Jayendrabhā or Jayaendra
allaha (8th-century - 9th-century), was a
queen regnant
A queen regnant (: queens regnant) is a female monarch, equivalent in rank, title and position to a king. She reigns ''suo jure'' (in her own right) over a realm known as a kingdom; as opposed to a queen consort, who is married to a reigning ...
of
Sambhupura
Isanapura (), also known as Sambhupura () or Sambor of St'ung Sen, was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Chenla. It is located in what is now Kampong Thom Province in Cambodia. The city was founded in about 618 at Leek Sambor Kuk by King ...
Chenla
Chenla or Zhenla ( zh, t=真臘, s=, 真腊, p=Zhēnlà, w=Chen-la; , ; ) is the Chinese designation for the vassal of the kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late 6th to the early 9th century in Indochina. ...
in
Cambodia
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
.
She was also the queen of
Jayavarman II
Jayavarman II (; – 850, reigned –850) was a Khmer prince who founded and became the ruler of the Khmer Empire (Cambodia) after unifying the Khmer civilization. The Khmer Empire was the dominant civilization in mainland Southeast Asia from t ...
, the king of Lower Chenla.
She was the daughter of queen Nṛpatendradevī or
Nrpendradevi of Sambhupura. She appears to have inherited the throne from her mother. She married king
Jayavarman II
Jayavarman II (; – 850, reigned –850) was a Khmer prince who founded and became the ruler of the Khmer Empire (Cambodia) after unifying the Khmer civilization. The Khmer Empire was the dominant civilization in mainland Southeast Asia from t ...
.
Jayavarman, the ruler of Lower Chenla, became
King consort
A prince consort is the husband of a monarch who is not a monarch in his own right. In recognition of his status, a prince consort may be given a formal title, such as ''prince''. Most monarchies do not allow the husband of a queen regnant to be ...
of Sambhupura by marrying her.
It seems that the kingdom of
Sambhupura
Isanapura (), also known as Sambhupura () or Sambor of St'ung Sen, was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Chenla. It is located in what is now Kampong Thom Province in Cambodia. The city was founded in about 618 at Leek Sambor Kuk by King ...
was and the kingdom of
Vyadhapura
Vyadhapura (, Sanskrit: व्याधपूर ''Vyādhapūra'') was an ancient city of the Funan civilization, likely in what is now Ba Phnum District in the province of Prey Veng, Cambodia.
History
Vyadhapura, the city of the hunter king, ...
was .
Her daughter queen
Jyeṣṭhāryā
Jyestha or Jyeṣṭhāryā (9th-century), was a queen regnant of Sambhupura Chenla in Cambodia.
She was the daughter of queen Jayaendra allaha or Jayendrabhā of Sambhupura and king Jayavarman II, and half sister of king Jayavarman III, who wa ...
succeeded her on the throne by 803.
References
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9th-century queens regnant
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8th-century Cambodian women
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