Jayavarman VII facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Jayavarman VII
Bust (sculpture) of Jayavarman VII, Guimet Museum
Reign	1181–1218
Coronation	1182
Full name	Jayavarthon
Born	c. 1122
Birthplace	Angkor, Khmer Empire
Died	1218 (aged 95–96)
Place of death	Yaśodharapura, Khmer Empire
Predecessor	Tribhuvanadityavarman (prior to the Cham Invasion)
Successor	Indravarman II
Consort	Jayarajadevi, Indradevi
Children	Sikhara Mahadevi Queen Consorts of Pho Khun Pha Mueang
Father	Dharanindravarman II
Mother	Sri Jayarajacudamani
Religious beliefs	Mahayana Buddhism

Jayavarman VII, posthumous name of Mahaparamasaugata (Khmer: ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៧, c. 1122–1218), was king of the Khmer Empire. He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II (r. 1150–1160) and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani. He married Princess Jayarajadevi and then, after her death, married her sister Indradevi. The two women are commonly thought to have been a great inspiration to him, particularly in his unusual devotion to Buddhism, as only one prior Khmer king was a Buddhist. He then built the Bayon as a monument to Buddhism. Jayavarman VII is generally considered the most powerful of the Khmer monarchs by historians.

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  Jayavarman VII is commonly depicted with both his arms amputated.

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  Bronze replica of one of the twenty-three stone images King Jayavarman VII sent to different parts of his kingdom in 1191. The Walters Art Museum.