Ang Chan I

Ang Chan I
Ang Chan I
	Military career
Conflicts	See battles Cambodian Civil War Battle of Toul Basan; Battle of Kampong Chhnang; Battle of Chaktomuk; Battle of the Four Rivers; Battle of Kampong Cham; Battles of the Conclusion Battle at Tonle Bet; Battle of Sralop Pichey; ; ; First Cambodian-Siamese War (1530-1531) Battle of Siemreap; ; Second Cambodian-Siamese War (1549) Battle of Pursat; Battle of Battambang; ;

Chan Reachea the Great
ចន្ទរាជា
Chan Reachea the Great; ចន្ទរាជា
	Buddha Statue in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
King of Cambodia
Reign	1516–1566
Coronation	1516 (first); 1553 (second)
Predecessor	Srei Chedtha
Successor	Barom Reachea I
Born	1486; Chaktomuk, Cambodia
Died	1566 (aged 80); Longvek, Cambodia
Burial	1567; Phnom Santuk
Spouse	Botum Bopha
Issue	Prince Reameathiptei ; Prince Barom Reachea I; Princess Moha Tevi
House	Varman Dynasty
Father	Thommoreachea I
Mother	Tep Bopha
Religion	Buddhism

Ang Chan I, also known as Chan Reachea the Great and Chao Ponhea Chan Reachea (Khmer: ចន្ទរាជា,Thai: พญาจันทน์,Candarājā; 1486–1566) was a Cambodian king who reigned from 1516 to 1566. In his early years he was viceroy of the region of Phnom Penh and the eastern provinces, but was ousted by a pretender named Sdach Korn in 1512 and fled to Siam. He returned with a Siamese army in 1516 and was crowned king of Western Cambodia at Pursat after putting down several rebellions. A civil war with Korn ensued, leading to a number of battles involving firearms and cannons until Chan was finally victorious and crowned the king of all Cambodia.

Later, after the neighbouring Siamese invaded Cambodia twice, Chan regained the city of Longvek from the Siamese and built his new capital there, reigning peacefully until his death in 1566.