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Suryavarman I

1000 - 1050

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Suryavarman I (Khmer: សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១; posthumously Nirvanapada) was king of the Khmer Empire from 1006 to 1050. Suryavarman usurped King Udayadityavarman I, defeating his armies in approximately 1002. After a protracted war with Udayadityavarman's would-be successor, Jayavirahvarman, Suryavarman I claimed the throne in 1010. Suryavarman was a Mahayana Buddhist who was also tolerant of the growing Theravada Buddhist presence in the Khmer kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Suryavarman I is the 6,757th most popular politician (down from 6,018th in 2019). (down from 923rd in 2019)

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Among politicians, Suryavarman I ranks 6,757 out of 19,576Before him are Horst Seehofer, Emperor Jingzong of Liao, Leszek II the Black, 7th Dalai Lama, Friedrich Ebert Jr., and Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Şevkefza Kadın, Dongcheon of Goguryeo, Tokugawa Ieshige, Fructuoso Rivera, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, and Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn.

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Among people born in 1000, Suryavarman I ranks 28Before him are Sulayman ibn al-Hakam, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Rozala of Italy, Vazul, Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, and Bardas Skleros. After him are Lambert I, Count of Louvain, Ad-Darazi, John the Orphanotrophos, Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, Lothair II of Italy, and Constantine Diogenes. Among people deceased in 1050, Suryavarman I ranks 7Before him are Zoë Porphyrogenita, Guido of Arezzo, Peter, King of Hungary, Anund Jacob, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, and Herleva. After him is Einar Thambarskelfir.

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