Soulivong Savang

Savang is a Pretender to the Kingdom of Laos, which was a constitutional monarchy until 1975, when the Communist Pathet Lao took over the nation. After the communist revolution, members of the Royal Family were taken into captivity. Savang escaped from captivity from Laos with his younger brother Prince Thayavong Savang in 1981, arriving in France as political refugees and currently lives in exile there. Those members of the Royal Family who did not escape were pr ...

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Prince Vong Savang was born in September 27, 1931-(d.1981?), at the Royal Palace Luang Prabang, Laos. His father was King Savang Vatthana amd mother was Queen Khamphoui. He died at the hands of the communists in a so-called "seminar camp" in Laos ca. 1980, probably executed, or starved to death. He became the Crown Prince on October 20, 1962, and married Princess Mahneelai, and they had four sons and three daughters. Their children are Prince Soulivong Savang, Prince Thayavong Savang, Prince Kiranvong Savang, Prince Anourathavarman Savang, Princess Manisophana Savang, Princ ...

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Exile is a form of punishment. It means to be away from one's home (i.e. city, state or country) while either being explicitly refused permission to return and/or being threatened by prison or death upon return. It is common to distinguish between internal exile, i.e., forced resettlement within the country of residence, and external exile, deportation outside the country of residence. Exile - History. Exile has a long tradition as a form of punishment. It has been known in Ancient Rome ...

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Exile has a long tradition as a form of punishment. It has been known in Ancient Rome, where the Roman Senate had the power to exile individuals, entire families or countries (which amounted to a declaration of war). In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth a court of law could sentence a noble to exile (banicja). As long as the exile (banita) remained in the Commonwealth he had a price on his head and lost the priviliges and protection granted to him as a noble. Even killing a banita was not considered a crime altho ...

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Exile has a long tradition as a form of punishment. It has been known in Ancient Rome, where the Roman Senate had the power to exile individuals, entire families or countries (which amounted to a declaration of war). In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth a court of law could sentence a noble to exile (banicja). As long as the exile (banita) remained in the Commonwealth he had a price on his head and anybody who killed him could expect a monetary reward from the state (usually a starosta of given region). Special forms of ...

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When large groups, or occasionally a whole people or nation is exiled, it can be said that this nation is in exile, or Diaspora. Nations that have been in exile for substantial periods include the Jews, who were deported by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 597 BC and again in the years following the destruction of the second Temple in Jerusalem in the year AD 70. After the partitions of Poland in the late 18th century, and following the uprisings (like Kosciuszko Uprising, November Uprising and January Uprising) against t ...

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Exile was used particularly for political opponents of those in power. The use of exile for political purposes can sometimes be useful for the government because it prevents the exilee from organizing in their native land or from becoming a martyr. Exile represented a severe punishment, particularly for those, like Ovid or Du Fu, exiled to strange or backward regions, cut off from all of the possibilities of life as well as their families and associates. Dante describes the pain of exile in the Divine Comedy: «. . ...

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