Vong Savang | |
Crown Prince of Laos | |
Full Name: | Vong Savang (or Varman Savangsa) |
Spouse: | Princess Mahneelai Panya |
Issue: | Prince Soulivong Savang Prince Thanyavong Savang Princess Manisophana Savang Princess Sawee Nahlee Savang Prince Kiranvong Savang Prince Anourathavarman Savang |
Royal House: | Khun Lo Dynasty |
Father: | Sisavang Vatthana |
Mother: | Khamphoui |
Birth Date: | 27 September 1931 |
Birth Place: | Luang Phrabang |
Death Place: | Vieng Xai, Laos |
Vong Savang (lo|ເຈົ້າຟ້າຊາຍມົງກຸດຣາຊະກຸມາຣວົງສະຫວ່າງ; 27 September 1931 – 2 May 1978) was the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Laos. After the Laotian Civil War in 1975, he and his family were arrested by the Pathet Lao and sent to re-education camps, where they died.
He was born on 27 September 1931, at the Royal Palace Luang Prabang, Laos to King Savang Vatthana and Queen Khamphoui. He was educated at Montpellier University and later École sciences et politiques in Paris. He became the Crown Prince (Anga Mahkuta Raja Kumara) on 29 October 1962, and married Princess Mahneelai Panya (born 29 December 1941) on 4 August 1962. They had four sons and three daughters.
Having read the royal rescript of abdication of his father on 2 December 1975,[1] he lived in a private residence with his family until 1977, when they were arrested and taken to northern Laos and placed in a re-education camp. He reportedly died there on 2 May 1978.[2]
The children of Vong Savang and Mahneelai are:
Name | Birth | Death |
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Soulivong Savang | 8 May 1963 | |
Thanyavong Savang | 17 April 1964 | |
Manisophana Savang | 1965 | |
Sawee Nahlee Savang | 1967 | |
Kiranvong Savang | 1969 | |
Manilama Savang | 1976 | |
Anourathavarman Savang | 1978 | |