House of Sisowath

House of Sisowath
រាជវង្សស៊ីសុវត្ថិ
House of Sisowath; រាជវង្សស៊ីសុវត្ថិ
Country	Cambodia
Founded	27 April 1904
Founder	Sisowath
Current head	Currently inactive
Final ruler	Sisowath Kossamak
Titles	King of Cambodia; Queen of Cambodia;
Members	List

The House of Sisowath (Khmer: រាជវង្សស៊ីសុវត្ថិ, UNGEGN: Réachôvôngs Sisŏvôtthĕ, ALA-LC: Rājavangs S″īsuvatthi [riəceaʔʋɔŋ siːsoʋat]; lit. 'Sisowath dynasty') is one of the two royal houses of Cambodia, alongside its counterpart, the House of Norodom. Both it and its sister house have a claim to the throne as descendants of King Ang Duong. Its members are the descendants of King Sisowath who reigned from 1904 to 1927. It was the ruling royal house from 1904 to 1941. It has produced three monarchs of Cambodia, and five prime ministers.

^ "Cambodian Queen is Dead in Peking". The New York Times. 28 April 1975. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
^ Chandler, David (2018-05-04). A History of Cambodia (4th ed.). Routledge. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-429-96406-0. In 1960 Sihanouk's father, King Suramarit, died. After a series of maneuvers, Sihanouk had himself named Cambodia's chief of state with his mother, Queen Kossamak, continuing to serve as a monarch for ceremonial purposes.

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[1] "Cambodian Queen is Dead in Peking". The New York Times. 28 April 1975. Retrieved 19 July 2021.

[2] Chandler, David (2018-05-04). A History of Cambodia (4th ed.). Routledge. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-429-96406-0. In 1960 Sihanouk's father, King Suramarit, died. After a series of maneuvers, Sihanouk had himself named Cambodia's chief of state with his mother, Queen Kossamak, continuing to serve as a monarch for ceremonial purposes.

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