Ang Tong Reachea (1608–1640), also known as Ponhea Nou ( km, ពញានូ) or Cau Bana Nu, was the

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...

n king reigned from 1631 to 1640. Ponhea Nou was the second son of

Chey Chettha II Chey Chettha II ( km, ជ័យជេដ្ឋាទី២ , 1576–1628) was a king of Cambodia who reigned from Oudong, about 40 km northwest of modern-day Phnom Penh, from 1618 to 1628. He was the son of King Srei Soriyopear (r. 1603–16 ...

. He succeeded the throne in 1631. His uncle

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served as regent, assuming the title ''uprayorach'' ( ឧភយោរាជ), the title usually borne by kings who had abdicated but retained executive powers. Nou died in mysterious circumstances in June 1640. Although

Ponhea Chan Ramathipadi I ( km, រាមាធិបតីទី១; 1614 – 1659), also known as Ponhea Chan ( km, ពញាចន្ទ ), Cau Bana Cand, Botum Reachea I or Sultan Ibrahim ( Jawi: سلطان إبراهيم), reigning from 1642 to 1658 ...

should be the next king, Outey forced Chan to give the crown to his own son

Batom Reachea Batom Reachea ( km, បទុមរាជា, born Ang Non ( km, អង្គនន់); 1616–1642) was King of Cambodia from 1640 to 1642. Ang Non was the eldest son of the ''uprayorach'' ( ឧភយោរាជ, "Great Joint King") Outey. ...

References

* ''Chroniques Royales du Cambodge de 1594 à 1677''.

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. Paris 1981 *

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''Histoire du Cambodge''

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, Paris 1968

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n° 916. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ang Tong Reachea 1608 births 1640 deaths 17th-century Cambodian monarchs