Ang Chan II ( km, ព្រះបាទអង្គចន្ទទី២; 1791 – 7 January 1835) was

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from 1806 to his death in 1835. He reigned under the name of Outey Reachea III ( km, ឧទ័យរាជាទី៣). Ang Chan II was the eldest son of

Ang Eng Ang Eng ( km, អង្គអេង ; 1773 – 5 May 1796) was King of Cambodia from 1779 to his death in 1796. He reigned under the name of Neareay Reachea III ( km, នារាយណ៍រាជាទី៣, link=no). Ang Eng was a son of Out ...

. Ang Eng died in 1796 when Ang Chan II was only five years old. Prince Talaha Pok ( km, ចៅហ្វ៊ាប៉ុក, th, เจ้าฟ้าทะละหะ (ปก)) was appointed the regent of Cambodia. Ang Chan II was not allowed to go to Cambodia until Pok died in 1806. In 1806, Ang Chan II was crowned king by the

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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

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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

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. 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 (

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) 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 ''

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'' in 1818. In 1819, Ang Chan sent 5,000 Khmer labourers to reconstruct the Vietnamese

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. 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,

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, 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 :

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. Tome 74, 1985. P. 403-421. {{DEFAULTSORT:Ang, Chan 19th-century Cambodian monarchs Cambodian Buddhist monarchs 1835 deaths 1791 births