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ese. His two brothers,

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and Ang Snguon, were pro-Siamese. In order to gain power from the two brothers, Ang Chan got closer to the

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ese. In the next year, he started to pay tribute to Vietnam. Two Vietnamese officials,

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and Trần Công Đàn, came to Longvek and granted him the title ''Cao Miên quốc vương'' ("king of Cambodia"). The Siamese demanded Ang Chan appoint Ang Snguon and

as the '' uprayorach'' and '' ouparach'', respectively, but Ang Chan refused. In 1811, with the help of the Siamese, Ang Snguon overthrew him. Ang Chan fled to Saigon. His two brothers were appointed regents by the Siamese. In 1813, a Vietnamese army under

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invaded Cambodia and captured Oudong. Ang Chan returned with the Vietnamese army. Ang Em and Ang Snguon fled to

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. After a rebellion, Cambodia was put under the protection of Vietnam. The Vietnamese built two castles, Nam Vang ( Phnom Penh) and La Yêm ( Lvea Aem), to station their forces. One thousand men under Nguyễn Văn Thoại were sent to Phnom Penh to "protect" him. He was ordered to collect '' Cambodian Royal Chronicles'' in 1818. In 1819, Ang Chan sent 5,000 Khmer labourers to reconstruct the Vietnamese Vĩnh Tế Canal. An anti-Vietnamese rebellion broke out the next year, but was put down by the Vietnamese army. Ang Chan died in 1834, and his second daughter, Ang Mey, was installed as queen.

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''Histoire du Cambodge''

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N° 916 P.U.F Paris 1968. * Khin Sok « Quelques documents khmers relatifs aux relations entre le Cambodge et l'Annam en 1843 ». Dans : Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 74, 1985. P. 403-421. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ang, Chan 19th-century Cambodian monarchs Cambodian Buddhist monarchs 1835 deaths 1791 births