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Maha Thammaracha (king of Ayutthaya)

Maha Thammaracha
มหาธรรมราชา
King of Ayutthaya
King of Siam
Reign1584 – c. 30 June 1590
PredecessorHimself (as vassal king)
SuccessorNaresuan
Vassal King of Siam
Reign29 September 1569 – 1584
PredecessorMahinthrathirat (as sovereign king)
SuccessorHimself (as sovereign king)
EmperorBayinnaung
Born1509[citation needed]
Diedc. 30 June 1590 (aged 81)
c. Saturday, 13th waning of Eighth Siamese month [Ashadha] of 952 CS
Ayutthaya
SpouseWisutkasat
Issue
Names
Maha Thammarachathirat
HouseSukhothai dynasty

Maha Thammaracha (Thai: มหาธรรมราชา, pronounced [mā.hǎː tʰām.mā.rāː.t͡ɕʰāː], Mahādharmarājā , Burmese: မဟာဓမ္မရာဇာ ), Maha Thammarachathirat (Thai: มหาธรรมราชาธิราช, Mahādharmarājādhirāja), or Sanphet I (Thai: สรรเพชญ์ที่ ๑), formerly known as Khun Phirenthorathep[1] (Old Thai: ขุนพิเรนเทพ;[2] Modern Thai: ขุนพิเรนทรเทพ), was a king of Ayutthaya Kingdom from the Sukhothai dynasty, ruling from 1569 to 1590. As a powerful Sukhothai noble, Phirenthorathep gradually rose to power. After playing many political turns, he was eventually crowned as the King of Siam.

  1. ^ Chris Baker; Pasuk Phongpaichit (2017). A History of Ayutthaya: Siam in the Early Modern World. Cambridge University Press. pp. 75–76.
  2. ^ Somdet Phra Phonnarat (Kǣo) (2015). Phakdīkham, Sānti (ed.). Phrarātchaphongsāwadān chabap somdet phra phonnarat wat phra chēttuphon trūatsǭp chamra čhāk 'ēkkasān tūa khīan พระราชพงศาวดาร ฉบับสมเด็จพระพนรัตน์วัดพระเชตุพน ตรวจสอบชำระจากเอกสารตัวเขียน [Royal Chronicle: Version by Somdet Phra Phonnarat of Wat Phra Chettuphon, Checked Against Manuscripts] (in Thai). Bangkok: "King Rama I Scholarship" Foundation Under the Royal Patronage. pp. 37–39. ISBN 9786169235101.

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