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Fa Ngoum or Fa Ngum was born in Muang Sua, a Lao principality located on the site of present-day Luang Prabang, and founded the Lan Xang Hôm Khao (better known as Lan Xang) kingdom in Laos in 1353.
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.
Fa Ngum's campaign started in southern Laos, taking the towns and cities in the region around Champasak and moving northward through Thakek and Kham Muang along the middle Mekong. From his position on the middle Mekong , Fa Ngum sought assistance and supply from Vientiane in attacking Muang Sua, which they refused.
The monarchy traces its lineage to Chao Fa Ngum, who founded the Kingdom of Lan Xang in 1353 and beyond that to the mythical Khun Borom who was held as the mythical father of the Tai peoples and the progenitor of the Lao Loum.
Fa Ngum brought with him a sacred Buddha image, the Phra Bang, which became a symbol of the legitimacy of the Lao monarchy and gave the kingdom its name, Lan Xang. Under King Fa Ngum, Lan Xang expanded its territories significantly, incorporating parts of modern-day Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. This expansion was often achieved through ...
29 paź 2022 · According to the 16th century Laotian Chronicles, Lan Xang was founded by Fa Ngum, a 14th century prince of Muang Sewa who was exiled to Angkor (Cambodia) in his youth.
Fa Ngum is considered by Laotians as being the founder of Laos and the first person to recognise the word of Buddha for the whole country, (the equivalent of our William the Conqueror) as well as the person who gave the country its historical borders, which are recognised, even today, by most Laotians.
