Jayavarman IX
| Jayavarman IX | |||||
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| King of the Khmer Empire | |||||
| Reign | 1327 – 1336 | ||||
| Predecessor | Indrajayavarman | ||||
| Successor | Trosok Peam | ||||
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| Father | Indrajayavarman | ||||
| Religion | Hinduism (Shaivism) | ||||
Jayavarman IX (Khmer: ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៩), also known as Jayavarmadiparamesvara was sovereign of the Khmer Empire from 1327 to 1336.
Jayavarman IX was like his father Indrajayavarman a convinced Shivaite. According to the Cambodian Royal Chronicle, which named him "Sihanouk," [1] he was assassinated in 1336 by the head of the royal gardens Neay Trasac Paem Chay, 1 who married his daughter and took his place on the throne. This narrative is probably legendary (we find a very similar one in Burmese history: see Nyaung-U Sawrahan).
This sovereign is the last king mentioned by inscriptions on the monuments. The last Sanskrit inscription of Cambodia dates from the reign of Jayavarman Parameshwara