Rudravarman IV (?–1147) was a king of
Champa
Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd cen ...
during the mid-12th century, at mid of the
Angkor invasions of Champa. Rudravarman however has never reigned.
In 1129, king
Suryavarman II of the
Khmer Empire forced the king of Champa
Jaya Indravarman III to join him in campaigns against
Dai Viet. The campaign's outcome was of little success with attrition. In 1145 when Indravarman III had made peace with Dai Viet and declined to cooperate with the Khmer, Suryavarman invaded Champa instead. Khmer forces ransacked the capital of
Vijaya, deposing Indravarman III.
The kingdom had been plagued in turmoil caused by foreign conquest and social upheavals. As a refugee who had been fleeing Vijaya southward to
Panduranga (
Phan Rang), Rudravarman had never enjoyed being king, even his own enthronement. His son, prince
Sivänandana, "who had been sent to exile and hardship in foreign countries during the time of two previous kings", made a return to Champa, coalescing an army to revolt against Khmer occupants.
Rudravarman died in 1147, while Sivänandana was crowned by his top officials as king
Jaya Harivarman I of Champa. Rudravarman was received posthumous title Paramabrahmaloka.
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Cham rulers
12th-century Vietnamese monarchs
1147 deaths