Anouvong

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Anouvong was the last king of Vientiane, ruling from 1805 to 1828. In 1827 he declared war on Siam in an attempt to regain independence, but after successfully attacking Nakhon Ratchasima his army was defeated, and in retaliation the Siamese troops sacked Vientiane.

Modern Lao nationalist movements have turned him into a hero, even though his strategic and tactical mistakes and his hot temper led to the devastation of Vientiane and a permanent division of the Lao nation.

Anouvong ordered the building of Wat Sisakhet in Vientiane.

 This Asian biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
 This biography of a member of the nobility is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../a/n/o/Anouvong.html"