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Yot Fa (full name: Somdet Phra Chao Yot Fa Thai: สมเด็จ พระเจ้า ยอด ฟ้า, also: Phra Kaeo Fa, พระ แก้ว ฟ้า ) (* 1535/36; † June 1548 ) was the 15th king of the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya. He reigned for two years from 1546/47-1548/49 (CS 908-910 ).

King Chairachathirat died 1546/47 on the way back from an unsuccessful campaign in Lan Na. He left two sons, both of his queen Thao Si Sudachan ( Thai: แท่ อยู่ หัว ศรี สุดา จันทร์ ). The elder, Prince Yot Fa, was invited at the age of eleven years of the "assembly of Buddhist monks, Brahmin, ministers, poets, sages and astrologers to rule the kingdom to respect the royal traditions and continue the glorious line of the sun. "His mother was employed here as a regent.

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

" The son of the late Chaiyaracha became king when he was ten years old. He was named Phra Yot Chao. He was a promising young prince, everyone thought he would succeed his father in every way. He loved to hunt so much easier to brush on the horse through forests, meadows and fields and to fight the elephant back out. However, he only lived for three years, he was murdered by his father's concubine, Si Suda Mae Chao, with poison and magic. "

Succession

Shortly after the coronation of Yot Fa the regent the Temple Guardian Phanbut Si Thep ( พัน บุตร ศรีเทพ ) know. You fell in love with him and left him after a short time with the title " Khun Chinnarat " ( ขุน ชิน ราช ) honor. Secretly, the two forged a plan to depose King Yot Fa and instead of him to put Khun Chinnarat to the throne. To this end, the queen promoted him to " Khun Worawongsa " ( ขุน วร วงศา ธิ ราช ), the head of the Registration Authority, whose office was near their residence.

The following year, the lover of Prince Sudachan Yot Fa was poison to put himself as Khun Worawongsathirat ( ขุน วร วงศา ธิ ราช ) to the throne. After six months, he was in turn killed by the leading nobles of the empire. His successor was the half-brother Chairachas, Prince Thianracha. He was crowned in July 1548 than Maha Chakkraphat the 17th king of Ayutthaya.