Ruler · 1486 – 1501

Somphou

Lived 1486 – 1501. King of Lan Xang (Lan Xang), 1496 – 1501.

Wikidata's English label: Sompou.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1486 – 1501; 15 years
In office: 5 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Lan Xang
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Lan Xang

Lan Xang · the 15th of 33 dated reigns · 1353 – 1707

11 before

Chakkaphat Phaen Phaeo1442 – 1480

Souvanna Banlang1479 – 1486

La Sen Thai1485 – 1495

Somphou1496 – 1501

Visoun1501 – 1520

Photisarath1520 – 1547

Setthathirath1548 – 1571

15 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1496 – 1501 · 5 years · came to it aged 10

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1501, the year they died

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