Taksin
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Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.
Statue of Taksin the Great at Hat-Sung Palace (Wat Khung Taphao), Uttaradit province
Portrait of King Taksin, said to be done by a French priest in King Ekkathat's funeral
King Taksin the Great Monument, the monument of King Taksin accompanied by his four trusted soldiers at Chantaburi
A statues of King Taksin at Thonburi Palace or Phra Racha Wang Derm, Thonburi, Bangkok.
Thonburi Kingdom
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The Thonburi Kingdom was a major Siamese kingdom which existed in Southeast Asia from 1767 to 1782, centred on the city of Thonburi, in Siam or present-day Thailand. The kingdom was founded by Taksin,
Taksin
…Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi (17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782. Taksin had been an aristocrat in the Ayutthaya Kingdom and then was a major leader during the liberation of Siam…
Journey of Phraya Tak from Ayutthaya to Chanthaburi and his return to reconquer Ayutthaya in 1767, according to traditional Thai historiography.
Siamese invasion of Cambodia and Hà Tiên in 1771 and Vietnamese counter-offensives in 1772.
Kawila of Lampang, vassal lord of Lampang to Taksin and the first two Chakri monarchs, helped to repopulate Lan Na in the late 18th-early 19th centuries
Depiction of Battle of Bangkaeo from the Thonburi Palace.