Editing Norodom Sihanouk (section)

==Personal life==
[[File:Norodom_Sianuc74b_%28cropped%29.jpg|thumb|left|King-Father Norodom Sihanouk and his wife [[Queen mother|Queen-Mother]] [[Norodom Monineath]]]]
He was fluent in Khmer, French, and English,{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=250}} and also learned [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] and [[Latin]] in high school.{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=35}} In his high school days, Sihanouk played football, basketball, volleyball, and also took up [[Equestrianism|horse riding]].{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=30}} He suffered from [[diabetes]] and depression in the 1960s,{{sfnp|Chandler|1991|p=132}} which flared up again in the late 1970s while living in captivity under the Khmer Rouge.{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|p=235}}

In November 1992, Sihanouk suffered a stroke{{sfnp|Marlay|Neher|1999|p=172}} caused by the thickening of the coronary arteries and blood vessels.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Agence France-Presse|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19921213&id=uCdVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6720,882319&hl=en|title=Sihanouk still extremely ill|newspaper=[[New Straits Times]]|date=13 December 1992|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref> In 1993, he was diagnosed with [[B cell]] [[lymphoma]] in the [[prostate]]<ref name="Bcell">{{cite web|author=Douglas Gillison|url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/retired-king-says-cancer-has-returned-66861/|title=Retired King Says Cancer Has Returned|date=26 December 2008|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723173533/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/retired-king-says-cancer-has-returned-66861/|archive-date=23 July 2015|work=The Cambodia Daily|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was treated with chemotherapy and surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/healthy-king-return-new-year|title='Healthy' King to return in New Year|date=25 March 1994|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924120237/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/healthy-king-return-new-year|archive-date=24 September 2015|work=The Phnom Penh Post|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sihanouk's lymphoma went into remission in 1995,<ref>{{cite news|author=Reuter|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19950204&id=NHBhAAAAIBAJ&pg=5670,845300&hl=en|title=Sihanouk cured of cancer, says paper|newspaper=[[New Straits Times]]|date=4 February 1995|access-date=23 July 2015}}</ref> but returned again in 2005 in the gastric region. He suffered a third bout of lymphoma in 2008,<ref name="Bcell" /> and after prolonged treatment it went into remission the following year.<ref>{{cite web|author=Saing Soenthrith|url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/retired-king-will-return-home-from-china-in-july-64674/|title=Retired King Will Return Home From China in July|date=30 June 2009|access-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723180943/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/retired-king-will-return-home-from-china-in-july-64674/|archive-date=23 July 2015|work=The Cambodia Daily|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1960, Sihanouk built a personal residence at [[Chamkarmon District]] where he lived over the next ten years as the Head of State.{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|p=141}} Following his overthrow in 1970, Sihanouk took up residence in Beijing, where he lived at the [[Diaoyutai State Guesthouse]] in the first year of his stay. In 1971, Sihanouk moved to a larger residence in the city that once housed the French embassy.{{sfnp|Jeldres|2012|p=58}} The residence was equipped with a temperature-adjustable swimming pool,{{sfnp|Marlay|Neher|1999|p=167}} cinema{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=117}} and seven chefs.{{sfnp|Jeldres|2012|p=59}}

In 1974 North Korean leader [[Kim Il Sung]] built Changsuwon, a 40-room mansion, for Sihanouk.<ref>{{cite news|author=Burns, John F.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/22/world/sihanouk-finds-caviar-and-kim-il-sung-mix-well.html|title=Sihanouk finds caviar and Kim Il Sung mix well|date=22 June 1985|access-date=30 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011023738/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/22/world/sihanouk-finds-caviar-and-kim-il-sung-mix-well.html|archive-date=11 October 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> Changsuwon was built near an artificial lake, and Sihanouk spent time taking boat trips there and also shot a few films within the compound.<ref>{{cite web|author=Poppy McPherson|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gift-keeps-giving|title=A gift that keeps on giving|date=7 November 2014|access-date=30 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801021940/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/gift-keeps-giving|archive-date=1 August 2015|work=The Phnom Penh Post|url-status=dead}}</ref> In August 2008, Sihanouk declared his assets on his website, which according to him consisted of a small house in Siem Reap and 30,000 euros of cash savings stored in a French bank. He also stated that his residences in Beijing and Pyongyang were guesthouses owned by the governments of China and North Korea, respectively, and that they did not belong to him.<ref>{{cite web|author=Georgia Wilkins|url=http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanouk-declares-assets-debunk-myth-hes-rich|title=Sihanouk declares assets to debunk myth he's rich|date=29 August 2008|access-date=30 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001123600/http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sihanouk-declares-assets-debunk-myth-hes-rich|archive-date=1 October 2015|work=The Phnom Penh Post|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Family===
[[File:Cambodge - Roi et mère cropped.JPG|thumb|Sihanouk's spouse, Queen-Mother [[Norodom Monineath]], and their son King [[Norodom Sihamoni]] photographed at Sihanouk's funeral. To the extreme left is Sihanouk's half-brother, Prince [[Norodom Sirivudh]].]]
On 4 March 1955, Sihanouk married [[Norodom Thavet Norleak]], as his official wife, who was a cousin from his mother's side. One day later, he married [[Paule Monique Izzi]], as his secondary consort, who was the daughter of Pomme Peang, a Cambodian, and Jean-François Izzi, a French banker of Italian ancestry.{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=69}} Monique became Sihanouk's lifelong partner;{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|p=70}} in the 1990s, she changed her name to Monineath.{{sfnp|Mehta|2001|p=182}} Before these marriages, Sihanouk married unofficially to four other women: [[Phat Kanhol]], [[Sisowath Pongsanmoni]], [[Sisowath Monikessan]], and [[Mam Manivan Phanivong]].{{sfnp|Jeldres|2005|pp=ii, iii (Genealogy of HM King Norodom Sihanouk)}}

Monikessan died in childbirth in 1946. His marriages to the other four women, including his official wife Thavet Norleak, all ended in divorce.{{sfnp|Mehta|2001|p=5}} Sihanouk had fourteen children with five different wives. Thavet Norleak bore him no children.{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|pp=34–35}} During the Khmer Rouge years, five children and fourteen grandchildren disappeared. Sihanouk believed they were killed by the Khmer Rouge.{{sfnp|Osborne|1994|p=236}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Douglas Gillison|url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/retired-king-says-kr-murdered-his-children-grandchildren-1242/|title=Retired King Says KR Murdered His Children, Grandchildren|date=22 April 2008|access-date=21 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305074302/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/retired-king-says-kr-murdered-his-children-grandchildren-1242/|archive-date=5 March 2016|work=The Cambodia Daily|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sihanouk had the following issue:

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! scope="col" style="width: 15em;" | Name
! scope="col" style="width: 5em;" | Year of birth
! scope="col" style="width: 5em;"| Year of death
! scope="col" style="width: 10em;" | Mother
! scope="col" style="width: 6em;"| Cause of death
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Buppha Devi]]
| 1943
| 2019
| Phat Kanhol
|
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Yuvaneath]]
| 1943
| 2021
| Sisowath Pongsanmoni
| 
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Ranariddh]]
| 1944
| 2021
| Phat Kanhol
| 
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Ravivong]]
| 1944
| 1973
| Sisowath Pongsanmoni
| Malaria{{sfnp|Jeldres|2003|p=84}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Chakrapong]]
| 1945
| 
| Sisowath Pongsanmoni
| 
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Naradipo]]
| 1946
| 1976
| Sisowath Monikessan
| Disappeared under Khmer Rouge{{sfnp|Jeldres|2003|p=96}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Sorya Roeungsi]]
| 1947
| 1976
| Sisowath Pongsanmoni
| Disappeared under Khmer Rouge{{sfnp|Jeldres|2003|p=96}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Kantha Bopha]]
| 1948
| 1952
| Sisowath Pongsanmoni
| Leukemia{{sfnp|Jeldres|2003|p=84}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Khemanourak]]
| 1949
| 1975
| Sisowath Pongsanmoni
| Disappeared under Khmer Rouge{{sfnp|Jeldres|2003|p=97}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Botum Bopha]]
| 1951
| 1975
| Sisowath Pongsanmoni
| Disappeared under Khmer Rouge{{sfnp|Jeldres|2003|p=97}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Sujata]]
| 1953
| 1975
| Mam Manivan
| Disappeared under Khmer Rouge{{sfnp|Jeldres|2003|p=97}}
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Sihamoni]]
| 1953
| 
| Monique Izzi (Monineath)
| 
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Narindrapong]]
| 1954
| 2003
| Monique Izzi (Monineath)
| Heart attack<ref>{{cite web|author=Lor Chandara|url=https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/prince-norodom-narindrapong-dies-in-france-43222/|title=Prince Norodom Narindrapong Dies in France|date=10 October 2003|access-date=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305074333/https://www.cambodiadaily.com/archives/prince-norodom-narindrapong-dies-in-france-43222/|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead|work=The Cambodia Daily}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Norodom Arunrasmy]]
| 1955
|
| Mam Manivan
| 
|}

===Ancestry===
{{Sihanouk ancestry}}