Nrpendradevi or Nṛpatendradevī (8th-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
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.
She was also the queen of , the king of Lower Chenla.
She was the daughter of Queen
Indrani
Indrani (Sanskrit: इन्द्राणी, IAST: ''Indrāṇī''), also known as Shachi (Sanskrit: शची, IAST: ''Śacī''), is the queen of the Deva (Hinduism), devas in Hinduism. Described as tantalisingly beautiful, proud and kind, ...
of Sambhupura and King (also known as Indraloka). She inherited the throne from her mother instead of her brother, prince (Rudravarman), who instead married their cousin, princess Narendradevi of Chenla.
Queen Nrpendradevi married her cousin and nephew, her brother's son prince of Chenla, and became the mother of queen
Jayendrabhā
Jayendrabhā or Jayaendra allaha (8th-century - 9th-century), was a queen regnant of Sambhupura Chenla in Cambodia. She was also the queen of Jayavarman II, the king of Lower Chenla.
She was the daughter of queen Nṛpatendradevī or Nrpendrad ...
, who succeeded her on the throne.
Also,
Mahipativarman
Mahipativarman (Khmer: ព្រះអង្គម្ចាស់ មហិទ្ធិវរ្ម័ន) was the son of King . The last king of the Lower Chenla (also called ) kingdom, he was beheaded by the king of Zabag kingdom, Zabag.
Mahip ...
was the son of Rajendravarman I and her.
Rajendravarman I, 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 .
References
Cambodian Hindus
8th-century Cambodian monarchs
8th-century queens regnant
8th-century Cambodian women
8th-century Cambodian people
Monarchs of Chenla
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