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1955 - 1960 H.M. Brhat Pada Samdach Brhat Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Visudha Maha Khattiya Varman Visidha Haribangsa Gunadhiraksha Dharma Achariyadhama Parama Pavitra Brhat Chau Brhat Raja Angachakra Kampuchea [Norodom Suramarit], King of Cambodia. b. at Phnom Penh, 6^th March 1896, only son of H.R.H. Prince (Samdach Brhat Raj Ayaku) Naradhama Sudharatta, Prince (Samdach Krum Brhat) Varachakra Ranariddhi, sometime Presdt Royal Family Council and of the Buddhist Institute, by his first wife and half-sister, H.R.H. Princess (Samdach Brhat Ayika Khattiyi Kalyani Raj Sudha) Bhagavati Bangaragama, daughter of H.M. King Norodom I, educ. Wat uon Moniram Monastery, François Garnier Sch, Sisowath Coll., Phnom Penh and Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat, Saigon. ADC and Private Sec to King Sisowath 1918-1925, Head of the Chancery of the Royal Palace 1927-1929, Minister for Marine (Kralahama), Commerce and Agriculture 1929-1938 & 1939-1941, Special Envoy to the Presdt and Govt of France 1939. Advanced to the dignity of Sdach Krum Khun Visudhi Khattiya Varman 12^th August 1931. Chair Council of Regency with the rank and title of Samdach Brhat Parama Rajavidiya Visudhi Khattiya Varman Jaya Maharaja Padmapaksha (Great Protector of the King) 25^th April 1941. Succeeded on the voluntary abdication of his son, 2^ndMarch 1955. Crowned at the Preah Tineang Tevea Vinicchay, Khemerin Palace, Phnom Penh, with the title of Brhat Pada Samdach Brhat Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Visudha Maha Khattiya Varman Visidha Haribangsa Gunadhiraksha Dharma Achariyadhama Parama Pavitra Brhat Chau Brhat Raja Angachakra Kampuchea, 5^thMarch 1955. Granted the posthumous title of Brhat Karuna Maha Kancana Kotha. Rcvd: GC of the Royal Order of Cambodia (1941), Knt of the Order of the House of Chakri of Thailand, GC of the the Orders of the Million Elephants & White Parasol of Laos (1955), the Dragon of Annam, Chrysanthemum of Japan, Truth (Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma) of Burma, and the National Order of Merit of Vietnam, GO of the Order of the Legion of Honour of France (Cdr 1939), etc. m. (first) at the Khemerin Palace, Phnom Penh, 1920, H.M. Queen Samdach Brhat Maha Kshatriyani Brhat Sri Svasti Munivarman Kusumaksha Niariratna Sri Vadhana (b. at Phnom Penh, 9^th April 1904; d. at Peking, China, 27^th April 1975), who subsequently became the symbol, incarnation and representative of the dynasty, after the death of her husband – see below, eldest daughter of H.M. King Sisowath Monivong, by his wife, H.M. Queen Kanvimarna Naralakshmi Devi. m. (second) H.H. Princess (Anak Angga Majas) Maduratna [Duong Mathuret] (b. 1896), younger daughter of H.R.H. Prince Sri Svasti Duanga Madhura, by his second wife. m. (third) Khun Devi Kanha Subiya [Khun Tep Kanha Sophea] Yeap (b. 25^th May 1925; d. at Paris, France, 18^th May 1995), youngest daughter of Kim An, by his wife, H.H. Princess Tuji, youngest daughter of H.R.H. Prince Naradhama Raya. He d. at the Chakdomuk Hall, Khemerin Palace, Phnom Penh, 3^rd April 1960, having had issue, three sons and one daughter:

1) H.R.H. Prince (Samdach Krum Khun) Naradhama Simhahanu [Norodom Sihanouk] [Thoul], who succeeded as H.M. Brhat Pada Samdach Brhat Naradhama Simhahanu Raja Hari Varman Uphata Sujita Visudhibangsa Aka Maha Parasratta Negara Dharma Dharmika Maharajadhiraja Paramanatha Parama Maha Adipati Brhat Jaya Krung Kambuja Adipati, King of Cambodia (s/o Queen Kusumaksha Niariratna Sri Vadhana) – see below.

2) H.R.H. Prince (Samdach Brhat Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Sri Ayudhya [Norodom Suramarit Sirivudh] b. at Phnom Penh, 8^th June 1951 (s/o Khun Devi Kanha Subiya Yeap), educ. Sisowath High Sch, Phnom Penh, Univ of Paris (M. Econ. 1976). Information Officer for FUNCINPEC at Paris 1981-1982, GCKD delegate to UN 1982-1988, settled in Thailand 1986, Head of FUNCINPEC Humanitarian Assistance Dept 1986-1991, Chief of FUNCINPEC Survey Mission 1991-1992, Sec-Gen. FUNCINPEC 1992-1995 & 2001-2004, Minister for Foreign Affairs & International Co-operation in Provisional National Govt. 1993, MNA for Kompong Cham 1993-1995, Vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs 1993-1994, exiled to France 1995-1999, pardoned and allowed to return 1999, PC 1999, Senator 2001, Deputy Prime Minister and Co-Minister for the Interior since 2004. Chair Cambodian Institute for Cooperation & Peace (CICP) since 1994. Raised to the rank of Sdach Krum Khun 1^st February 1994, and prom to Samdach Brhat 2004. Rcvd: the Order of Freindship of Vietnam (15.8.2005). m. (first) Anak Munang Kusiya [Keo Kosey] (b. at Phnom Penh, 3^rdJanuary 1951), daughter of H.E. Keo Kimsan, sometime Governor of Kratie, by his wife, H.H. Princess Amaravati, eldest daughter of H.H. Prince Vijaya Varman. m. (second) Anak Munang Christine Norodom-Alfsen Christine Angèle Alfsen (b. 1^stJune 1954), educ. l’École Alsacienne, Inst des Langues & Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), and Inst d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Dip. IEP 1978), employed by UNO since 1979, Assoc Economic Affairs Officer with Economic & Social Cmsn for Asia & the Pacific (ESCAP) in Bangkok 1982-1988, Regional Adviser on the Law of the Sea based in Thailand 1988-1990, and with UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) 1990-1992, UNTAC officer in charge of natural resources 1992-1993, Mngr UNESCO Environment Unit in Phnim Penh 1995-1997, Dir Columbia Univ-UNESCO Joint Program on Biosphere & Society (CUBES) 1999-2005, Snr Programme Specialist for Sciences 2005-2009, Dir UNESCO Office in New York City 2009-2010, Snr Adviser Global Sustainability Panel to UN Sec-Gen 2010-2011, Lecturer in Sustainable Development at Inst d’Etudes Politiques 2013-2014, Consultant since 2013, styled Anak Munang Christine Norodom-Alfsen during her marriage to Prince Sirivudh, author of “Urban Biosphere and Society“ (2004), Mbr Siam Soc, etc. m. (third) H.R.H. Princess Norodom Veasna Diva [Veasna Pok] (b. at Phnom Penh, 10^th September 1950), naturalized as a US Citizen in California 26^th August 1982, MD of Diva Worldwide Inc in San Francisco 1993, Professor in the Tourism Section of the French Studies Dept at Inst of Foreign Languages, Royal Univ of Phnom Penh since 1997, Artistic Dir La Francophonie Festival in Cambodia, Presdt Cambodia 2000 Assoc. He had issue, one son by his first wife, and one son and two daughters by his second:

a) H.H. Prince (Anak Angga >Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Siri Ridha [Norodom Siririth]. b. 10^th November 1972 (s/o Anak Munang Kusiya), educ. Lycée Léon Blum, and Coll Clément Guyard, Creteil. Consultant with TEGELOG in Paris 2001-2005, Deputy Dir of Information Systems 2006-2010, Project Mngr in charge of Service to the Population Asnieres-sur-Seine 2011-2012, Pre-sales Consultant TEAMNET 2012-2014, Product Owner Agora More 2014-2018, Snr Solutions Consultant Agile Coach at CGI 2018-2019, Agile Coach Wemanity 2019-2020 and Natixis Payments 2020, Platform Delivery Mngr at ADEO Services since 2020. m. at Reno, Clark, Nevada, USA, 11^th September 1998, Dr Anne Menvielle-Norodom, psychiatrist at Centre Hospitalier Specialise de Ville Evrard, Neuilly-sur-Marne, France. He has issue, a son:
- i) Clément Norodom, educ. Lycée Guillaume Budé, Limeil-Brévannes, Lycée Marcelin Berthelot, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, and l’École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC), Champs-sur-Marne, France. Engineer, Treasury Officer Bridge Studies Projects 2018-2019. Mbr Taekwondo Club Limeil-Brévannes.
b) H.H. Prince (Anak Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Maridhi Varman [Norodom Marithivong]. b. 16^th September 1994 (s/o Anak Munang Christine), educ. Peddie Sch, Hightstown, New Jersey, USA. Copyright© Christopher Buyers

a) H.H. Princess (Anak Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Alexandra Rasmi [Alexandra Rasmi Sophea Norodom]. b. March 1992 (d/o Anak Munang Christine), educ. Milton Acad (MA 2008), Milton, Massachusetts, USA, and the Univ of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland. Programme Officer Climate Parliament, Snr Project Mngr International Inst for Environment & Development (IIED). Dir Mulberry Carpets & Floors Ltd 2019-2020.

b) H.H. Princess (Anak Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Sara Surama [Sarah Surama Norodom]. b. 1993 (d/o Anak Munang Christine), educ. Groton Sch, Groton, Massachusetts, USA, and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Communications & Admin Assist American Cathedral in Paris 2017-2018, Communications Mngr École Jeannine Manuel since 2018. Co-author of “The Ethiopian Legend of Solomon and Sheba” (2019). Translator of “From Basel to Alexandria via Sydney”. Mbr Oxford Univ Football Assoc.

3) H.R.H. Prince (Samdach Brhat Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Priya Subarna [Norodom Suramarit Preyasophon]. b. at Phnom Penh, 18^th November 1954 (s/o Khun Devi Kanha Subiya Yeap), educ. in France. Presdt Assoc pour le Soutien du Bouddhisme Khmer (ASBK) since 2004. m. 8^thSeptember 1979, H.H. Princess (Anak Angga Majas) Vinayika [Sisowath Vinak] (b. 26^th July 1958), second daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Prince Sri Svasti Isvara, by his wife, H.H. Princess Vadanari, eldest daughter of H.H. Prince Naradhama Sinhara. He has issue, one son and one daughter:

a) H.H. Prince (Anak Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Priyaru [Norodom Suramarit Preyaro]. b. 8^th July 1981.

a) H.H. Princess (Anak Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Vérina [Norodom Suramarit Vérina]. b. at Paris, 11^th March 1984.

1) H.R.H. Princess (Samdach Brhat Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Vijara [Norodom Vichara]. b. at Phnom Penh, 17^th August 1946, as H.R.H. Princess (Brhat Angga Majas) Naradhama Suriya Amaridha Vijara [Norodom Suramarit Vicheahra] (d/o Khun Devi Kanha Subiya Yeap), educ. Lycée Sisowath, and Lycée Descartes, Phnom Penh, the Univ of Toulouse (BA 1968, Dip. Ed. 1969), and Inst of Political Sciences of Toulouse (M.Ed. 1970), France. MNA for Siem Reap 1998-2003 and Phnom Penh Municipality 2003-2006, Chair Parliamentary Cttee on Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation, Press & Information until 2006. Founder Khmer Classical Ballet Assoc of Paris 1976. Chair “Cambodge 2000” (Paris) 1996. Granted the rank of Samdach Brhat August 2004. Rcvd: GC of the Royal Order of Cambodia. m. (first) at the Khemerin Palace, Phnom Penh, 30^th August 1966 (div.) Thep Sombana (b. 10^th August 1941), younger son of H.E. Thep Phan, by his wife, Tan Saoyouth. m. (second) at Paris, 26^th November 1983, Yves Jean-Marie Paul Dumont (b. at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvalines, France, 22^nd April 1950), educ. Lycée Marcel Roby, Saint-Germain-en-Laye; Lycée Le Corbusier, Poissy; Lycée Chaptal, and Hautes Etudes Commerciales, Paris (dpl.), CEO of Green Giant Europe 1984-1990, Tropicana Europe 1990-1995, Reckitt & Colman 1996-1997, Chair Management Brd of Laurent-Perrier Champagne since 1997, Presdt du Conseil d’Administration de Champagne de Catellaneand since 2002, Cdr de l’Ordre des Coteaux de Champagne since 2003, eldest son of Jean-Claude Dumont, sometime financial and company director, by his wife, Jeanine, only daughter of Jean Adolphus Edouard Marie Van Der Haeghen. She d. from lung cancer, at Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France, 28^th July 2013, having issue, one son by her second husband.

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