Ang Duong
Preah Bat Ang Duong (Ang Duang; Khmer : ព្រះបាទ អង្គ ឌួ ង ; * 1796 in Oudong ; † May 19, 1860 ) was King of Cambodia from 1848 until his death and followed his niece, Queen Ang Mei (r. 1835–1847 ), to the throne. Ang Duong is revered as the great Cambodian king who both saved the country from complete conquest and brought it from deep poverty to relative prosperity.
Ang Duong was the son of King Narayana III. (also Ang Eng, ruled 1779–1796) and his Thai concubine Rot ("Queen Vara"), whom the king took as a concubine in 1793 during a stay in Bangkok and who died around 1869.
Literary work
King Ang Duong was a poet and a great author of classical Cambodian works. Long after his death, his texts were used in school books to teach the Cambodian language. His short stories Kakey and Kangrey in particular are widespread in Cambodian society.
Kakey is a story of an unfaithful wife, while Kangrey is the exact opposite. She sacrifices herself in the truest sense of the word for her husband. This found its way into the vocabulary of everyday Cambodian language, in which kakey stands for an unfaithful wife and kangrey for the always loyal companion.
Historical background
Ang Duong was the youngest brother of King Ang Chang (r. 1797-1835). In 1811, Ang Duong fled to Bangkok with two of his brothers during a Vietnamese invasion. The Thais placed Duong in 1835 as governor of the province of Siem Reap , which had been ruled by the Thais since 1794. Apparently, three years later, Ang Duong was bribed by the Vietnamese who promised him the throne of Cambodia. The Siamese then brought him to Bangkok and let him follow King Rama III. (r. 1824–1851) swear, who had previously proven that he could have unfaithful followers executed.
In 1841 Ang Duong was able to return to Cambodia with a powerful Siamese army that was supposed to drive the Vietnamese out of Cambodia and restore political influence in Vietnam. While the Siamese and the Vietnamese were fighting, Ang Duong tried to rally supporters from the old Cambodian upper class to restore the old Khmer rule. When the Vietnamese had to withdraw from Cambodia in 1847, the Siamese put Ang Duong on the throne and formed the capital in Udong, north of Phnom Penh , from where Chan and Mei had ruled under Vietnamese suzerainty. Towards the end of his reign he was able to successfully suppress a Cham uprising.
During the reign of Ang Duong, the country was always in danger of being swallowed up by its neighbors Siam and Vietnam (Annam). Therefore the king turned to France under its "emperor" Napoleon III. (r. 1852-1870) for protection, which was only too happy to grant this, it was able to incorporate Cambodia into its Indochinese possessions without much effort, which the Siamese officials were initially able to prevent. In 1863, however, the "Protectorate of Cambodia" was created, which was to exist for about 90 years. However, Ang Duong died three years before the creation of the sanctuary, his successor Norodom I had to watch the production pass by.
family
King Ang Duong was the father of Kings Norodom I (1834–1904) and Sisowath (1840–1927). He is also the great grandfather of King Sihanouk .
According to the current Cambodian constitution, only descendants of Ang Duong are allowed to the throne of the country.
See also
literature
- David Chandler : Cambodia before the French . Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , 1974.
- David Chandler: A History of Cambodia . Boulder: Westview Press 2000.
- David Chandler: Ang Duong (Ang Duang). Founder of Modern Cambodia. In: South-East Asia. A historical encyclopedia, from Angkor Wat to East Timor . ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara CA 2004. ISBN 1-57607-770-5 , p. 147.
Web links
- http://www.sakulthai.com/DSakulcolumndetailsql.asp?stcolumnid=3254&stissueid=2605&stcolcatid=2&stauthorid=13 Web pages on Ang Duong in Thai (last accessed on March 13, 2010)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Ang Chang |
King of Cambodia 1835 - 1860 |
Norodom I. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ang Duong |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Preah Bat Ang Duong; ព្រះបាទ អង្គ ឌួ ង (Cambodian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cambodian king |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oudong |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1860 |