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King Ramesuan (1339 – 1395), son of king Ramathibodi I
Ramathibodi I

Uthong was the first king of the kingdom Ayutthaya kingdom , reigning from 1351 to 1369. He was known as Prince U Thong before he ascended to the throne on March 4, 1351....
, reigned as the second and fifth king of the kingdom of Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya kingdom

The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai people kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Han Chinese, Vietnamese , Indo-Aryans, Japanese people and Persians, and later the Portuguese people, Spanish people, Dutch and French people, permitting them to set up villages outside the city wa...
. When King Ramathibodi ascended to the throne of Ayuthaya, he sent King Ramesuan to reign in Lopburi
Lopburi

Lopburi is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is located about 150 km north-east of Bangkok. As of 2006 it has a population of 26,500....
. Upon King Ramathibodi's death in 1369, King Ramesuan traveled to Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya (city)

Ayutthaya city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King Ramathibodi I, who came here to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri, and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam....
 to assume the throne, but held it for less than a year before being deposed by his uncle, King Borommaracha I
Borommaracha I

Borommaracha I The third king of Ayutthaya Kingdom.Also known as 'Khun Luang Pa Ngua', or 'The Fifth Prince'. As the lord of Suphanburi, a powerful rival of Ayutthaya, he forced King Ramesuan from power and took the throne of Ayutthaya....
, the ruler of Suphanburi
Suphanburi

Suphan Buri is a town in central Thailand, capital of the Suphan Buri Province. It covers the whole tambon Tha Philiang and parts of the tambon Rua Yai and Tha Rahat, all within the Amphoe Mueang Suphanburi....
. Sources differ over the nature of their conflict; official chronicles state that the older Boromaracha ruled with the willing consent of his nephew, while Jeremias van Vliet's Short History of Thailand indicated that Boromaracha's ascension came only after a bloody conflict bordering on civil war.

Whatever the case, by 1388 King Ramesuan had gathered sufficient support from his power base in Lopburi to return to Ayutthaya and challenge Boromarachi's son Thong Chan for the throne.






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King Ramesuan (1339 – 1395), son of king Ramathibodi I
Ramathibodi I

Uthong was the first king of the kingdom Ayutthaya kingdom , reigning from 1351 to 1369. He was known as Prince U Thong before he ascended to the throne on March 4, 1351....
, reigned as the second and fifth king of the kingdom of Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya kingdom

The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai people kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Han Chinese, Vietnamese , Indo-Aryans, Japanese people and Persians, and later the Portuguese people, Spanish people, Dutch and French people, permitting them to set up villages outside the city wa...
. When King Ramathibodi ascended to the throne of Ayuthaya, he sent King Ramesuan to reign in Lopburi
Lopburi

Lopburi is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is located about 150 km north-east of Bangkok. As of 2006 it has a population of 26,500....
. Upon King Ramathibodi's death in 1369, King Ramesuan traveled to Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya (city)

Ayutthaya city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King Ramathibodi I, who came here to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri, and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam....
 to assume the throne, but held it for less than a year before being deposed by his uncle, King Borommaracha I
Borommaracha I

Borommaracha I The third king of Ayutthaya Kingdom.Also known as 'Khun Luang Pa Ngua', or 'The Fifth Prince'. As the lord of Suphanburi, a powerful rival of Ayutthaya, he forced King Ramesuan from power and took the throne of Ayutthaya....
, the ruler of Suphanburi
Suphanburi

Suphan Buri is a town in central Thailand, capital of the Suphan Buri Province. It covers the whole tambon Tha Philiang and parts of the tambon Rua Yai and Tha Rahat, all within the Amphoe Mueang Suphanburi....
. Sources differ over the nature of their conflict; official chronicles state that the older Boromaracha ruled with the willing consent of his nephew, while Jeremias van Vliet's Short History of Thailand indicated that Boromaracha's ascension came only after a bloody conflict bordering on civil war.

Whatever the case, by 1388 King Ramesuan had gathered sufficient support from his power base in Lopburi to return to Ayutthaya and challenge Boromarachi's son Thong Chan for the throne. King Ramesuan's forces quickly took the palace and executed the 17 year-old Thong Chan. King Ramesuan then held the throne until 1395, when he was succeeded by his son Rama (also known as Ramaracha).

During King Ramesuan's second reign, the king seems to have come to an understanding with the kingdom of Sukhothai
Sukhothai kingdom

The Sukhothai kingdom was an early kingdom in the area around the city Sukhothai , in north central Thailand. It existed from 1238 till 1438. The old capital, now 12 km outside of New Sukhothai in Tambon Mueang Kao, is in ruins and is a Sukhothai historic park....
, against whom Boromarachi had warred throughout his reign. Instead, some sources record conflicts with the kingdom of Lan Na (in northern Thailand
Thailand

The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Laos and Myanmar, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Myanmar....
), and the empire of Angkor
Angkor

Angkor is a name conventionally applied to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the Khmer empire that flourished from approximately the ninth century to the fifteenth century A.D....
. Ayutthaya chronicles indicate that King Ramesuan took Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai , also sometimes written as "Chiengmai", is the largest and most culturally significant city in northern Thailand, and is the capital of Chiang Mai Province....
, then the capital of the kingdom of Lan Na, in 1390 and settled many captives within the kingdom of Ayutthaya. A similar defeat of Angkor
Angkor

Angkor is a name conventionally applied to the region of Cambodia serving as the seat of the Khmer empire that flourished from approximately the ninth century to the fifteenth century A.D....
 is recorded as having taken place in response to raids from the Cambodian
Cambodia

The Kingdom of Cambodia is a country in South East Asia with a population of over 13 million people. The kingdom's capital and largest city is Phnom Penh....
 kingdom. Neither of these battles are attested to by chronicles from Lan Na or Angkor.

Sources

  • Wyatt, David K., Thailand: A Short History, New Haven (Yale University), 2003. ISBN 0-300-08475-7