Kingdom of Cambodia

[Kasumi]

Originally Posted by Grandduchess24

Does the king of Cambodia have a Queen? Or children or is the house of norodom just himself and his parents?

HM the King Norodom Sihamoni is not married, without children.
King's official website

It does not matter in Cambodia if the King has offsprings, because they are not supposed to inherit the throne. The king is elected from the vast number of royal princes.
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[Kasumi]

Cambodian Ambassador to Malaysia Princess Norodom Arunrasmy speaks on the ban imposed by Cambodia on sending its citizens to work as domestic helpers to Malaysia. - Full article

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Khmer Rouge leader asks why Cambodia's ex-king not in dock | Reuters
The former head of state in Cambodia under the ultra-Maoist Khmer Rouge denied involvement in mass killings under the regime in the 1970s and asked prosecutors on Wednesday why ex-King Norodom Sihanouk, a sometime ally, was not also in the dock.
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In court, he suggested that if he witnessed mass killings as prosecutors allege, so too would have former King Norodom Sihanouk, who was briefly head of state when the Khmer Rouge took over. He became king again in 1993 and abdicated in 2004.
Why don't you invite King Sihanouk to join me in the dock?" Khieu Samphan said. "Do you really think, Mr. Prosecutor, when I visited these work sites accompanied by the king, workers were murdered in front of us with hoes or bullets in the back of the neck?

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Former King Won't React to Allegations at Tribunal
Ex-head of state Khieu Samphan asked the court earlier this month why Norodom Sihanouk had not been called before the court, because he led a political coalition that included the Khmer Rouge and was intent on reclaiming the throne after he was deposed in a US-backed coup in 1970. Nuon Chea, Pol Pot’s former lieutenant, told the court that Norodom Sihanouk had visited members of the Khmer Rouge for a week in 1973.
Both men are on trial alongside ex-foreign minister Ieng Sary for atrocity crimes, including genocide, in a trial that has helped shed light on the inner workings of the secretive regime.
Long Narin, a witness for the court, said in testimony that the Khmer Rouge resistance had grown “following Sihanouk’s call.”
Sisowath Thomico, a prince and spokesman for Norodom Sihanouk, told VOA Khmer on Friday the former king follows the court proceedings occasionally, “but he won’t make any special reaction” to the testimony of the suspects or witnesses.

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King Father archive goes live | National news | The Phnom Penh Post
An extensive, and sometimes eccentric, collection of former king Norodom Sihanouk’s personal records has just become available to the world, thanks to the digitising efforts of an Australian university known for its Asian research resources.
On Monday, Melbourne’s Monash University announced the completion of digitisation of selected materials in its Norodom Sihanouk Archival Collection, which the former king bequeathed to the university in 2004.

Online window to Cambodian history | Asian Correspondent
For the first time historians, researchers and students of Asian studies have online access to one of the world’s most significant archives of Cambodian history.
The archives are digitised versions of documents, photos, music and journals from the personal collection of the former King of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk (1941–55 and 1993–2004). Sihanouk bequeathed part of his personal archives to the University in 2004.

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Cambodia royal family seeks medical care in China
Cambodia's royal family has traveled together to China for medical checkups. King Norodom Sihamoni accompanied his mother and his father, the former king Norodom Sihanouk, to Beijing on Thursday for what family members called routine medical visits.
The 89-year-old former king has suffered a variety of health problems and in recent years has spent most of his time in China, where his doctors are based.
In October, he vowed never to leave his homeland again, saying he would ask his Chinese doctors to come to Cambodia.

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (2nd L) visits former Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk (2nd R), his wife Norodom Monineath (1st R) and Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni (1st L) in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2012. Wen Jiabao visited the Cambodian royal family members here on Friday to extend Lunar New Year greetings. Wen also conveyed President Hu Jintao's greetings to them, and wished Sihanouk and his wife good health.

**Pic** - Xinhua/Rao Aimin

[Kasumi]

Norodom Soma, a Cambodian model, radio presenter and great niece of former King Norodom Sihanouk in the in the December 2011 issue of AsiaLIFE.

**Pic 1** **Pic 2** - scans from magazine
**Pic** - Norodom Soma (R) and friend posing for a photoshoot. The picture above is of King Norodom Sihanouk & Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
**Pic** - Soma with her uncle, Prince Sisowath Sirirath, reading her story in the December 2011 issue of AsiaLIFE.

[Grandduchess24]

Huh, the lesser known Cambodian royals I also know that the present king had a brother that died but had two children.

[Artemisia]

King Norodom Sihamoni had not one but at least thirteen siblings. The King's only full related brother was Norodom Narindrapong; he died fairly recently, in 2003, at the age of only 49. His two daughters were Norodom Simonarine and Norodom Moninouk.

[rath soly]

My pathetic much less known in the next generation of Cambodian about royal family, the young generation are much more influenced by the foreign culture.

[dbarn67]

Princess Sisowath Chansida scatters grains of rice during the annual royal ploughing ceremony in Phnom Penh today.

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[Noble Consort Ming]

I have a questions about Princess Buppha Devi. Every version of her bio online states that she became the principal dancer of the Cambodian ballet at 15 and was named prima ballerina 3 years later. It also says she married at 15 and that her first two children were born in the first 2 years of the marriage. Is this correct? She was both principal dancer and having children at the same time? Seems like a lot to be doing at once and I wonder if the facts I'm reading are correct. I'm not criticizing just trying to understand the timeline.

Even her official bio gives the same info:

King-Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia