Person

Visoun

r. 1500–1520 · 16th century · Also known as Visounarath

Visoun was king of Lan Xang from 1500 to 1520. He brought the Phra Bang, the revered Buddha image, to the capital, which was later renamed Luang Prabang after it, and founded Wat Visoun there. His reign saw the rebuilding of the kingdom after the Vietnamese invasion of 1479 and the writing of an early Lao chronicle.

Visoun
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