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{{distinguish|Ong Kham}}
{{Infobox monarch
| name         = Chao Oun Kham<br>{{lang|lo|ເຈົ້າອຸ່ນຄຳ}}
| image        = Ounkham (cropped_1).gif
| image_size   = 222px
| caption      = 
| succession   = [[List of monarchs of Laos|King]] of [[Kingdom of Luang Prabang|Luang Prabang]]
| reign        = 1 October 1868 - 15 December 1895
| coronation   = 
| predecessor  = [[Chantharath]]
| successor    = [[Zakarine]]
| spouse       = Queen [[Gamuni]]
| issue        = 
| royal house  = Luang Prabang
| father       = [[Manthathurath]]
| mother       = [[Khamone]]
| birth_date   = 5 June 1811
| birth_place  = [[Kingdom of Luang Prabang|Luang Prabang]], [[Rattanakosin Kingdom|Siam]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1895|12|15|1811|6|05|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[French Laos|Kingdom of Luang Prabang]], [[French Indochina]]
}}

'''Oun Kham''' ({{langx|lo|ອຸ້ນຄຳ}}, June 5, 1811 – December 15, 1895) was King of [[Luang Prabang]] during 1868-1887 and a second time between 1889 and 1895.<ref>[http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/states/asia/luangprabang.html LUANG PRABANG]</ref><ref>Merriam-Webster's Biographical Dictionary. Merriam-Webster Incorporated, 1995.</ref>  The last two years of his reign ended with the establishment of a French [[protectorate]] over [[Laos]]. When unable to hold off outlaw Chinese [[Black Flag Army]] forces, he sought assistance from [[Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)|Rattanakosin]] for help. When the Siamese army left in 1887, the band of the White Tai pirate [[Đèo Văn Trị|Deo Van Tri]] had overwhelmed [[Kingdom of Luang Prabang|Luang Prabang]], which made Oun Kham seek refuge at Pak Lay. On 7 June 1887 the Lao royal capital was seized and sacked; the elderly ruler barely escaped with his life. Between his two ruling periods he was exiled in Bangkok where he gave assistance to [[Auguste Pavie]]. 
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