Ratsada
Ratsada (full name: Somdet Phra Ratsadathirat, Thai : สมเด็จ พระ รั ษ ฎา ธิ ราช , including: Rattha * 1529 /30; † 1534 /35 only) was the 13th king of the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya . He ruled from 1533 / 34-1534 / 35 ( CS 895-896).
Life
When Borommaracha IV died, his only son, Prince Ratsadathirat Kuman, was just five years old. Although he was crowned king, he held this office only five months before he was murdered by his father's half-brother Chairacha. The latter then had himself crowned king as Chairachathirat .
The chronicler Jeremias Van Vliet , merchant of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), who lived in Ayutthaya from 1633 to 1642, describes the king as follows:
“The son of No Phutthangkun succeeded his father to the throne when he was five years old. It was called the Woraratsadathirat. In the absence of more qualified people, this child was crowned king as the previous king had neither a brother nor older sons. He lived no more than five months. He was murdered by his cousin who ruled the kingdom. "
literature
- Richard D. Cushman (David K. Wyatt Ed.): The Royal Chronicles Of Ayutthaya . The Siam Society, Bangkok 2000, ISBN 974-8298-48-5
- David K. Wyatt , Chris Baker , Dhiravat na Pombejra, Alfon van der Kraan: Van Vliet's Siam . Silkworm Books, Chiang Mai 2005, ISBN 974-9575-81-4
Individual evidence
- ↑ year according to the " Chronicle of Luang Prasoet ", (LP) see Cushman: Royal Chronicles . Other chronicles put his reign on 1513 / 14-1514 / 15 ( CS 875-876 ).
- ↑ David K.Wyatt: Van Vliet's Siam , in The Short History of the Kings of Siam 1640 , p 215
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| SURNAME | Ratsada |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Somdet Phra Ratsadathirat; Phra Rattha; สมเด็จ พระ รั ษ ฎา ธิ ราช (Thai); Council Adathirat Kuman |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of the Ayutthaya Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1509–1530 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1514–1535 |
| Place of death | Kingdom of Ayutthaya |