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Tone Kham
Tone Kham (also Ton Kham or Ouphagnauvarath II) was the king of the Laotian Kingdom of Lan Xang between 1633 and 1637. He was the elder son of King Mon Keo. He was appointed by his father as heir-apparent in 1627 and invested with the title of ''Upayuvaraja'' (Viceroy). He succeeded on the death of his father in 1633. He died in 1637 having had issue, three sons: * Prince Somaputra (Som Phou) - married Princess Sumangala Kumari, daughter of King Sourigna Vongsa Souligna Vongsa (ສຸຣິຍະວົງສາທັມມິກຣາດ ) was the king of Lan Xang whose reign is considered the golden age of Laos. He ascended to the throne in 1637. King of Lan Xang In 1637, Souligna Vongsa ascended the ... by whom he had two sons: King Sethathirat II (r. 1707–1735) and King Ong Lo (r. 1694–1698) * Prince Bunsaya (Boun-Sou). Entered the monkhood after his younger brother ascended the throne in 1638. He died at Poo Ho Poo Hong monastery. * Prince Suriyalinga Kumara (Souling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 national historic and cultural identity. Name ''Lān Xāng Hôm Khāo'' is one romanization of Lao, romanization of the Lao language, Lao name (), meaning "the Million Elephants and the Chatra (umbrella), White Parasol". The kingdom's name alludes to the power of the king, his ties to Buddhism in Laos, Laotian Buddhism, and his army's countless war elephants. Other romanizations include ''Lan Sang'', ''Lane Sang'', and ''Lane Xang''. The name ''Láncāng'' is the pinyin romanization of Chinese, romanization of the kingdom's Chinese language, Chinese name , Lancang River, still used for the upper stretches of the Mekong in Tibet and Yunnan. Other names for the kingdom include the Chinese ''Nánzhǎng'' (); the Sanskrit ''Srī Śatanāganay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mon Keo
Mon Keo (also Mom Kaeo or Mom Kaeo) was the king of the Laotian Kingdom 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 ... between 1627 and 1633. Reigning with the regnal name of ''Samdach Brhat-Anya Chao Manikya Kaeva Raja Sri Sadhana Kanayudha'', he was the son of King Voravongsa II and brother of King Ouphagnauvarath I. His reign was filled with quarrels and rebellions between various claimants to the throne. He died in 1633 being succeeded by his son Tone Kham. Issues * Prince Dharma (Ton) (Ton Kham or Ouphagnauvarath II) - King of Lan Xang (r.1627–1633) * Prince Vijaya (Vickhsai) - King of Lan Xang (r.1633–1637) References Kings of Lan Xang 1633 deaths 17th-century Laotian people 17th-century monarchs in Asia {{laos-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sourigna Vongsa
Souligna Vongsa (ສຸຣິຍະວົງສາທັມມິກຣາດ ) was the king of Lan Xang whose reign is considered the golden age of Laos. He ascended to the throne in 1637. King of Lan Xang In 1637, Souligna Vongsa ascended the throne after the nobles elected him over his two older brothers. King Souligna Vongsa reigned for 57 years during which Laos experienced "The Golden Age" with regard to territory, prestige and power. He assured stability by immediately banishing any possible rivals, sending one of his brothers to Vietnam and the other one into a solitary priesthood, and sending his cousins west, towards Siam. He was a strict and austere monarch, and ran the country according to firm laws. He was greatly respected as a ruler, and within five years of his ascension, his reputation reached the Dutch representatives of the Dutch East India Company who were in Phnom Penh. The Jesuit Giovanni Maria Leria arrived in Vientiane at the same time as the Dutch merc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ong Lo
Setthathirath II (Jyesthadhiraj, died 1735), also called Ong Lo and Sai Ong Hue (also spelled Xai Ong Ve; ), grandson of the great ruler Suliyavongsa, was the king of the Lao Kingdom of Lān Xāng. In Vietnamese records, he was called Triều Phúc (朝福). He spent most of his early years as a prince of the royal house in exile at Huế (now in Vietnam). His father Prince Som Phou fled to Vietnam upon the placement by the nobles of his younger brother (Setthathirath II's uncle) Suliyavongsa was king of Lan Xang. Upon the 1694 death of King Suliyavongsa, a noble named Tian Thala ascended to the throne. Within six months, Tian Thala was deposed. In 1698 Setthathirath II attacked Vientiane, the capital of Lan Xang. In 1699, Nan Tharat became ruler and with the aid of Vietnamese forces, Setthathirath II ousted King Nan Tharat and secured the city. In 1700 he declared himself king under the name Sethathirat II, and in 1705 he moved the Prabang Buddha, the sacred religious stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Lan Xang
The Laos, Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) is the modern state derived from the former Kingdom of Laos. The political source of Lao history and cultural identity is the Lao people, Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, which during its apogee emerged as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Lao history is filled with frequent conflict and warfare, but infrequent scholarly attention. The resulting dates and references are approximate, and rely on source material from court chronicles which survived both war and neglect, or outside sources from competing neighboring kingdoms in what are now China, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia. Lao kingship was based upon the Mandala (political model), mandala system established by the example of King Ashoka. In theory, Lao kings and their successors were chosen by agreement of the king's Sena (a council which could include senior royal family members, ministers, generals and senior members of the sangha or clergy), through the validi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vichai (king)
Vichai (also Vickhsai, Viksai, or Vijaya) was the king of the Kingdom of Lan Xang between 1637 and 1638. Born as Prince Vijaya, he was the youngest son of King Mon Keo. He succeeded on the death of his elder brother, Tone Kham, in 1637. He died in 1638, having had issue, two sons: * Prince Puya (Bou) - father of Lan Xang king Nan Tharat (r.1699); He fled to Muang Xieng-Khan after the accession of his cousin, Sourigna Vongsa, in 1638. He subsequently became a monk and died at Nakorn Panom, * Prince Jaya (Soi) - Fled to Sapuluang after the accession of his cousin, Sourigna Vongsa, in 1638. References Kings of Lan Xang 17th-century Laotian people 17th-century monarchs in Asia {{laos-hist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Of Lan Xang
The Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) is the modern state derived from the former Kingdom of Laos. The political source of Lao history and cultural identity is the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, which during its apogee emerged as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Lao history is filled with frequent conflict and warfare, but infrequent scholarly attention. The resulting dates and references are approximate, and rely on source material from court chronicles which survived both war and neglect, or outside sources from competing neighboring kingdoms in what are now China, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia. Lao kingship was based upon the mandala system established by the example of King Ashoka. In theory, Lao kings and their successors were chosen by agreement of the king's Sena (a council which could include senior royal family members, ministers, generals and senior members of the sangha or clergy), through the validity the king's lineage, and by personal Dhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th-century Laotian People
The 17th century lasted from January 1, 1601 (represented by the Roman numerals MDCI), to December 31, 1700 (MDCC). It falls into the early modern period of Europe and in that continent (whose impact on the world was increasing) was characterized by the Baroque cultural movement, the latter part of the Spanish Golden Age, the Dutch Golden Age, the French ''Grand Siècle'' dominated by Louis XIV, the Scientific Revolution, the world's first public company and megacorporation known as the Dutch East India Company, and according to some historians, the General Crisis. From the mid-17th century, European politics were increasingly dominated by the Kingdom of France of Louis XIV, where royal power was solidified domestically in the civil war of the Fronde. The semi-feudal territorial French nobility was weakened and subjugated to the power of an absolute monarchy through the reinvention of the Palace of Versailles from a hunting lodge to a gilded prison, in which a greatly expanded r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
