Ramaracha

Ramracha or Ramrachathirat ( Thai: Somdet Phra Ramrachathirat สมเด็จ พระราม ราชาธิราช, also: Chao Phraya Ram - เจ้าพระยา ราม ) was 1395 (CS 757) to 1409 (CS 771 ), the sixth king of the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya. Other chronicles call reign as the 1387 (CS 749 ) to 1401 (CS 763 ).

Life

Ramrachas father, King Ramesuan, died of an unknown disease, shortly after he founded Wat Phu Khao Thong. His son, Rama, just 21 years old, settled as Ramrachathirat (short: Ramracha ) crowned king.

He sent the Prince Nakhon in, the younger brother of Thong Chan, who was killed by his father Ramesuan seven years ago, as governor to Suphanburi. He endowed him with so many rights that Nakhon In diplomatic relations with China established, which then looked at him as heir to the throne.

For unknown reasons, the king with Chaophraya Maha Senabodi, his top ministers fell out so that it fled from the capital to nearby Pathakhucham. Senabodi allied with Nakhon In their joint forces could eventually refer the king into exile. In Nakhon had himself crowned as Intharacha I, King, Senabodi was the daughter of a royal concubine to wife. The whereabouts of Ramracha nothing is handed down.

The chronicler Jeremias Van Vliet, merchant of the Dutch East India Company, who lived in Ayutthaya from 1633 to 1642, describes the king as follows:

" The son of King Ramesuan became king at the age of 21 years. He possessed little wisdom, for he sent the brother of Thong Chan as governor to Suphanburi. He gave him so much power that it killed him himself and made ​​himself king. There is nothing more to say to Ramrachathirat, as he reigned only a short time and nothing worth mentioning accomplished. "