Lieutenant général des armées navales Claude, comte de Forbin-Gardanne was a French military officer and diplomat. From 1685 to 1688, he led a diplomatic mission to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. He became go
Portrait by Antoine Graincourt
Claude de Forbin-Gardanne
Chevalier de Forbin in Siamese noble attire, holding the title of "Ok-phra Sakdisongkhram".
Battle at The Lizard (1707), by Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin.
The Ayutthaya Kingdom or the Empire of Ayutthaya was a Thai kingdom that existed in Southeast Asia from 1351 to 1767, centered around the city of Ayutthaya, in Siam, or present-day Thailand. European
Claude de Forbin
…de Forbin-Gardanne (6 August 1656 – 4 March 1733) was a French military officer and diplomat. From 1685 to 1688, he led a diplomatic mission to the Ayutthaya Kingdom. He became governor of Bangkok and a general in the Siamese army, and left Siam shortly before King Narai fell ill and was deposed by the Siamese…
Wat Khao Phra Si Sanphetchayaram [th], which the Northern Chronicle [th] state was initially built during the reign of Pansa of Suphannaphum.
Proposed extent of the Phrip Phri polity in the late 12th century.
Image of Siamese mercenaries of Xiān in Angkor Wat, dated the 12th century. The Siamese later became a major rival of Angkor.
Ayutthaya attack and subjugation of the Malay peninsula and Sumatra between the 13th and 16th century.