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A royal monument of King Taksin the Great. Taksin was born on 17 April 1734, in Ayutthaya. [clarification needed] Taksin had Chinese Teochew, Tai-Chinese and Mon ancestry.His father, Yong Saetae (Thai: หยง แซ่แต้; Chinese: 鄭鏞 Zhèng Yōng), who worked as a tax-collector, [7] was of ethnic Teochew descent from Chenghai District, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
The throne hall. Thonburi Palace, also known in Thai as Phra Racha Wang Derm (Thai: พระราชวังเดิม, RTGS: Phraratchawang Doem, literally former palace), is the former royal palace of King Taksin, who ruled the Siamese kingdom of Thonburi following the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 and up until the establishment of Rattanakosin in 1782.
Phra Racha Wang Derm (Thonburi Palace) (1768) – Royal palace of King Taksin; now site of the Royal Thai Navy headquarters.; Front Palace (Phra Ratchawang Bowon Sathan Mongkhon), Bangkok (1782–85) – Residence of the holder of the same title, who was also known as the uparaja or "vice king".
The Grand Palace compound on the banks of the Chao Phraya river.The primary royal and ceremonial residence of the monarch and royal family of Thailand. Royal residences of the Chakri Dynasty in Thailand include the Grand Palace, nineteen royal palaces (Thai: พระราชวัง, RTGS: phra ratcha wang; official residences of the king and uparaja stipulated as such by royal decree) and ...
King Taksin ordered Phraya Yommaraj Thongduang (later King Rama I) to bring the army of 10,000 men to invade Cambodia by land, while King Taksin himself with Phraya Phiphit Chen Lian (陳聯, called Trần Liên in Vietnamese sources) [14] as the admiral invaded Hà Tiên with the fleet of 15,000 men. Hà Tiên fell to Siamese invaders in ...
Sa Pathum Palace: A royal residence in the centre of shopping district close to Ratchaprasong Intersection, former residence of Queen Savang Vadhana, one of King Rama V's wifes and grandmother of King Rama VIII with King Rama IX, she is also considered to be the great-grandmother of King Rama X, the current Thai king. The palace is now official ...
King Taksin is severely injured—a bleeding wound with exposed muscle—while riding on the king's elephant conveyance in front of troops. Fortunately, the bullet indirectly hit the edge skin of the shin, not the bones. King Taksin then issued a royal order for a retreat in order to return to Thonburi.
Rama I, the newly enthroned king, moved the capital across the river, where stakes driven into the soil of Bangkok for the City Pillar at 06:45 on 21 April 1782 marked the official founding of the new capital. [3]: p.14 Thonburi remained an independent town and province, until it was merged with Bangkok in 1971. [4]