King Suryavarman II

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Khmer king historical figure monarch

King Suryavarman II was a 12th-century Khmer monarch of the Angkor Empire, renowned for his military expansion and for commissioning monumental temple architecture in present-day Cambodia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Suryavarman II	5
King Suryavarman II canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4244599 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Suryavarman II
Context triple: [Angkor Wat, builtBy, King Suryavarman II]

A. Hayam Wuruk
Hayam Wuruk was a 14th-century Javanese king whose reign marked the political and cultural zenith of the Majapahit Empire in maritime Southeast Asia.
B. Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was a prominent Cambodian royal politician and conservative leader who played a central role in the country’s politics during the late 1960s and early 1970s, notably opposing Prince Norodom Sihanouk and aligning with the pro-U.S. Lon Nol regime.
C. King Ghezo
King Ghezo was a 19th-century ruler of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey known for military expansion, administrative reforms, and his complex role in the Atlantic slave trade.
D. Sri Vijaya Rajasinha
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known as one of the early Nayakkar rulers who strengthened South Indian influence at the Kandyan court.
E. King Sri Jayanasa
King Sri Jayanasa was an early ruler of the Srivijaya kingdom in Sumatra, known for his role in establishing the empire’s power and promoting Buddhist-inspired welfare and prosperity.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: King Suryavarman II
Target entity description: King Suryavarman II was a 12th-century Khmer monarch of the Angkor Empire, renowned for his military expansion and for commissioning monumental temple architecture in present-day Cambodia.

A. Hayam Wuruk
Hayam Wuruk was a 14th-century Javanese king whose reign marked the political and cultural zenith of the Majapahit Empire in maritime Southeast Asia.
B. Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak
Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was a prominent Cambodian royal politician and conservative leader who played a central role in the country’s politics during the late 1960s and early 1970s, notably opposing Prince Norodom Sihanouk and aligning with the pro-U.S. Lon Nol regime.
C. King Ghezo
King Ghezo was a 19th-century ruler of the West African Kingdom of Dahomey known for military expansion, administrative reforms, and his complex role in the Atlantic slave trade.
D. Sri Vijaya Rajasinha
Sri Vijaya Rajasinha was an 18th-century king of Kandy in Sri Lanka, known as one of the early Nayakkar rulers who strengthened South Indian influence at the Kandyan court.
E. King Sri Jayanasa
King Sri Jayanasa was an early ruler of the Srivijaya kingdom in Sumatra, known for his role in establishing the empire’s power and promoting Buddhist-inspired welfare and prosperity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Khmer king ⓘ historical figure ⓘ monarch ⓘ
artStyle	Angkor Wat style ⓘ
associatedWith	Angkor ⓘ linked to: Angkor Archaeological Park Angkor Wat ⓘ
birthPlace	Khmer Empire ⓘ
burialPlace	Angkor Wat (traditional attribution) ⓘ linked to: Angkor Wat
capital	Angkor ⓘ linked to: Angkor Archaeological Park
century	12th century ⓘ
commissioned	Angkor Wat ⓘ Banteay Samre ⓘ Chau Say Tevoda ⓘ Thommanon ⓘ
country	Khmer Empire ⓘ
deathPlace	Khmer Empire ⓘ
depictedAs	Vishnu in royal iconography ⓘ
depictedIn	bas-reliefs at Angkor Wat ⓘ
devotedToDeity	Vishnu ⓘ
dynasty	Mahidharapura dynasty ⓘ
era	Angkor period ⓘ linked to: Khmer Empire
expandedTerritoryTo	parts of present-day Laos ⓘ parts of present-day Thailand ⓘ parts of present-day Vietnam ⓘ
foreignRelations	Song dynasty China ⓘ linked to: Song dynasty
inscriptionLanguage	Sanskrit ⓘ
knownFor	construction of Angkor Wat ⓘ military expansion of the Khmer Empire ⓘ temple building ⓘ
language	Old Khmer ⓘ
legacy	association with Angkor Wat as national symbol of Cambodia ⓘ symbol of Khmer architectural achievement ⓘ
militaryCampaign	campaigns against Champa ⓘ campaigns against Đại Việt ⓘ
patronOf	Hindu temples ⓘ Khmer architecture ⓘ
predecessor	Dharanindravarman I ⓘ
region	present-day Cambodia ⓘ
reignEnd	c. 1150 ⓘ
reignStart	1113 ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ
royalHouse	Khmer royal family ⓘ linked to: House of Norodom
sentEmbassyTo	Song dynasty China ⓘ linked to: Song dynasty
stateCult	Vaishnavism ⓘ
styleOfRule	centralized monarchy ⓘ
successor	Dharanindravarman II ⓘ
title	King of the Khmer Empire ⓘ Paramavishnuloka ⓘ

How these facts were elicited