Family
Sihanouk reportedly had several wives and concubines, producing at least fourteen children in a period of eleven years. According to Time (30 June 1956), however, his only legal wives were Princess Samdech Norleak (married 1955) and Paule Monique Izzi (married 1955), who is a step-granddaughter of HRH Prince Norodom Duongchak of Cambodia and the younger daughter of Pomme Peang and her second husband, Jean-François Izzi, a banker. A profile of Sihanouk in The New York Times (4 June 1993, page A8) stated that the King met Monique Izzi in 1951, when he awarded her a prize in a beauty pageant.
- Neak Moneang Phat Kanhol (1920–1969; married 1942, later divorced)
- HRH Samdech Preah Ream Bopha Devi (1943–)
- HRH Samdech Krom Preah Norodom Ranariddh (1944–)
- HRH Princess Sisowath Pongsanmoni (1929–1974; married 1942, divorced 1951)
- HRH Samdech Borom Reamea Norodom Yuvaneath (1943–)
- HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Ravivong (1944–1973)
- HRH Samdech Preah Mohesarra Norodom Chakrapong (1945–)
- HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Sorya Roeungsay (1947–1976)
- HRH Samdach Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Kantha Bopha (1948–1952)
- HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Khemanourak Sihanouk (1949–1975)
- HRH Samdech Preah Ang Mechas Norodom Botum Bopha (1951–1976)
- Neak Ang Mechas Norodom Thavet Norleak (married 1943)
- HRH Princess Sisowath Monikessan (née HRH Princess Sisowath Naralaksha Munikesara, 1929–1946; married 1944)
- HRH Samdech Norodom Naradipo (1946– ????) Adopted son, the real Biological Father is Prince Norodom Chantaraingsey
- HRH Princess Samdech Preah Reach Kanitha Norodom Norleak (née Princess Devisa Naralakshmi, born 1927; married 1946 and "more formally" on 4 March 1955)
- Mam Manivan Phanivong (née Mam Munivarni Barni Varman, 1934–1975; married 1949)
- HRH Princess Norodom Socheatha Sujata (1953–1975)
- HRH Samdech Preah Anoch Norodom Arunrasmy (1955–)
- HM Queen Norodom Monineath Sihanouk (née Paule Monique Izzi, born 18 June 1936; married 12 April 1952 and "more formally" on 5 March 1955)
- HM King Norodom Sihamoni (1953–)
- HRH Samdech Norodom Narindrapong (1954–2003)
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