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Mongkut (มงกุฎ, literal meaning: crown) was the second son of Prince Itsarasunthon, son of Phutthayotfa Chulalok, the first Chakri king of Siam (King Rama I) and Princess Bunrot. [3] Mongkut was born in the Old (Thonburi) Palace in 1804, where the first son had died shortly after birth in 1801.
Western nations referred to the monarch as the "King of Siam" (Latin: Rex Siamensium), regardless of Thai titles, since the initiation of relations in the 16th century. Mongkut (Rama IV) was the first monarch to adopt the title when the name Siam was first used in an international treaty . [ 2 ]
The use of the name "King Rama 'n'th" is in line with Thai practice of giving numbers to the king in the current dynasty. However, the translation was not exact and can give rise to some confusion as to whether this was actually the name adopted by the king on his coronation .
Sculpture depicting the Prince disguised as Chao Ngo, at King Rama II Memorial Park. Sang Thong (Thai: สังข์ทอง, 'golden conch'), The Prince of the Golden Conch Shell [1] or Phra Sang Thong [2] is a Southeast Asian folktale inspired from the Paññāsa Jātaka, this wisdom book it is a canonical collection of ancient tales told in Thailand.
Nattawat was born in Bangkok, Thailand on 18 October 2004. He was nicknamed Fourth as he was born on King Rama IV's 200th birthday. [7] His mother is from the Isan province of Sakon Nakhon.
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun will be officially crowned as the 10th king of the Chakri dynasty on May 4, after taking the throne following the death of his father ...
Vajiralongkorn [c] (born 28 July 1952) is King of Thailand since 2016. He is the tenth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama X.. The only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and Queen Sirikit, he was made crown prince by his father in 1972, at the age of 20.
King Rama VI was the person who shed the light first on the Ramayana studies in Thailand, by tracing the sources of the Ramakien, comparing it with the Sanskrit Valmiki Ramayana. He found that the Ramakien was influenced by three sources: the Valmiki 's Ramayana, the Vishnu Purana , and Hanuman Nataka (all three are from mythology). [ 2 ]