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Statue of King Ekathotsarot, Wat Pha Mok, Ang Thong

Ekathotsarot ( Thai : สมเด็จ พระ เอกา ทศ รถ - Somdet Phra Ekathotsarot, other name: Sanphet III., สมเด็จพระเจ้า สรรเพ ช ญ์ ที่ 3 - Somdet Phrachao Sanphet Thi Sam; * after 1556 in Phitsanulok / Thailand ; † 1610 in Ayutthaya ) from 1605 to 1610 king of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya in what is now Thailand.

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According to Jeremias Van Vliet , director of the VOC office in Ayutthaya and chronicler, his name was Phra Anuchathirat Phra Ramesuan ( Thai : พระ อนุชา ธิ ราช พระ รา เม ศ วร ). The son of Maha Thammaracha was the 21st king of Ayutthaya, he ascended the throne at the age of 45 and ruled for six years.

As the successor to King Naresuan the Great, his brother, he inherited an empire that represented the greatest expansion of Siam ever. During the time of the reign of Naresuan , he had fought the decades-long battles against the Burmese and Cambodians closely by Naresuan's side. During his time, he concentrated on strengthening the political organization of Siam and on foreign relations.

In 1608, Ekathotsarot was the first king of Thailand to send an embassy to Europe to Maurits ( Moritz von Orange ) in the Hague . This was the beginning of a more than 160 year relationship with the Dutch East India Company . Telescopes and binoculars came to Siam early on , a new invention in Europe at the time.

Ekathotsarot's successor was his son Songtham .

literature

• Chris Baker et al .: Van Vliet's Siam . Silkworm Books , Chiang Mai 2005, ISBN 974-9575-81-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to the Chronicle Royal Autograph , which was revised in 1855 by King Mongkut (Rama IV.) And later again by Prince Damrong Rajanubhab , King Ekathotsarot ruled for eight years, from 1594 to 1602 ( CS 955-963).