King Narai the Great, or Ramathibodi III, was the 27th monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom, the 4th and last monarch of the Prasat Thong dynasty. He was the king of Ayutthaya Kingdom from 1656 to 1688 and ar
Statue of Narai the Great, created in 1966, near Lopburi provincial hall
Prince Narai’s coup d’état against his uncle, King Si Suthammaracha. Painting by Nai Im, commissioned by King Chulalongkorn in 1887.
King Narai of Siam on the throne (portrait, c. 1686).
Memorial plate in Lopburi depicting King Narai with French ambassadors.
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
Narai
…Great (Thai: สมเด็จพระนารายณ์มหาราช, RTGS: Somdet Phra Narai Maharat, pronounced ), or Ramathibodi III (Thai: รามาธิบดีที่ ๓ ), was the 27th monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom, the 4th and last monarch of the Prasat Thong dynasty. He was the king of Ayutthaya Kingdom from 1656 to 1688 and arguably the most famous king of the…
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.