Norodom Sihanouk - Family

Family

Sihanouk reportedly had several wives and concubines, producing at least fourteen children in a period of eleven years. According to Time (30 June 1956), however, his only legal wives were Princess Samdech Norleak (married 1955) and Paule Monique Izzi (married 1955), who is a step-granddaughter of HRH Prince Norodom Duongchak of Cambodia and the younger daughter of Pomme Peang and her second husband, Jean-François Izzi, a banker. A profile of Sihanouk in The New York Times (4 June 1993, page A8) stated that the King met Monique Izzi in 1951, when he awarded her a prize in a beauty pageant.

  1. Neak Moneang Phat Kanhol (1920–1969; married 1942, later divorced)
    • HRH Samdech Preah Ream Bopha Devi (1943–)
    • HRH Samdech Krom Preah Norodom Ranariddh (1944–)
  2. HRH Princess Sisowath Pongsanmoni (1929–1974; married 1942, divorced 1951)
    • HRH Samdech Borom Reamea Norodom Yuvaneath (1943–)
    • HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Ravivong (1944–1973)
    • HRH Samdech Preah Mohesarra Norodom Chakrapong (1945–)
    • HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Sorya Roeungsay (1947–1976)
    • HRH Samdach Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Kantha Bopha (1948–1952)
    • HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Khemanourak Sihanouk (1949–1975)
    • HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Botum Bopha (1951–1976)
  3. Neak Ang Mechas Norodom Thavet Norleak (married 1943)
  4. HRH Princess Sisowath Monikessan (née HRH Princess Sisowath Naralaksha Munikesara, 1929–1946; married 1944)
    • HRH Samdech Norodom Naradipo (1946– ????) Adopted son, the real Biological Father is Prince Norodom Chantaraingsey
  5. HRH Princess Samdech Preah Reach Kanitha Norodom Norleak (née Princess Devisa Naralakshmi, born 1927; married 1946 and "more formally" on 4 March 1955)
  6. Mam Manivan Phanivong (née Mam Munivarni Barni Varman, 1934–1975; married 1949)
    • HRH Princess Norodom Socheatha Sujata (1953–1975)
    • HRH Samdech Preah Anoch Norodom Arunrasmy (1955–)
  7. HM Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk (née Paule Monique Izzi, born 18 June 1936; married 12 April 1952 and "more formally" on 5 March 1955)
    • HM King Norodom Sihamoni (1953–)
    • HRH Samdech Norodom Narindrapong (1954–2003)

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