Editing History of Laos (section)

==Regional kingdoms (1707–1779)==
{{main|Kingdom of Luang Prabang|Kingdom of Vientiane|Kingdom of Champasak}}
[[File:Laos - Division territòriala vèrs 1750 (vuege).png|thumb|right|Southeast Asia in the 18th century showing the kingdoms of Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Champasak and the principality of Phuan (Xieng Khuang)]]

Throughout the 1760s and 1770s the kingdoms of Siam and [[Burma]] competed against each other in a armed rivalry, and sought out alliances with the Lao kingdoms to strengthen their relative positions by adding to their own forces and denying them to their enemy. As a result, the use of competing alliances would further militarize the conflict between the northerly Lao kingdoms of Luang Prabang and Vientiane. Between the 2 Lao kingdoms if an alliance with 1 was sought by either Burma or Siam, the other would tend to support the remaining side. The network of alliances shifted with the political and military landscape throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century.<ref name="Viravond"/><ref name="Manich"/>