Norodom Sihanouk

Norodom Sihanouk (; 31 Winterfylleþ 1922 oð 15 Winterfylleþ 2012) wæs Cambodie Cyning of 1941 oð 1955 and eft of 1993 oð 2004. His binama on Cambodiaþēode is Samdech Euv (, se is “fædher þēoden”).  His fæder wæs Norodom Suramarit Æþeling and his mōdor wæs Sisowath Kossamak, sēo wæs Sisowath Monivong Cyninges dōhtor.

Sihanouk fang to rīce in 1941 þan wæs Cambodia Frenciscu landbūnes. Æfter þære Ōðru Woruldgūðe he sōhtede þe Cambodia hie trymme þe hēo bēon sundorrīce abrōcen of Frencisc wealde, and þis þing wæs gefrummed in 1953. In 1955 be niede forscrāh Sihanouk his cynedōm in favour of his fæder Norodom Suramarit, and æfter swylcum dǣd went on to form the political organisation Sangkum. Sihanouk led the Sangkum to victory in the 1955 general elections, and became the Cambodie Foresittend.

Æfter his fæder forþferde in 1960, nām ne Sihanouk his cynehelm ac he awendode þæs rīces grundgesetnesse þe he biþ Cambodie Rīceshēafod. In þisse ylde wæs Indocina in miclum unfriþ þan feahton Gemōtscipefolgendas wiþ manig rīcan and Sihanouk Brego sōhtede frēondscipe mid Cīnan þær ricsoden Gemōtscipes menn and þis iergede Americarīce.

In 1970 slōgon Lon Nol and Sisowath Sirik Matak þæt rīce and hie ahwearfen Sihanouk, þe he fliemedeon Seringas.  On wræcce staþolede he lēodweard-on-wræcce and æfter þæm Cambodiscan Ingewinne cwōm Sihanouk eft on his lande oððæt ðe healdon Gemōtscipes menn þæt rīce and Sihanouk wæs rīceshēafod in naman for twaem wintrum and he wæs gewearfen in carcere oþ 1979, þan Fietnamisc þrēat onswōg þæt land and he fliemede on wræcce an him atēah his lēodweard-on-wræcce.

In 1990 staþolede man Ealdor Þēodlic Geþing of Cambodie mid Sihanouk swa foresittend and in þæm Sēremōnaþ 1993 fang Sihanouk eft to rīce swa rīceshēafod.  In Hāligmōnaþ 1993 fang he eft his cynehelm swa Cambodie Cyning.

In 2004 forlǣt Sihanouk Cyning his cynestōl forþæm þe he ādlodede and his sunu Norodom Sihamoni fang to rīce. Sihanouk forþferde in 2012.

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