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| x Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom |
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House of Windsor | Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II |
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; born 21 April 1926) is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms, and head of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations. In her specific role as the monarch of the United...
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| x Elizabeth I of England |
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Tudor dynasty | Coronation of Elizabeth I of England |
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was queen regnant of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen, Gloriana, or Good Queen Bess, Elizabeth was the fifth and last monarch of the Tudor...
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| x Harold Godwinson |
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Harold Godwinson, or Harold II; Old English: Harold Gōdwines sunu (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October of that same year,...
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| x Henry VIII of England |
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Tudor dynasty |
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the...
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| x Ine of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Ine was King of Wessex from 688 to 726. He was unable to retain the territorial gains of his predecessor, Cædwalla, who had brought much of southern England under his control and expanded West Saxon territory substantially. By the end of Ine's reign...
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| x Cynric of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Cynric was King of Wessex from 534 to 560. Everything known about him comes from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. There he is stated to have been the son of Cerdic, and also (in the regnal list in the preface) to have been the son of Cerdic's son, Creoda....
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| x Alfred the Great |
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House of Wessex |
Alfred the Great (Old English: Ælfrēd, Ælfrǣd, "elf counsel"; 849 – 26 October 899) was King of Wessex from 871 to 899.
Alfred successfully defended his kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest, and by his death had become the dominant ruler...
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| x Cuthwulf of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Cutha (Cuthwulf) was born in 600 in Wessex. His father was Cuthine of Wessex. His paternal grandfather was Ceawlin, king of Wessex. He was an only child.
He married and had one son, Ceolwald.
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| x Aescwine of Essex |
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House of Wessex |
Æscwine, or Erkenwine, Erchenwine, was reputedly the settler from Old Saxony who in 527 founded the Kingdom of Essex (in the area of modern-day England approximately covered by the county of that name), becoming the first king of the region (r. c....
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| x Egbert of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Egbert (also spelled Ecgberht, Ecgbert or Ecgbriht; 769 or 771 – 839) was King of Wessex from 802 until his death in 839. His father was Ealhmund of Kent. In the 780s Egbert was forced into exile by Offa of Mercia and Beorhtric of Wessex, but on...
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| x Æthelheard of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Æthelheard (meaning roughly 'Noble Stern'), also spelled Ethelheard or Æþelheard, was King of Wessex from 726 to 740. There is an unreliable record of Æthelheard having been the brother-in-law of his predecessor, Ine, but his ancestry is unknown,...
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| x Æthelbald of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
King Æthelbald of Wessex or Ethelbald (Old English: Æþelbald; means roughly 'Noble Bold') was King of Wessex from 858 to 860. He was the second of the five sons of King Æthelwulf of Wessex and Osburh.
He witnessed his father's charters as a kings'...
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| x Athelstan of England |
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House of Wessex |
Æthelstan or Athelstan (Old English: Æþelstan, Æðelstān; c. 893/895 – 27 October 939) was the King of England from 924 or 925 to 939. He was the son of King Edward the Elder and his first wife, Ecgwynn. Æthelstan's success in securing the submission...
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| x Penda of Mercia |
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House of Wessex |
Penda (died November 15, 655) was a 7th-century King of Mercia, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom in what is today the English Midlands. A pagan at a time when Christianity was taking hold in many of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Penda took over the Severn Valley...
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| x Ceolwulf of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Ceolwulf was King of Wessex from 597 to 611. He became king upon the death of his brother Ceol, because at that time Ceol's son Cynegils was too young to rule.
Ceolwulf reigned for fourteen years and nothing is known of Wessex during his time as...
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| x Centwine of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Centwine (died after 685) was King of Wessex from circa 676 to 685 or 686, although he was perhaps not the only king of the West Saxons at the time.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle reports that Centwine became king circa 676, succeeding Æscwine. Bede...
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| x Cwichelm of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Cwichelm (died circa 636) was an Anglo-Saxon king of the Gewisse, a people in the upper Thames area who later created the kingdom of Wessex. He is usually counted among the Kings of Wessex.
Cwichelm is first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...
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| x Æthelwulf of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Æthelwulf, also spelled Aethelwulf or Ethelwulf; Old English: Æþelwulf, meaning "Noble Wolf", was King of Wessex from 839 until his death in 858. He is the only son who can indisputably be accredited to King Egbert of Wessex. He conquered the...
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| x Cynegils of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Cynegils [kɪneɣɪls] was King of Wessex from c. 611 to c. 643.
Cynegils is traditionally considered to have been King of Wessex, but the familiar kingdoms of the so-called Heptarchy had not yet formed from the patchwork of smaller kingdoms in his...
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| x Æthelred of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
King Æthelred I (Old English: Æþelræd, sometimes rendered as Ethelred, "noble counsel") (c. 847 – 871) was King of Wessex from 865 to 871. He was the fourth son of King Æthelwulf of Wessex. He succeeded his brother, Æthelberht (Ethelbert), as King...
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| x Cuthred of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Cuthred or Cuþræd was the King of Wessex from 740 (739 according to Simeon of Durham, 741 according to John of Worcester) until 756. He succeeded Æthelheard, his relative and possibly his brother.
Cuthred inherited the kingdom while Mercia was at...
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| x Ceol of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Ceol (also known as Ceola or Ceolric) was King of Wessex from 592 to 597.
He was the son of Cutha (or Cuthwulf), the son of Cynric of Wessex. He reigned from either 591 AD or 592 to 597. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he began his reign in...
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| x Edward the Elder |
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House of Wessex |
Edward the Elder (Old English: Ēadweard se Ieldra; c. 874–877 – 17 July 924) was an English king. He became king in 899 upon the death of his father, Alfred the Great. His court was at Winchester, previously the capital of Wessex. He captured the...
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| x Ceawlin of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Ceawlin (also spelled Ceaulin and Caelin, died ca. 593) was a King of Wessex. He may have been the son of Cynric of Wessex and the grandson of Cerdic of Wessex, whom the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle represents as the leader of the first group of Saxons to...
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| x Cynewulf of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Cynewulf (meaning "kin wolf") was the King of Wessex from 757 until his death in 786.
Cynewulf became king after his predecessor, Sigeberht, was deposed. He may have come to power under the influence of Æthelbald of Mercia, since he was recorded as...
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| x Edmund Ironside |
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House of Wessex |
Edmund Ironside or Edmund II (Old English: Eadmund II Isen-Healf; c. 988/993 – 30 November 1016) was king of England from 23 April to 18 October 1016 and of Wessex from 23 April to 30 November 1016. His cognomen "Ironside" is not recorded until 1057...
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| x Cenwalh of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Cenwalh, also Cenwealh or Coenwalh, was King of Wessex from c. 643 to c. 645 and from c. 648 unto his death, according to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in c. 672.
Bede states that Cenwealh was the son of the King Cynegils baptised by Bishop Birinus.He...
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| x Ælfweard of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Ælfweard (904 – 2 August 924) was the second son of Edward the Elder, the eldest born to his second wife Ælfflæd.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle simply states that Ælfweard died soon after his father's death on 17 July 924 and that they were buried...
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| x Sigeberht of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Sigeberht (Sigeberht means roughly 'Magnificent Victory') was the King of Wessex from 756 to 757.
Sigeberht succeeded his distant relative Cuthred, but was then accused of acting unjustly. He was removed from power by a council of nobles, but given...
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| x Cædwalla of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Cædwalla (c. 659 – 20 April 689) was the King of Wessex from approximately 685 until he abdicated in 688. His name is derived from the British Cadwallon. He was exiled as a youth, and during this time attacked the South Saxons and killed their king,...
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| x Cenfus of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Cenfus (died 674) was briefly the king of Wessex during 674. He was succeeded by his son Aescwine.
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| x Beorhtric of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Beorhtric (also Brihtric; meaning 'Magnificent ruler') was the King of Wessex from 786 to 802.
In 786, Cynewulf, king of Wessex, was killed by the exiled noble Cyneheard, brother of the former King Sigeberht. Beorhtric's successful bid for the...
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| x Seaxburh of Wessex | House of Wessex |
Seaxburh (died c. 674) was a queen of Wessex. She is also called queen of the Gewisse, an early name for the tribe which ruled Wessex. She is said to have ruled Wessex for about a year after the death of her husband, Cenwalh, in 672. It was...
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| x Æthelberht of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Æthelberht (or Ethelbert; Old English: Æþelberht, meaning "Magnificent Noble") was the King of Wessex from 860 to 865. He was the third son of Æthelwulf of Wessex and his first wife, Osburh. In 855 he became under-king of Kent while his father,...
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| x Cerdic of Wessex |
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House of Wessex |
Cerdic (from the early British name represented by modern Welsh Caradog) was probably the first King of Anglo-Saxon Wessex from 519 to 534, cited by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as the founder of the kingdom of Wessex and ancestor of all its subsequent...
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| x Edward the Confessor |
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House of Wessex |
Edward the Confessor, (Old English: Ēadƿeard se Andettere; French: Édouard le Confesseur; 1003–05 to 4 or 5 January 1066), son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy, was one of the last Anglo-Saxon kings of England and is usually regarded as...
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| x Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramoruraja Maha Chakri Borommanat Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรโมรุราชามหาจักรีบรมนารถ พระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก; RTGS: —Phra Phuttha Yot Fa Chula Lok), posthumously titled "the Great", or Rama I (20 March...
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| x Buddha Loetla Nabhalai |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Borommarajabongjet Mahesvarasundorn Phra Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระบรมราชพงศ์เชษมเหศวรสุนทร พระพุทธเลิศหล้านภาลัย; RTGS: —Mahesuansunthorn Phra Phuttha Loet La Naphalai), or Rama II (24 February 1767 – 21 July...
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| x Jessadabodindra |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramadhiworasettha Maha Jessadabodindra Phra Nangklao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรมาธิวรเสรฐมหาเจษฎาบดินทร์ พระนั่งเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว; RTGS: —Chetsadabodin Phra Nang Klao Chao Yu Hua), or Rama III ( 31 March 1787 – 2...
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| x Mongkut |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthramaha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหามงกุฎฯ พระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Rama IV, known in foreign countries as King Mongkut (18 October 1804 – 1 October 1868), was the fourth monarch...
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| x Chulalongkorn |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรมินทรมหาจุฬาลงกรณ์ฯ พระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Rama V (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the...
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| x Vajiravudh |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาวชิราวุธฯ พระมงกุฎเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai:...
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| x Prajadhipok |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรมินทรมหาประชาธิปกฯ พระปกเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว), or Rama VII (8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941) was the seventh monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He...
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| x Ananda Mahidol |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Ananda Mahidol (20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946) was the eighth monarch of Thailand under the House of Chakri. At the time he was recognized as king by the National Assembly, in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland. He...
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| x Bhumibol Adulyadej |
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Chakri Dynasty |
Bhumibol Adulyadej (RTGS: Phumiphon Adunyadet; Thai: ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช, pronounced [pʰūː.mí.pʰōn ʔà.dūn.jā.dèːt] ( listen); see full title below; born 5 December 1927) is the current Monarch of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX. Having reigned since 9...
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| x Sri Indraditya |
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Pho Khun Sri Indraditya or Si Inthratit (Thai: พ่อขุนศรีอินทราทิตย์ (unknown – 1270) is said, according to the Number One Stone Inscription, to be the founder of the so-called Phra Ruang dynasty of the Sukhothai Kingdom. He ruled from the year 1238...
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| x Pho Khun Ban Muang |
Pho Khun Ban Muang (Thai: พ่อขุนบานเมือง) was King of Sukhothai (1257–1277). He was preceded by Pho Khun Sri Indraditya and was succeeded by Pho Khun Ram Khamhaeng.
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| x Ramkhamhaeng the Great |
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Pho Khun Ram Khamhaeng (Thai: พ่อขุนรามคำแหงมหาราช; Pho Khun Ramkhamhaeng; b. around 1237–1247 – d. 1298) was the third king of the Phra Ruang dynasty, ruling the Sukhothai Kingdom (a forerunner of the modern kingdom of Thailand) from 1278–1298,...
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| x Lithai |
Phaya Lithai (Thai: พญาลิไท), also known as Phra Maha Thammaracha I (พระมหาธรรมราชาที่ 1) was a king of the Sukhothai kingdom, reigning from roughly 1346 until his death in 1374. Lithai was the son of Lerthai, also known as Loethai or Lelithai. The...
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| x Ramathibodi I |
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Uthong (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าอู่ทอง) or Ramathibodi I (Thai: สมเด็จพระรามาธิบดีที่ 1) (1314–1369) was the first king of the kingdom Ayutthaya (now part of Thailand), reigning from 1351 to 1369. He was known as Prince U Thong before he ascended to the...
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| x Ramesuan |
King Ramesuan (Thai: สมเด็จพระราเมศวร) (1339–1395), son of king Ramathibodi I, reigned as the second and fifth king of the kingdom of Ayutthaya. When King Ramathibodi ascended to the throne of Ayuthaya, he sent King Ramesuan to reign in Lopburi....
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| x Borommaracha I |
Borommaracha I (Thai: สมเด็จพระบรมราชาธิราชที่ 1, RTGS: Boromma Rachathirat I) or Khun Luang Pa Ngua (Thai: ขุนหลวงพะงั่ว) (1370–1388) was the third king of Ayutthaya Kingdom. His name Khun Luang Pa Ngua literary means the fifth price.
As the lord...
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Somdet Phra Ramesuan Boromma Trailokanat Bopit (Thai: สมเด็จพระราเมศวรบรมไตรโลกนาถบพิตร) (1431–1488) was the king of Ayutthaya from 1448 to 1488. He was also known as Phra Chao Chang Pueak (Thai: พระเจ้าช้างเผือก) for his gain of auspicious white...
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| x Boromarachathirat III |
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Somdet Phra Borommaracha Thirat III (Thai: สมเด็จพระบรมราชาธิราชที่ 3) was the king of Ayutthaya from 1488 to 1491. Formerly Prince Borommaracha, Borommaracha III was the son of Trailokanat. Prince Borommaracha served as Trailokanat’s regent in...
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| x Chairacha |
Phrabat Somdet Phra Chairachathirat (Thai: สมเด็จพระไชยราชาธิราช, commonly shortened to Chairacha ไชยราชา,) reigned 1534–1546 as King of the Ayutthaya kingdom of Siam. His reign was remarkable for the influx of Portuguese traders, mercenaries, and...
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| x Maha Thammaracha |
Phra Maha Thammarachathirat (Thai: พระมหาธรรมราชาธิราช; 1516–1590) or Somdet Phra Sanphet I (Thai: สมเด็จพระสรรเพ็ชญ์ที่ 1) or formerly known as Khun Phiren Thorathep (Thai: ขุนพิเรนทรเทพ)was the first King of Ayutthaya kingdom (1569 to 1590) of the...
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| x Naresuan |
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Somdet Phra Naresuan Maharat (Thai: สมเด็จพระนเรศวรมหาราช) or Somdet Phra Sanphet II (Thai: สมเด็จพระสรรเพชญ์ที่ 2) (1555, 25 April – 1605) was the King of the Ayutthaya kingdom from 1590 until his death in 1605. Naresuan was one of Siam's most...
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Prabat Somdet Phra Sanpet III (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระสรรเพชญ์ที่ 3) or Somdet Phra Ekatotsarot (Thai: สมเด็จพระเอกาทศรถ;-1610) was the King of Ayutthaya from 1605 to 1610 succeeding his brother Naresuan. His reign was mostly peaceful as Siam was then...
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| x Sri Saowaphak |
Phrabat Somdet Phra Sanphet IV (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระสรรเพชญที่ ๔) or Somdet Phra Si Saowaphak (Thai: สมเด็จพระศรีเสาวภาคย์) (–1611) was a short-reigning king of Ayutthaya of the Sukhothai dynasty in 1610. Prince Si Saowaphak was the son of...
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| x Songtham |
Somdet Phra Boromma Trailokanat Songtham (full Thai title: สมเด็จพระเจ้าทรงธรรม; RTGS: Somdet Phra Chao Songtham) was the King of Ayutthaya from 1611 to 1628 of the House of Sukhōday. His reign was marked as prosperity after the First Fall of...
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