How to Pronounce Sisowath Kossamak
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Apr 09, 1904 Phnom Penh, Cambodia Died on 27 Apr 1975 (aged 71)
Queen consort of Cambodia
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About Sisowath Kossamak
- Sisowath Kossamak (Khmer: ?????????? ?????; 9 April 1904 – 27 April 1975) was the Queen consort of Cambodia by marriage to King Norodom Suramarit from 1955 to his death in 1960.
- She then became co-head of state with her only son, Norodom Sihanouk, from 1960 to 1970.
- Sisowath Kossamak was born Princess of Cambodia as the daughter of King Sisowath Monivong and his wife Norodom Kanviman Norleak Tevi.
- Her official title was Preah Mohasatreiyani Sisowath Monivong Kossamak Nearirath Serey Vathana (Khmer: ?????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????????). Upon the death of Monivong in 1941, Sihanouk took the throne.
- In 1955, he abdicated in favor of his father Suramarit, who then reigned for five years.
- After her husband's death, Kossamak became the symbol and representative of the monarchy while Sihanouk assumed a role equal to that of a monarch.
- Both were overthrown in a 1970 coup, and they went into exile in China.
- Kossamak died there in 1975.
