Rama I
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Phutthayotfa Chulalok, posthumously honoured as King Phutthayotfa Chulalok the Great, also known by his regnal name Rama I, was the founder of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the first King of Siam from
Portrait at the Grand Palace, Bangkok
The Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall inside the Grand Palace. Rama I ordered the palace built in 1782 as the centre of his new capital
The extent of Siam's sphere of influence in the early 19th century.
King Phutthayotfa Chulalok's bedchamber in the Chakraphat Phiman Hall within the Grand Palace.
Rama II
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Phutthaloetla Naphalai, also known by his regnal name Rama II, was the second King of Rattanakosin from the Chakri dynasty, ruling from 1809 to 1824. In 1809, as Prince Itsarasunthon, he succeeded his
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…children. Ten of these were born to Queen Amarinda, the others by various concubines. The Queen's children included Prince Isarasundhorn, later King Phutthaloetla Naphalai (Rama II) (whom the King appointed as Front Palace after the death of Maha Sura Singhanat in 1803), Prince Maha Senanurak and Prince Maha Sakdi Polsep…
Portrait at the Grand Palace, Bangkok
Privy seal of King Rama II, a garuda holding nāgas (Wat Arun, Bangkok)
View of the city of Bangkok in 1828
Statue of King Rama II at Wat Arun