Chey Chettha III
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| name = Chey Chettha III
| title = King of Cambodia
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| succession = King of Cambodia
| reign = 1672–1673
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| full name = Samdach Brhat Dharmasuriya Varman Padma Rajadhiraja Parama Bupati
| predecessor = Barom Reachea V
| successor = Preah Keo II
| spouse = Sri Thida Kshatriyi
Gama Kshatriyi
Preah Neang Devi Kshatryi
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| father =Batom Reachea
| mother = Vararajini Kshatriyi
| birth_date = 1639
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| death_date = 1673
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Chey Chettha III ({{langx|km|ជ័យជេដ្ឋាទី៣}}; 1639–1673) or Batom Reachea II was a Cambodian king from 1672 to 1673.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
Chey Chettha III was the only son of Batom Reachea. In 1671, he became the son-in-law of his uncle, King Barom Reachea V, by marrying his eldest daughter, Princess Sri Thida Kshatriyi.{{cn|date=June 2020}} In December 1672, he murdered his father-in-law and seized the throne, and forced his cousin Bhagavatti Dav Kshatriyi (also the wife of his uncle Prince Ang Tan) to be his wife.{{cn|date=June 2020}}
Chey Chettha III was assassinated by the Chams and Malays in the employ of his wife, Gama Kshatriyi, just five months after his coronation, in April (or May) 1673.
References
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- Phoeun Mak, Dharma Po. « La deuxième intervention militaire vietnamienne au Cambodge (1673–1679)» dans: Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 77, 1988. p.229-262.
- Chroniques Royales du Cambodge de 1594 à 1677. École française d'Extrême Orient. Paris 1981 {{ISBN|2855395372}}
- Achille Dauphin-Meunier Histoire du Cambodge Presses universitaires de France, Paris 1968 Que sais-je ? n° 916.
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Category:17th-century Cambodian monarchs
Category:17th-century murdered monarchs
Category:People murdered in Cambodia
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