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With the support of Jayavarman IX, Fa Ngum returned to Muang Sua with a 10,000 armed men to gain control and consolidate his kingdom. Princess Kèo Kèngkanya later died from plague, while he was campaigning North against the Mongols. In 1353, Fa Ngum founded the kingdom of Lan Xang Hôm Khao—"land of one million elephants and a white parasol."
The rulers of Lan Xang, from King Fa Ngum to its last monarch, left behind a legacy of resilience, cultural richness, and religious devotion. Their efforts to defend their kingdom, spread Buddhism, and govern wisely are remembered and celebrated in Lao history and culture.
Fa Ngum was the founder and first king of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang who created the first unified state of the Lao people. Fa Ngum was the grandson of Souvanna Khamphong, the last in a long line of local rulers of the principality of Muang Swa, later called Luang Prabang, on the upper Mekong.
13 lip 2017 · In 1353, Fa Ngum became the king of Laos. He names his kingdom Lan Xang Hom Khao, which means “The Land of a Million Elephants and the White Parasol”. Fa Ngum continued his expansion to the area around the Mekong River and begin to move the south to defeat Lanna and force Lanna to be under influence of Muang Sua.
The King, who loved this young Prince very much, gave him the hand of one of his daughters, Nang Kaew Kaeng Nya. Past master in the art of war, skilled horseman, and awesome strategist, Fa Ngum wanted to go back to the country of his birth to reclaim the throne that should have been his.
6 dni temu · Reign of Samsenthai. Laos. Fa Ngum again led Lan Xang to war in the 1360s against Sukhothai, in which Lan Xang was victorious in defense of their territory but gave the competing court factions and the war weary population a justification to depose Fa Ngum in favor of his son Oun Huean.
In the 14 th century, the King Fa Ngum founded the first Lao Kingdom, Lane Xang, here in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang remained the capital of Lane Xang until 1565 when the capital was moved to Vientiane.
