Chan II

Chan II

▪ king of Cambodia
born 1791
died 1835

      king of Cambodia who sought to balance Siam (Thailand) against Vietnam. Both countries had traditionally contested for the Cambodian territory that lay between their domains.

      When Chan's father, King Eng, died in 1796, the Thais had superiority. In 1802 Chan was recognized as the king of Cambodia by the Thais, and he was crowned in the Thai capital of Bangkok in 1806. The advisers to the young king sought to preserve peace; it was their primary concern that neither Vietnam nor Siam use Cambodia as a site to wage wars or overrun and divide the country between them. Therefore, Chan followed a policy of vassalage; he sent tribute to both courts.

      Chan's friendly relations with Gia Long, the emperor of Vietnam, aroused the suspicions of the Thais. Hoping to have a more compliant ruler in Cambodia, Siam supported Chan's brother, Snguon, who attempted to usurp the throne. The usurper's army arrived in 1811, with additional support from the Thai king, Rama II, and temporarily unseated Chan, who fled to Saigon in southern Vietnam. Gia Long sent an army to help, and Chan regained his throne. After his death, Siam and Vietnam gained control of most of Cambodia, with Vietnam making major advances in the eastern part of the country.

      Chan's successor, the young princess Mey, was defenseless against the political intrigues of the dominant powers. Not until Chan's younger brother, Duong, was invested as king in 1848, with the agreement of Siam and Vietnam, did the Cambodian state have a chance to reassert itself.

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