High Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · Politics
1047
Suryavarman I dies after half a century of rule
October 1047
The great Khmer king, who had doubled his empire's territory and built the West Baray, died after nearly five decades on the throne at Angkor. His death plunged the kingdom into a period of political instability and succession disputes that would not be resolved until a new strongman consolidated power a generation later.
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Also in 1047 (3 other events on record)
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.
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