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Monivong

Sisowath Monivong
Preah Bat Sisowath Monivong.jpg
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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