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King Dro?dharm (full Thai
Thai language

Thai , is the national language and official language language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group....
 title: ????????????????????; RTGS
Royal Thai General System of Transcription

The Royal Thai General System of Transcription is the official system for rendering Thai language words in the Latin alphabet, published by The Royal Institute of Thailand....
: Somdet Phra Chao Songtham) was the 27th monarch of Ayuthia
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...
 and the fifth monarch to come from the House of Sukhoday
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...
, reigning from 1611 to 1628.

Royal History
King Dro?dharm is named in the Royal Secretary's Edition of the Royal Chronicles of Ayuthia as His Majesty King P?romaraja I (??????????????????? ?; Somdet Phra Borommaracha thi Nueng); he had previously been a priest, identified in the Royal Chronicles of Ayuthia as the monk Srisin (?????????; Phra Sisin), serving at the Ragha? Monastery and had ascended the order as Bimoldharm-Ananta?rija (?????????????????????; Phra Phimontham-Anantapricha).

Later, Chamuen
Thai royal and noble titles

Thailand royal and noble titles signify relationship to the King. The system is somewhat complicated and usually not well understood even by most Thai people....
 Sris?rrak? assented to the execution of King Sriseavabhagy and then invited Bimoldharm-Ananta?rija to leave the priesthood and take up the royal throne in 1612 (some sources say 1620; the Karmakar Ja?ra ?ravatisastr (????????????????????????; Kammakan Chamra Prawattisat), a council of Thai historians, claim it was actually 1610).

Bimoldharm-Ananta?rija was crowned the reigning monarch of Ayuthia as King Dro?dharm (??????????????; Phra Chao Songtham) or Bracea Dro?dharm an Maha?rasrei?h (????????????????????????????; Phra Chao Songtham an Maha Prasoet) and dubbed Sris?rrak? the Uparaja
Uparaja

Ouparath, also Ouparaja, or Uparaja, are titles for viceregal positions reserved for of the Buddhist dynasties in Thailand, Cambodia, Burma and Laos, as well as some minor tributary kingdoms of these....
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King Dro?dharm (full Thai
Thai language

Thai , is the national language and official language language of Thailand and the mother tongue of the Thai people, Thailand's dominant ethnic group....
 title: ????????????????????; RTGS
Royal Thai General System of Transcription

The Royal Thai General System of Transcription is the official system for rendering Thai language words in the Latin alphabet, published by The Royal Institute of Thailand....
: Somdet Phra Chao Songtham) was the 27th monarch of Ayuthia
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...
 and the fifth monarch to come from the House of Sukhoday
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...
, reigning from 1611 to 1628.

Royal History


King Dro?dharm is named in the Royal Secretary's Edition of the Royal Chronicles of Ayuthia as His Majesty King P?romaraja I (??????????????????? ?; Somdet Phra Borommaracha thi Nueng); he had previously been a priest, identified in the Royal Chronicles of Ayuthia as the monk Srisin (?????????; Phra Sisin), serving at the Ragha? Monastery and had ascended the order as Bimoldharm-Ananta?rija (?????????????????????; Phra Phimontham-Anantapricha).

Later, Chamuen
Thai royal and noble titles

Thailand royal and noble titles signify relationship to the King. The system is somewhat complicated and usually not well understood even by most Thai people....
 Sris?rrak? assented to the execution of King Sriseavabhagy and then invited Bimoldharm-Ananta?rija to leave the priesthood and take up the royal throne in 1612 (some sources say 1620; the Karmakar Ja?ra ?ravatisastr (????????????????????????; Kammakan Chamra Prawattisat), a council of Thai historians, claim it was actually 1610).

Bimoldharm-Ananta?rija was crowned the reigning monarch of Ayuthia as King Dro?dharm (??????????????; Phra Chao Songtham) or Bracea Dro?dharm an Maha?rasrei?h (????????????????????????????; Phra Chao Songtham an Maha Prasoet) and dubbed Sris?rrak? the Uparaja
Uparaja

Ouparath, also Ouparaja, or Uparaja, are titles for viceregal positions reserved for of the Buddhist dynasties in Thailand, Cambodia, Burma and Laos, as well as some minor tributary kingdoms of these....
. However, Sris?rrak? died after holding the throne for only three days. His Majesty King Dro?dharm had three sons, these being Je??ha
Je??hadhiraj

King Chetthathiraj was the eldest son of Songtham and older brother of Adityavo?s, all three of the Ayutthaya Kingdom#Sukhothai Dynasty. In childhood he was known as Chetthakumar meaning 'Chettha the Child' or simply Chettha....
, Srisil? and Adityavo?s
Adityavo?s

King Adityavo?s was the 23rd monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom who reigned for a period of 38 days in the year 1629. He was the second son of Songtham and the younger brother of Je??hadhiraj and so was of the Ayutthaya Kingdom#Sukhothai Dynasty....
, although historians such as Jeremias Van Vliet claim he had nine sons and eight daughters.

King Dro?dharm reigned for seventeen years before passing away on December 12, 1628, as recorded by Dutch sources.

Royal Charges


One important event credited to King Dro?dharm is that he ordered the Mo?golp?bitr holy site (?????????????????; Wihan Phra Mongkhon Bophit), which was west of the Ayuthian Grand Palace, be moved to the south. Other important events during his reign are the destruction of Tenasserim
Tanintharyi Division

Tanintharyi Division , is an administrative Administrative divisions of Burma of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus....
, wars with Burma and Cambodia
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....
, increased trade with Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
, Branpuñ's discovery of the Buddha's Footprint
Amphoe Phra Phutthabat

Phra Phutthabat is a district located in Saraburi Province, Thailand.The district is named after the Wat Phra Phutthabat, meaning temple of Buddha's footprint....
 at Sarapuri
Saraburi Province

Saraburi is one of the central Provinces of Thailand of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Lopburi Province, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Nakhon Nayok Province, Pathum Thani Province and Ayutthaya Province....
, the work Kabymahajati
Kabymahajati

The Kabymahajati is an old work of literature composed in Siam sometime during the Ayutthaya Kingdom. There is no mention of the name of its author and its history remains unclear....
 credited to Dro?dharm, and the channeling of the Kaiteiy Temple Canal (???????????????; Khlong Wat Kai Tia) in Samgok (??????????; Ban Sam Khok).

source: Thai Wikipedia

Also


His reign is linked to the rise of the Japanese adventurer Yamada Nagamasa
Yamada Nagamasa

Yamada Nagamasa was a Japanese adventurer who gained considerable influence in Thailand at the beginning of the 17th century and became the ruler of the Nakhon Si Thammarat province in southern Thailand....
 who helped him in his military campaigns with a small army of Japanese soldiers.

Songtham supported trade and sent four embassies (about 20 people each) to the Japanese Shogun
Shogun

is a military rank and historical title for Hereditary Commanders in Chief of the Armed Forces of Japan. The Japanese word for "general", it is made up of two kanji characters: sho, meaning "commander", "general", or "admiral", and gun meaning military troops or warriors....
 in 1621, 1623, 1626, 1629.

The royal tradition, worship Buddha's footprint in Wat Phra Phutthabat
Amphoe Phra Phutthabat

Phra Phutthabat is a district located in Saraburi Province, Thailand.The district is named after the Wat Phra Phutthabat, meaning temple of Buddha's footprint....
 began in his reign.