Monivong

Sisowath Monivong
King of Cambodia
Reign	9 August 1927 – 24 April 1941
Coronation	20 July 1928
Predecessor	Sisowath
Successor	Norodom Sihanouk
Born	27 December 1875 Khemarin Palace Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Died	24 April 1941(1941-04-24) (aged 65) Bokor, Kampot, Cambodia
Spouse	Norodom Kanviman Norleak Tevi (m. 1894; d. 1912)
Issue	Sisowath Pinnareth Sisowath Thavet Roeungsi Sisowath Sariletlak Sisowath Kossamak Sisowath Nearirakh Sisowath Monireth Sisowath Monipong
House	House of Sisowath
Father	Sisowath
Mother	Varni Van
Religion	Buddhism

Sisowath Monivong (Khmer: ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីវង្ស, Khmer pronunciation: [siːsoʔʋat muʔniːʋoə̯ŋ]) (27 December 1875 – 24 April 1941) was the king of the French Protectorate of Cambodia from 1927 until his death in 1941. Monivong was the grandson of the poet-king Ang Duong, grandfather of Norodom Sihanouk and the great-grandfather of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni. His full regnal title and style was ព្រះបាទសម្តេចព្រះសិរីមុនីវរ្ម័នក្រុមហ្លួងចៅចក្របាងស្ស ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីវង្ស នៃព្រះរាជាណចក្រកម្ពុជា (Preah Bat Samdach Preah Serei Monivarman Krom Luang Chao Chakarbangsa Sisowath Monivong Nai Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea) which is literally translated from the Khmerized Sanskrit as "His majesty, glorious lord scholar-protector; His highness, lord of land and sea, Sisowath Monivong of the Kingdom of Kampuchea".

Born in Phnom Penh in 1875, Sisowath Monivong was the sixth child and the second son of King Sisowath. His mother was Neak Moneang Van, later titled Samdeach Preah Voreachini, the fifth child-bearing wife of Sisowath. At that time his uncle King Norodom ruled from Odong, the capital of Cambodia. Norodom was a puppet king for the French colonial protectorate. In 1884, after the French conquered Laos and occupied Vietnam, Cambodia became a direct colonial possession. Siam was defeated, but not occupied. The royal family then moved from Odong to the new capital of Phnom Penh, where Sisowath Monivong resided.

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