Vong Savang

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Vong Savang : biography

27 September 1931 – 2 May 1978

Vong Savang ( 27 September 1931 – 1978?) was the Crown Prince to throne 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.

Death

Having read the royal rescript of abdication of his father on 2 December 1975,http://www.lao-national-council.com/the-evolution-of-the-situation-in-laos-since-the-vientiane-agreement-1973/ he lived in a private residence with his family until 1977, where they were arrested and taken to northern Laos where they were placed in a re-education camp. He reportedly died there on 2 May 1978.

Issue

The children of Vong Savang and Mahneelai as follows:

Name Birth Death
Soulivong Savang 8 May 1963
Thayavong Savang 1964
Manisophana Savang 1965
Sawee Nahlee Savang 1967
Kiranvong Savang 1969
Manilama Savang 1976
Anourathavarman Savang 1978

Early life

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 l’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.