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Laos: Two of HM Sisavang Vong’s many children take a ride on horses with servants in attendance, photographed in 1919.

Laos: Two of HM Sisavang Vong’s many children take a ride on horses with servants in attendance, photographed in 1919.

Sisavang Phoulivong (1885 - 1959) was the king of Luang Prabang and later the Kingdom of Laos. His father was king Zakarine and his mother was Queen Thongsy. He was educated at Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat, Saigon, and at l'École Coloniale in Paris. He was known as a "playboy" king with up to 50 children by as many as 15 wives.

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