in 1942, and Champassak and Sayboury in 1946. Throughout his reign, Sisavang Vong consistently supported the French administration in Laos. In 1945, he...

November 1907 at the Royal Palace of Luang Prabang, the son of King Sisavang Vong and Queen Kham-Oun I. He was the second of five children along with...

of Vong Savang and Mahneelai are: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol. Medal of the Reign of King Sisavang Vong...

French residents while the rest of Laos was governed as a colony. King Sisavang Vong, who became King of Luang Prabang in 1904, remained conspicuously loyal...

En Vong (born 1899), Chinese kindergarten educator Sisavang Vong (1885–1959), king of the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang and Kingdom of Laos Tep Vong (born...

group of close relatives of the monarch of the Kingdom of Laos. King Sisavang Vong was the founder of the modern family, consisting of a number of persons...

French rule in all of Indochina, including Laos. On 8 April 1945 King Sisavang Vong had declared–under Japanese pressure and at the urging of Phetsarath–that...

in 1953 as the Kingdom of Laos, with a constitutional monarchy under Sisavang Vong. A civil war began in 1959, which saw the communist Pathet Lao, supported...

of Laos. When Laos achieved independence, the king of Luang Prabang, Sisavang Vong, became the head of state of the Kingdom of Laos. The town was the scene...

Bounkhong, the last vice-king of Luang Prabang and a nephew of King Sisavang Vong of Laos, given a French education in Hanoi, Paris and Grenoble, where...

became the first prime minister while a new advisory council for King Sisavang Vong was headed by Savang Vatthana. To maintain support and expel Thai influence...

monarchy, with Sisavang Vong as King and Prince Souvanna Phouma as Prime Minister. Many attempts were made by the Three Princes and King Sisavang Vatthana to...

Sisavangvong University was a university in Vientiane, Laos, established in 1958 and named after King Sisavangvong. Following the exodus of teaching staff...

reorganized into the Kingdom of Laos, with the King of Luang Prabang, Sisavang Vong, becoming King of Laos. In 1954, the Kingdom of Laos gained full independence...

consort of Laos from 1904 to 1915 by marriage to king Sisavang Vong. She was the mother of Sisavang Vatthana. She died at the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang...

Prabang, Laos, was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. The site for the palace was chosen so that official...

with Sisavang Vong as King and Prince Souvanna Phouma as Prime Minister. In 1959, after the death of his father King Sisavang Vong, Sisavang Vatthana...

v t e Heads of state of Laos Kingdom of Laos Kings (1945–1975) Sisavang Vong Sisavang Vatthana Lao People's Democratic Republic Presidents (1975–) Souphanouvong...

protectorate of Laos at the time was ruled by King Sisavang Vong, who was crowned king in 1904. King Sisavang Vong was trained at the Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat...

Thongsy was childless, so he adopted Queen Khamphane, wife of King Sisavang Vong. He commanded the Royal Forces against the Haw invasion (Chinese rebels...

Phetsarath Ratanavongsa. During World War II he was secretly sent by King Sisavang Vong to represent Laos to the Allied forces following the Japanese occupation...

Don, noted for its diamond-shaped stupa and Wat Sisavang Vong, reputedly erected by King Sisavang Vong himself on the site of a former temple. The town...

French officials in Laos were then imprisoned by the Japanese. King Sisavang Vong was also imprisoned and was forced by the Japanese, and with the urging...

motion by presiding officer Kaysone, the National Conference accepted King Sisavang Vatthana's abdication, abolished the monarchy, and proclaimed the Lao People's...

Supayalay Prince Myo Tu, Prince of Mekkhaya (Burma) and his half-sister Pin Sisavang Vong of Laos and his half-sisters Khamphane and Khamtouan (20th century)...

lowered into the hole. In front of the temple stands a statue of King Sisavang Vong. The memorial monument, Patuxai, built between 1957 and 1968, is perhaps...

Camilo Cienfuegos, Cuban revolutionary (b. 1932) October 29 – King Sisavang Vong of Laos (b. 1885) November 1 – Zhang Jinghui, Chinese general and politician...

Henri Navarre Paul Ély Alphonse Pierre Juin Bảo Đại Norodom Sihanouk Sisavang Vong Strength Việt Minh: Regulars: 125,000 Regional: 75,000 Irregulars: 250...

proclaimed Laos independent even as they lost the war. Though King Sisavang Vong thought Laos was too small for independence, he had proclaimed the end...

the Royal Family of Laos. The Order was founded on 1 May 1909 by King Sisavang Vong. The name of the order reflected an old name of Laos, Lan Xang Hom Khao...