Keo Koumane, or Nu Muang Kaeva Kumara, Nokeo Koumane was born No Muong (Phragna Nakorn-Noi No Muang Keo Koumane) (1571–1596) was King of
Lan Xang
Lan Xang () or Lancang was a Lao people, Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The kingdom is the basis for Laos's nat ...
reigning from 1571 till 1572 and from 1591 till 1596. He was the son of King
Sai Setthathirath I by his wife, "Kaew Pra Kham" a daughter of King
Sen Soulintha.
In 1571, upon the death of his father, he was proclaimed King and reigned under the regency of his maternal grandfather,
Sen Soulintha. In 1572, he was deposed by him. In 1575, was taken prisoner by the Burmese and sent to Burma.
He was released from captivity by King
Nanda Bayin
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, title = King of Toungoo
, reign = 10 October 1581 – 19 December 1599
, coronation = 15 October 1581
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, predecessor = Bayinnaung
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of the
Toungoo Dynasty
''taungnguumainn saat''
, conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty
, common_name = Taungoo dynasty
, status = Empire/Monarchy, Kingdom
, event_start = Independence from Kingdom of Ava, Ava Kingdom
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and returned to Vientiane. He was crowned at Vientiane in 1591. He declared his state's independence from the Burmese in 1593, but suffered several attacks from them throughout his reign.
He died in 1596.
References
Kings of Lan Xang
Year of birth unknown
16th-century births
1596 deaths
16th-century Laotian people
16th-century monarchs in Asia
Laotian Theravada Buddhists
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