in Laos.

Kings of Vientiane (1707-1828)

The Kingdom of Vientiane was formed in 1707 due to continuing disputes about the succession and subsequent splitting of the Kingdom of Lan Xang. It was Siam, the powerful neighbor to the south, tribute.

Kings of Luang Prabang

After the split Lan Xangs into three parts the kingdom of Luang Phrabang was the weakest of the three new areas. It had to pay tribute to Siam, Burma and Vietnam at different times. After a particularly powerful attack in the northern Chinese Ho Luang Phrabang imputed 1887, the French colonial power, the built the kingdom in French Indochina.

Kings of Champasak

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

Independent Kings of Champasak:

  • Soi Sisamouth ( Nokasad ) 1713-1737/38
  • Sayakumane Regent since 1725, King 1737-1778/79

Ruler of Champasak under Siamese suzerainty:

  • 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 the official establishment )
  • 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 (1946 abdication in 1975 in exile )
  • Keo Champhonsak since 1980
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