Chey Chettha V or Chey Chettha VII (1709–1755), born Ang Snguon, was a
Cambodia
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n king in Cambodia's history (r. 1749–1755).
Ang Snguon was the second son of
Thommo Reachea III
Thommo Reachea III or Sri Dharmaraja III, Chey Chettha VI (1690–1747), born Ang Tham, was a Cambodian king in Cambodia's history (r. 1702–1705, 1707–1714, 1736–1747).
Ang Tham was a son of Chey Chettha IV. He ascended the ...
. In 1749, Satha II was installed as the Cambodian king by the Vietnamese
Nguyễn lords. Which led Cambodia to become a vassal state of the latter. Ang Snguon drove the Vietnamese army out, and proclaimed himself the new king.
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During his reign, he tried to conquer the ]Cham people
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in eastern Cambodia. He also allied with the Vietnamese Trịnh lord Trịnh is a Vietnamese family name. It exists in equivalent forms in other languages of the Sinosphere such as ( 鄭, Zheng, Cheng) in Chinese and Korean (Jeong, Chung).
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s. In 1753, Nguyễn Phúc Khoát
Nguyễn Phúc Khoát (26 September 1714 – 7 July 1765) was one of the Nguyễn lords who ruled over the southern portion of Vietnam from the 16th-18th centuries. Also known as Chúa Võ (主武) or Võ vương (武王) (roughly ''Martial King'' ...
ordered the Nguyễn army to attack Cambodia. Ang Snguon fled to Hà Tiên
Hà Tiên is a Provincial city (Vietnam), provincial city in Kiên Giang Province, Mekong Delta in Vietnam. Its area is and the population as of 2019 is 81,576. The city borders Cambodia to the west. Hà Tiên is a tourist site of the region th ...
. With the help of mediation by Mạc Thiên Tứ
Mạc Thiên Tứ ( vi-hantu, 鄚天賜, , , December 12, 1699 or December 16, 1705 or January 1, 1718 – June 18, 1780), also known as Mạc Thiên Tích () or Mạc Tông (, ), was a Vietnamese leader who ruled Hà Tiên from 1735 to 1771 ...
, Ang Snguon was allowed to come back to Cambodia. As a condition, Tầm Bôn (尋奔, present day Tân An
Tân An is the capital city of Long An Province in Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. It was upgraded from town status to city status on 26 August 2009. The population of Tân An is 165,214 as of 2009, with an area of 81.79 km2. It comprises ...
of Long An Province) and Lôi Lạt (雷巤, present day Gò Công
Gò Công is a provincial city (''thành phố thuộc tỉnh'') of Tiền Giang province in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. The city of Gò Công is not to be confused with East Gò Công and West Gò Công Districts ( and ) which also be ...
of Tiền Giang Province
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The province was formed in February 1976, by the merger of Định Tường and Gò Công provinces of former Republic of Vietnam.
Tiền Giang has an advanta ...
) were ceded to the Nguyễn lords.['']Việt Nam sử lược
( vi-hantu, 越南史略, , lit. "Outline History of Vietnam"), was the first history text published in the Vietnamese language and the Vietnamese alphabet. It was compiled by Vietnamese historian Trần Trọng Kim. It covered the period from ...
'', Quyển 2, Tự chủ thời đại, Chương 6
References
* A.Dauphin-Meunier ''Histoire du Cambodge'' P.U.F Paris 1968.
* Anthony Stokvis, ''Manuel d'histoire, de généalogie et de chronologie de tous les États du globe, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours'', préf. H. F. Wijnman, Israël, 1966, Chapitre XIV §.9 "Kambodge" Listes et tableau généalogique n°34 p. 337-338.
* Peter Truhart
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, ''Regents of Nations'', K.G Saur Munich, 1984-1988 , Art. "Kampuchea", p. 1732.
1709 births
1755 deaths
18th-century Cambodian monarchs
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