Phrabat somdet phra phuttha yotfa chula lok maha rat. The second king of the chakri dynasty was born in 1767, the same year that ayutthaya fell to the burmese. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. In 1982, 200 years after his accession, the thai cabinet decided to award him the epithet maharat the great. His father was thong duang, the man who would later become rama i. Chakkri became king of thailand in 1782 following the execution of his predecessor. Thai art from the reign of king rama i until king rama iii 17821851 of the chakri dynasty did not. The chakri dynasty also known as the house of chakri thai.
Rama i king phra buddha yodfa chulaloke born 1737died 1809 phra buddha yodfa chulaloke founded the chakri dynasty and established bangkok as the capital of siam, as thailand was known, in 1782. Chakkri dynasty, thailands ruling house, founded by rama i, who, under the title of. Phra phutthaloetla naphalai or rama ii was the second monarch of siam under the chakri dynasty, ruling from 1809 to 1824. Rajawongse chakri is the current ruling royal house of the kingdom of thailand, the head of the. Thailands new king maha vajiralongkorn is the 10th king in the chakri dynasty and the first monarch in 70 years to ascend the throne. Chakkri dynasty, chakkri also spelled chakri, thailands ruling house.
The chakri dynasty is the current ruling royal house of the kingdom of thailand. In the reign of king rama iii 1824 1851, siam started trading with china. The ramayana consists of 24,000 verses in seven books kaas and 500 cantos sargas, and tells the story of rama an avatar of the hindu preservergod. Rama vi in the year 1919 to commemorate all the kings in the chakri dynasty, which started with rama i and continues to this day with rama ix, h. Royal residences of the chakri dynasty naengnoi suksri, michael. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. The name rama was adopted from the name of the hindu god rama, an avatar of vishnu the use of the name rama nth is in line with thai practice of giving numbers to the king in the current dynasty.
Chakkri dynasty, chakkri also spelled chakri, thailands ruling house, founded by rama i, who, under the title of chao phraya chakkri military commander of the chao phraya area, had played an important role in the struggle against burma. Phrabat somdet phra phutthaloetlanaphalai or king rama ii came to the throne on 7 september, 1809 at the age of 42. It was also during his reign that the kings of siam were given names, as his grandfather rama i was then known as the first reign and his father rama ii was known as the middle reign. King rama i died on the 7 th september in 1809 at the age 74, after reigning over thailand for 28 years and being the fir st monarch of the present chakri dynasty. Development of contemporary art in thailand springerlink. Helped release thailand from burmese control, after succumb of ayuthaya 14 years earlier. All kings in the current chakri dynasty of thailand are often referred to as rama. In 1809, itsarasunthon succeeded his father rama i, the founder of chakri dynasty, as loetlanaphalai the king of siam. He therefore disposed to use for all kings of the chakri dynasty the name rama together with the respective ordinal number.
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