Ang Chan II
Ang Chan II (1791 – 7 January 1835) ruled Cambodia from 1806 until his death in 1835. Outey Reachea III was his name during his reign. He is regarded as one of the most important historical figures in Cambodia.
Ang Chan II was Ang Eng's eldest son. Ang Eng died when Ang Chan II was only five years old, in 1796. Prince Talaha Pok was appointed as Cambodia's regent. Ang Chan II could not visit Cambodia until Pok died in 1806.
The Siamese crowned Ang Chan II king in 1806. Ang Em and Ang Snguon, his two brothers, were pro-Siamese. Ang Chan became more close to the Vietnamese in order to gain power from the two brothers. He began paying tribute to Vietnam the following year. Ngô Nhân Tịnh and Trịnh Công Đàn, two Vietnamese officials, came to Longvek and bestowed the title Cao Miên quốc vương ("king of Cambodia") on him.
Ang Chan was asked by the Siamese to appoint Ang Snguon and Ang Em as uprayorach and ouparach, respectively, but Ang Chan refused. Ang Snguon overthrew him in 1811 with the help of the Siamese. Ang Chan ran away to Saigon. The Siamese appointed his two brothers as regents. In 1813, a Vietnamese army led by Lê Văn Duyệt invaded Cambodia and took control of Oudong. Ang Chan returned to Vietnam with the Vietnamese army. Ang Em and Ang Snguon took refuge in Bangkok. Cambodia was placed under the protection of Vietnam following a rebellion. To station their forces, the Vietnamese built two castles, Nam Vang (Phnom Penh) and La Yêm (Lvea Aem). A thousand men were sent to Phnom Penh to "protect" him under the command of Nguyễn Văn Thoại.
In 1818, he was assigned to collect Cambodian Royal Chronicles. Ang Chan dispatched 5,000 Khmer laborers to rebuild the Vietnamese Vĩnh Tế Canal in 1819. The following year, an anti-Vietnamese rebellion erupted, but it was crushed by the Vietnamese army. When Ang Chan died in 1834, his second daughter, Ang Mey, became queen.
