Ang Eng
| Reamea Thipadei III រាមាធិបតីទី៣ | |||||
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| King of Cambodia | |||||
| Reign | 1779 – 1796 | ||||
| Coronation | 1779 | ||||
| Predecessor | Outey Reachea III | ||||
| Successor | Noreay Reachea II | ||||
| Born | 1754, Oudong | ||||
| Died | 1796 Thon Buri, Bangkok | ||||
| Issue | Ang Chan II (1778) Ang Phim (1793) Ang Em II (1794) Ang Duong (1796) | ||||
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| House | List of monarchs of Cambodia | ||||
| Father | Chey Chestha IV | ||||
| Religion | Buddhism Theravada | ||||
Reamea Thipadei III or Ang Eng (Template:Lang-km), ឬ (Template:Lang-km) was the Cambodian king ruled from 1779 to 1796. After the official coronation ceremony in Oudong in 2323 BE, 1779 AD, Maha Sakarach 1702, His full name was called "Preah Bath Samdach Preah Reach Angkar Preah Ream Reachea Thipadei" He was the son of King Chey Chestha IV, who fled to the Siam kingdom during the reign of King Outey Reachea III, who staged a military coup to assassinate King Noreay Reachea I in Oudong. Reamea Thipadei Ang Eng, ascended the throne at the age of 25, with the support of General "Chao Fa Mo", of the army officer.[1]
Siam invaded Cambodia, 1784 AD
- Siamese tricks in forming alliances with Cambodia
In 1784, a new Siamese king, Phra Phuthiyotfa, who assassinated Phya Taksin in 1782 and ascended the throne, sent 60,000 troops invaded Cambodia. The Siamese army was divided into three divisions, with 20,000 divisions led by general Chau Noy attack Oudong city across from Pursat province, second army led by Chakri Tep entering Siem Reap, the 3rd Division, led by Duke Veang Sous, from the Lao border to Kampong Svay (present: Preah Vihear Province). Chao Fa Mo, who served as both viceroy and minister of defense, mobilized his troops and devised a strong strategy to defend the capital of Oudong, and sent King Ang Eng to hide in Phnom Penh fortress. War broke out for 10 days, The Siamese side stopped fighting and withdrew the three divisions and sent its envoys to negotiate peace with Cambodia, promising to send Ang Eng's son back to Cambodia. Unaware of the bloodshed, Chao Fa Mo agreed to the Siamese king's request to form an alliance. The reason for the Siamese withdrawal from Cambodia was because Burma had raised troops to conquer the northern provinces of Siam, and Burma was preparing a large army to invade the Siam kingdom.[2]
Events of the Burma-Siam War 1785-1786
In 1785, Burma raised 200,000 troops to invade the Siam kingdom. The Siamese king Yotfa, nicknamed "Rama I", sent Chao Fa Bien, an army officer, to bring Ang Eng's son of Ang Chan back to Cambodia and to ask Cambodia to help fight the Siamese army threatened by the Burmese army. Pursuant to the Treaty of the Siam-Cambodia Alliance, Chao Fa Mo ordered the mobilization of tens of thousands of Cambodians to join the Siamese army to help fight the Burmese army. Mobilized many women in various provinces to thresh rice and continue to provide food to the Siamese army, With the support of the Cambodia side, the Siam side finally won the war of aggression against Burma in 1786 AD.[3]
Annam return two provinces back to Cambodia 1791 AD
In 1789 Annamese king Nguyen Ánh request to Cambodia for the help defeat the Tay Son movement at Saigon city, agreeing to cut back the islands and two provinces to return to Cambodia if Annam gets it Success. At that time, Chao Fa Mo agreed to send his younger brother, Duke Techo Ten, to lead 10,000 Khmer troops to fight to defeat the Tay Son movement, with the Khmer army to help fight the Annamites and defeat the Tai Son. King Annam also agreed to return two provinces to Cambodia were Kien Giang, Ca Mau, and two other islands, Koh Tralach (Côn Đảo) and Koh Tral (Phú Quốc) in 1791 AD.[4]
- Koh Tral or Phú Quốc island of Cambodia lost to Vietnam 1979.
Notes
Sources
- ^ Manomohan Ghosh (1968) A History of Cambodia: From the Earliest Times to the End of the French Protectorate, Publisher: Calcutta Oriental Book Agency, Original from the University of Michigan p.304
- ^ Société Asiatique (1872) Journal asiatique ou recueil de mémoires d'extraits et de notices relatifs à l'histoire, à la philosophie, aux sciences, à la littérature et aux langues des peuples orientaux · Volume 20, Publisher: Soc. Original from:the Bavarian State Library
- ^ Jeremy Black (2008) War and the World Military Power and the Fate of Continents, 1450-2000, Publisher: Yale University Press p.344 ISBN: 9780300147698, 0300147694
- ^ Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) (1872) Journal asiatique, Publisher: Société asiatique. Original from the University of Michigan p.113