Khamphoui ( lo, ພຣະອັຄຣະມະເຫສີເຈົ້າຍິງຄຳຜຸຍ/ພຣະນາງຄຳຜຸຍ; 12 July 1912 – 1982?) was the

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of Laos by marriage to

Sisavang Vatthana Sisavang Vatthana ( lo, ພຣະບາທສົມເດັຈພຣະເຈົ້າມະຫາຊີວິຕສີສວ່າງວັດທະນາ) or sometimes Savang Vatthana (full title: Samdach Brhat Chao Mavattaha Sri Vitha Lan X ...

, the second (and last)

King of Laos The Lao People's Democratic Republic is the modern state derived from the final Kingdom of Laos. The political source of Lao history and cultural identity is the Tai kingdom of Lan Xang, which during its apogee emerged as one of the largest kin ...

. She was arrested with the rest of her family and reportedly died in a re-education camp in 1982.

Early life

She was born in

Luang Phrabang Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r) ...

, then capital city of the

Kingdom of Luang Phrabang The Kingdom of Luang Prabang was formed in 1707 as a result of the split of the Kingdom of Lan Xang. When the kingdom split, Muang Phuan became a tributary state of Luang Prabang. Over the years the monarchy weakened even more, and was force ...

(now part of Laos) in

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, on 12 July 1912. On 7 August 1930, she married

and they had five children:

Crown Prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the wi ...

Vong Savang,

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Savang,

Sauryavong Savang,

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Savivanh Savang, and Princess Thala Savang. She had a happy marriage with King

, who abolished polygamy.

Queen of Laos

She became Queen Consort of Laos in late October 1959. As queen, she and her husband attended public events and ceremonies. In 1963, she accompanied the king on an official state visit to the United States, where they were hosted by President Kennedy. Her husband was forced to

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the

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on 2 December 1975. After the coup, the former royal couple lived in house arrest in the former royal palace. She was arrested in 1977 along with the former King and her family, and sent to a Communist 're-education camp'. After their arrest, the former Royal Palace was made in to a museum, and the former king and queen were stated to have been taken away to "work in the fields". She reportedly died in 1982 in a Communist 're-education camp' in northern Laos along with her husband and their son Crown Prince Vong Savang, probably around Sop Hao.

Honours

* Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao

References

External links

Laos – "seminar Camps" And The Death Of King Savang Vatthana
1912 births 1981 deaths Laotian royalty 20th-century Laotian women Laotian people who died in prison custody Prisoners who died in Laotian detention People from Luang Prabang {{Asia-royal-stub