List of Thai Monarchs

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The Royal Standard of the King of Thailand. The Garuda in the middle has been the symbol of the monarchy since the times of Ayutthaya.

Main article: Monarchy of Thailand

[edit] Kingdom of Sukhothai

[edit] Phra Ruang Dynasty (1238–1368,1368–1438)

King Ram Khamhaeng the Great, third King of Sukhothai

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Pho Khun Sri Indraditya (Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao)	?	1239	1279 (30 years)	• First King of Sukhothai
Pho Khun Ban Muang	?	1279 (1 years)		• Son of Sri Indraditya
Pho Khun Ram Khamhaeng the Great (Pho Khun Ram Racha)	circa 1237-1247	1279	1298 (19 years)	• Younger brother of Ban Muang • Son of Sri Indraditya
Phaya Lerthai	?	1298	1323 (25 years)	• Son of Ram Khamhaeng
Phaya Nguanamthom	?	1323	1347 (24 years)	• Cousin of Lerthai • Son of Ban Muang
Phaya Lithai (Phra Maha Thammaracha I)	?	1347	1368 (21 years)	• Cousin of Nguanamthom • Son of Lerthai
Under the suzerain of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya
Phaya Leuthai (Phra Maha Thammaracha II)	?	1368	1399 (31 years)	• Son of Lithai
Phaya Saileuthai (Phra Maha Thammaracha III)	?	1400	1419 (19 years)	• Son of Leuthai
Phaya Borommapan (Phra Maha Thammaracha IV)	?	1419	1438 (19 years)	• Son of Saileuthai

[edit] Kingdom of Ayutthaya

[edit] 1st Uthong Dynasty (1350–1370)

King Uthong, founder of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Death	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Somdet Phra Chao Uthong (Somdet Phra Ramathibodi I)	1314	1350	1369 (20 years)		• First King of Ayutthaya
Somdet Phra Ramesuan (First Reign)	1339	1369	1370 (less than one year) (abdicated)	1395	• Son of Uthong

[edit] 1st Suphannaphum Dynasty (1370–1388)

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Death	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Somdet Phra Borommarachathirat I (Khun Luang Pha Ngua)	?	1370	1388 (18 years)		• Usurper • Former Lord of Suphanburi
Somdet Phra Chao Thong Lan (Chao Thong Chan)	?	1388 (7 days) (usurped)			• Son of Borommarachathirat I

[edit] 2nd Uthong Dynasty (1388–1409)

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Death	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Somdet Phra Ramesuan (Second Reign)	1339	1388	1395 (7 years)		• Former King reclaiming the throne • Son of Uthong
Somdet Phra Rama Ratchathirat	1356	1395	1409 (14 years) (usurped)	?	• Son of Ramesuan

[edit] 2nd Suphannaphum Dynasty (1409–1569)

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Somdet Phra Intha Racha (Phra Chao Nakhon Int)	1359	1409	1424 (15 years)	• Nephew of Borommarachathirat I • Former Lord of Suphanburi, offered crown
Somdet Phra Borommarachathirat II (Chao Sam Phraya)	?	1424	1448 (24 years)	• Son of Intha Racha
Somdet Phra Boromma Trailokanat	1431	1448	1488 (40 years)	• Son of Borommarachathirat II
Somdet Phra Borommarachathirat III	?	1488	1491 (3 years)	• Son of Trailokanat
Somdet Phra Ramathibodi II (Phra Chettathiraj)	1473	1491	1529 (38 years)	• Younger brother of Borommarachathirat III • Son of Trailokanat
Somdet Phra Borommarachathirat IV (Somdet Phra Borommaracha Nor Buddhankoon) (Phra Athitawongse)	?	1529	1533 (4 years)	• Son of Ramathibodi II
Phra Ratsadathirat	1529	1533 (4 months) (usurped)		• Son of Borommarachathirat IV • Child King, reign under regency
Somdet Phra Chairacha (Somdet Phra Chairacha Thirat) (Phra Chai)	?	1533	1546 (13 years)	• Uncle of Ratsadathirat • Son of Ramathibodi II • Usurper
Phra Yodfa (Phra Keowfa)	1535	1546	1548 (2 years)	• Son of Chairacha
Khun Worawongsathirat (Khun Chinnarat) (Bun Si)	?	11 November 1548 (42 days) (Removed)		• Usurper monarch, not accepted by some historians
Somdet Phra Maha Chakkraphat (Phra Chao Chang Pueak)	1509	1548 Crowned on 19 January 1549	1568 (20 years)	• Son of Ramathibodi II • Younger brother of Borommarachathirat IV and Chairacha • Seized the throne from usurper
Somdet Phra Mahinthrathirat	1539	1568	1569 (1 year)	• Son of Maha Chakkrapat and Queen Suriyothai
First Fall of Ayutthaya

[edit] Sukhothai Dynasty (1569–1629)

King Naresuan the Great, reestablished Siamese independence after the First fall of Ayutthaya

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Somdet Phra Maha Thammarachathirat (Somdet Phra Sanphet I)	1517	1569	29 July 1590 (21 years)	• Former Lord of Phitsanulok • Installed as vassal of Bayinnaung of Burma, declared independence in 1584
Somdet Phra Naresuan the Great (Somdet Phra Sanphet II) (Phra Naret)	25 April 1555	29 July 1590	7 April 1605 (15 years)	• Son of Maha Thammarachathirat
Somdet Phra Ekathotsarot (Somdet Phra Sanphet III)	1557	25 April 1605	1610 (5 years)	• Brother of Naresuan • Son of Maha Thammarachathirat
Somdet Phra Si Saowaphak (Somdet Phra Sanphet IV)	?	1610–1611 (less than a year)		• Son of Ekathotsarot
Somdet Phra Songtham (Somdet Phra Borommaracha I)	?	1611	12 December 1628 (17 years)	• Minor relative, invite to take the throne after leaving the Sangha
Somdet Phra Chetthathirat (Somdet Phra Borommaracha II)	circa 1613	1628	1628–1629 (1 year) (assassinated)	• Son of Songtham
Phra Athittayawong	1618	1629 (36 days) (usurped)		• Younger brother of Chetthathirat • Son of Songtham

[edit] Prasat Thong Dynasty (1630–1688)

King Ekathotsarot, during his reign the first Siamese embassy (to the Dutch Republic) departed Ayutthaya

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Death	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Somdet Phra Chao Prasat Thong (Somdet Phra Sanphet V)	1599	1629	1656 (27 years)		• Usurper, formerly the Kalahom • Rumored to be a son of Ekathotsarot
Somdet Chao Fa Chai (Somdet Phra Sanphet VI)	?	1656 (9 months) (usurped)			• Son of Prasat Thong
Somdet Phra Si Suthammaracha (Somdet Phra Sanphet VII)	?	1656 (2 months 17 Days) (usurped)		26 August 1656 (executed)	• Usurper, Uncle of Chao Fa Chai • Younger brother of Prasat Thong
Somdet Phra Narai the Great (Somdet Phra Ramathibodi III)	1629	26 August 1656	11 July 1688 (32 years)		• Usurper, nephew of Si Suthammaracha • Son of Prasat Thong • Half-brother of Chao Fa Chai

[edit] Ban Phlu Luang Dynasty (1688–1767)

King Narai the Great, sent many more embassies during his long reign including to the court of Louis XIV of France

Name	Birth	Reign From	Reign Until	Death	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Somdet Phra Phetracha	1632	1688	1703 (15 years)		• Usurper, cousin of Narai • Former commander of the Royal Elephant Corps
Somdet Phra Suriyenthrathibodi (Somdet Phra Sanphet VIII) (Phra Chao Suea)	?	1703	1708 (5 years)		• Rumored to be a son of Narai
Somdet Phra Chao Yu Hua Thai Sa (Somdet Phra Sanphet IX)	?	1708	1732 (24 years)		• Son of Suriyenthrathibodi
Somdet Phra Chao Yu Hua Boromakot	?	1732	1758 (26 years)		• Brother of Thai Sa, Former Front Palace • Son of Suriyenthrathibodi
Somdet Phra Chao Uthumphon (Somdet Phra Ramathibodi IV) (Khun Luang Hawat)	?	1758 (2 months) (usurped)		1796	• Son of Boromakot
Somdet Phra Chao Ekkathat (Somdet Phra Chao Yu Hua Phra Thinang Suriyat Amarin) (Somdet Phra Borommaracha III)	?	1758	7 April 1767 (9 years) (removed)	17 April 1767	• Brother of Uthumphon • Usurper, Former Front Palace • Son of Boromakot
Second Fall of Ayutthaya

[edit] Kingdom of Thonburi

[edit] Thonburi Dynasty (1768–1782)

Portrait	Name	Birth	Reign From	Coronation	Reign Until	Death	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
	Somdet Phra Chao Taksin the Great (Phra Chao Krung Thonburi) (Somdet Phra Borommaracha IV)	17 April 1734	6 November 1767	28 December 1768	6 April 1782 (15 years) (removed)	7 April 1782 (47 years old) (executed)	• Only King of Thonburi

[edit] Kingdom of Rattanakosin, Siam (Thailand)

[edit] Chakri Dynasty (1782–Present)

Name	Birth	Reign From	Coronation	Reign Until	Death	Relationship with Predecessor(s)
Phrabat Somdet Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great (Rama I)	20 March 1737	6 April 1782	10 June 1782	7 September 1809 (27 years) (72 years old)		• First King of Rattanakosin
Phrabat Somdet Phra Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II)	24 February 1767	7 September 1809		21 July 1824 (15 years) (57 years old)		• Son of Rama I and Queen Amarindra
Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Jessadabodindra Phra Nangklao Chao Yu Hua (Rama III) (Phra Maha Jessadarajachao)	31 March 1788	21 July 1824		2 April 1851 (26 years) (63 years old)		• Son of Rama II and Princess Consort Sri Sulalai
Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (Rama IV)	18 October 1804	2 April 1851	6 April 1851	1 October 1868 (18 years) (63 years old)		• Half-brother of Rama III • Son of Rama II and Queen Sri Suriyendra
Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chulalongkorn the Great Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua (Rama V) (Phra Piya Maharat)	20 September 1853	1 October 1868	11 November 1868 (1st time) 16 November 1873 (2nd time)	23 October 1910 (42 years) (57 years old)		• Son of Rama IV and Queen Debsirindra • Under Regency of Si Suriyawongse from 1868–1873
Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua (Rama VI) (Phra Maha Thirarachachao)	1 January 1881	23 October 1910	11 November 1911	25 November 1925 (15 years) (44 years old)		• Son of Rama V and Queen Saovabha Bongsri
Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chao Yu Hua (Rama VII)	8 November 1893	25 November 1925	25 February 1926	2 March 1935 (9 years) (abdicated)	30 May 1941 (47 years old)	• Younger brother of Rama VI • Son of Rama V and Queen Saovabha Bongsri
Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Ananda Mahidol Phra Atthama Ramathibodindhorn (Rama VIII)	20 September 1925	2 March 1935	-	9 June 1946 (12 years) (20 years old) (assassinated)		• Nephew of Rama VII • Grandson of Rama V by Mahidol Adulyadej • Under Regency from 1935–1946
Phrabat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great Somdet Phra Pathara Maharat (Rama IX)	5 December 1927	9 June 1946	5 May 1950	Current (reign: &1000000000000006500000065 years, &10000000000000266000000266 days) (age: &1000000000000008400000084 years, &1000000000000008700000087 days)		• Younger brother of Rama VIII • Grandson of Rama V by Mahidol Adulyadej