Queen Tey

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Tey (Khmer: ទៃ) or Neak Mneang Tei (Khmer: អ្នកម្នាងទៃ) (17th century) was queen regnant of Cambodia in 1687.^[1][2]

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Tey
Queen of Cambodia
Reign	1687
Predecessor	Chey Chettha IV
Successor	Chey Chettha IV
Spouse	Barom Reachea V
Issue	Chey Chettha IV
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She was married to Barom Reachea V, and the mother of King Chey Chettha IV, who ruled five or six times. He first came to the throne in 1675. The position of a queen mother was a very high status position in the Cambodian court at this time period.

In 1687, the king had smallpox and abdicated in favour of his mother Tey. She reigned for few months and returned the throne to her healed son.^[1][2] She was the first female monarch in Cambodia since Queen Jyeṣṭhāryā of Sambhupura. After her short reign, she stepped down and returned the throne to her son.

1. ^ ^{a b} Jacobsen, Trudy (2008). Lost Goddesses: The Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History. NIAS Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-87-7694-001-0. Jai Jettha III, who ruled five or six times between 1677 and 1702, abdicated in 1687 in favour of his mother Queen Tey. She remained there for a matter of months before returning the throne to her son.
2. ^ ^{a b} Journal asiatique. 6 (in French). Vol. 18. Société Asiatique. 1871. p. 374. En 1609 (1687 A. D.), Prea chey ches tha eut la petite vérole; il abdiqua en faveur de sa mère. Quand il fut guéri, il se fit bonze pendant 7 jours.

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