Norodom Suramarit
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Suramarit married Monivong's daughter Sisowath Kossamak. Upon Monivong's death in 1941, Sihanouk, Suramarit's son and Monivong's grandson, was selected as the new king. In 1955, Sihanouk abdicated in favor of his father.[1] He was formally crowned on 5 March 1956, the day before his 60th birthday.[2]
Following Suramarit's death in 1960, Sihanouk became Chief of State, while Suramarit's wife Sisowath Kosamak became Queen. Suramarit was given the posthumous title of Preah Karuna Preah Norodom Suramarit Preah Moha Kachanakkot (Script error: No such module "Lang".).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Ancestry
Honours
National
- File:Ordre Royal du Cambodge GC ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia (1941)
Foreign
- File:Ordine della Verità - divisione civile (Birmania).png Grand Commander of the Most Glorious Order of the Truth (Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma) (Burma)
- File:Legion Honneur Commandeur ribbon.svg Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic, 1939)
- File:Legion Honneur GO ribbon.svg Grand Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour (French Republic)
- File:JPN Daikun'i kikkasho BAR.svg Knight Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Crysanthemun (Empire of Japan)
- File:LAO Order of the a Million Elephants and the White Parasol - Grand Cross BAR.svg Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol (Kingdom of Laos, 1955)
- File:Order of the Royal House of Chakri (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri (Kingdom of Thailand)
- File:Ordre du Dragon d'Annam (par le Gouvernement Francais) GC ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Dragon of Annam (Empire of Vietnam)
- File:VPD National Order of Vietnam - Grand Cross BAR.png Knight Grand Cross of the National Order of Vietnam (Empire of Vietnam)
- File:MY Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara (Crown of the Realm) - DMN.svg Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (Malaysia)
- File:Order of Suvorov 106x30.png Honorary Recipient of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class (Soviet Union, 7 July 1956)[3]
- File:CZE Rad Bileho Lva 3 tridy BAR.svg Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Lion (Czechoslovakia, 14 July 1956)[4]
- File:Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star Rib.png Great Star of the Order of the Yugoslav Star (6 August 1957)[5]
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- 1896 births
- 1960 deaths
- Cambodian Buddhists
- 20th-century Cambodian monarchs
- Cambodian Buddhist monarchs
- House of Norodom
- People from Phnom Penh
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Commanders of the Legion of Honour
- Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Cambodia
- Recipients of the Order of the Dragon of Annam
- Recipients of the National Order of Vietnam
- Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 1st class