In this Cambodian name, the surname is Sisowath. In accordance with Cambodian custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Monivong.
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Sisowath Monivong ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីវង្ស
King of Cambodia
Reign
9 August 1927 – 23 April 1941
Coronation
20 July 1928
Predecessor
Sisowath
Successor
Norodom Sihanouk
Born
27 December 1875 (1875-12-27) Khemarin Palace, Phnom Penh, French Cambodia
Died
23 April 1941(1941-04-23) (aged 65) Bokor Hill Station, Kampot, Cambodia, French Indochina
Sisowath Monivong (Khmer: ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីវង្ស, Sisŏvôtthĕ Mŭnivôngs[ˈsiːsoʋatmuˈniːʋɔŋ];[1] 27 December 1875 – 24 April 1941) was the King of Cambodia from 9 August 1927 until his death in 1941. During his reign, Cambodia was a French protectorate. 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 Preah Bat Samdech Preah Serey Monivarman Krom Luang Chao Chakrabangsa Sisowath Monivong Ney Preah Reacheanachak Kampuchea (Khmer: ព្រះបាទសម្តេចព្រះសិរីមុនីវរ្ម័នក្រុមហ្លួងចៅចក្របាងស្ស ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីវង្ស នៃព្រះរាជាណចក្រកម្ពុជា) which can be literally translated from Khmerized Sanskrit as "His majesty, glorious lord scholar-protector; His highness, lord of land and sea, Sisowath Monivong of the Kingdom of Kampuchea". He is the most recent male monarch from the House of Sisowath, as all his successors are members of the House of Norodom.
^Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. Cambodian-English Dictionary. Bureau of Special Research in Modern Languages. The Catholic University of America Press. Washington, D.C. ISBN 0-8132-0509-3
SisowathMonivong (Khmer: ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីវង្ស, Sisŏvôtthĕ Mŭnivôngs [ˈsiːsoʋat muˈniːʋɔŋ]; 27 December 1875 – 24 April 1941) was the King of Cambodia...
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Sisowath Monipong (Khmer: ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុនីពង្ស; 25 August 1912 – 31 August 1956) was the second son of the former King of Cambodia, SisowathMonivong and...
Prince Norodom Suramarit and Princess Sisowath Kossamak, daughter of King SisowathMonivong. When his grandfather Monivong died in 1941, Sihanouk became king...
brother Sisowath took the throne. King Sisowath died in 1927 and was succeeded by his son Monivong. Suramarit married Monivong's daughter Sisowath Kosamak...
the two royal houses of Cambodia (the House of Norodom and the House of Sisowath). Cambodia's constitution, promulgated in 1993, stipulated the king's role...
the spouse of SisowathMonivong, whom she married in 1894, and had seven children. She died in 1912, 15 years before SisowathMonivong was crowned king...
son of King Ang Duong and was a half-brother of Prince Si Votha and King Sisowath. He was elected to the throne in 1860 but would not be crowned until 1864...
to 1962. After the death of King Norodom Suramarit, his consort Queen Sisowath Kossamak served as monarch for ceremonial purposes only (as a "symbol,...
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contenders to the Cambodian throne. In 1941, after the death of King SisowathMonivong, the French authorities selected Sirik Matak's cousin Norodom Sihanouk...
time, appointing the vocally anti-Sihanouk, and pro-US politician Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak as his deputy. Sihanouk later claimed that the 1970 coup against...
Norodom's sons, the French passed the succession to Norodom's brother Sisowath, whose branch of the royal family was less nationalistic and more submissive...
Sisowath Monireth (Khmer: ស៊ីសុវត្ថិ មុន្នីរ៉េត; 25 November 1909 – September 1975) was a Cambodian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Cambodia...
daughter of Norodom who were the parents of Norodom Suramarit and Sisowath's son SisowathMonivong who was the father of Kossamak) were grandparents of Norodom...
he grew up. Nevertheless, Samphan managed to earn a seat at the Lycée Sisowath and was able to travel to France to pursue his university studies in Economics...
connections to the Cambodian royalty: his cousin Meak was a consort of King SisowathMonivong and later worked as a ballet teacher. When Sâr was six years old,...
the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak, engineered Sihanouk's removal, Heng was made Head of State...
Sihanouk, and both Pongsanmoni and Kossamak had the same father, SisowathMonivong. Pongsanmoni died in 1974. Chakrapong has six full siblings, consisting...
Thondup Namgyal – ruled Sikkim as protectorate of India after 1950. SisowathMonivong, of Cambodia – king of the French protectorate of Cambodia A puppet...
most popular areas in Phnom Penh for tourists is Sisowath Quay, alongside the Tonle Sap River. Sisowath Quay is a five kilometre strip of road that includes...
dead on duty in 1948, Compagnon de la Libération Pierre Segrétain SisowathMonivong, 1908-9, then prince, later King of Cambodia Josef Šnejdárek- French...
today, is an essential component of Bokator. In April 1930, King SisowathMonivong invited Resident Superior Fernand Marie Joseph Antoine Lavit to witness...
To the north of the thrones stands the statue of His Majesty King SisowathMonivong standing holding the Royal Sword. The statue is made with gold and...
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