Siamese Civil War 1610–1612
Map of Ayutthaya
| date | 1610 to 1612 |
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| place | Ayutthaya ( Siam ) |
| Casus Belli | The Japanese guards rebelled against King Songtham to put another candidate on the throne |
| output | King Songtham defeated the Japanese and their allies, Laotian troops, and got the throne back |
| Territorial changes | Ayutthaya |
| Parties to the conflict | |
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Japanese in the service of Siam |
| Commander | |
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King Songtham of Siam |
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At the beginning of the 17th century, many Japanese left their country to escape from the tyrannical Tokugawa - shogunate . They settled in Cambodia and Siam . Under Yamada Nagamasa († 1632) many were employed as palace guards in Ayutthaya and were able to distinguish themselves in this function many times.
In 1610 Songtham (Intharadscha II .; † 1628) succeeded the childless Ekathotsarot (r. 1605 to 1610) on the throne of Siam. As a result, the Japanese palace guards rebelled because they were supporting another heir to the throne. Lao troops from northern Siam came to their aid, but they evidently had their own interests in Siam. The Laotians took the town of Lop Buri , whereupon Songtham rallied his troops to drive the Laotians out. This incited a renewed Japanese rebellion, which Songtham was able to put down. He realized, however, that an agreement with the Japanese was in his interest; as a result, he left them in their function, but after their abandonment of the fortress in Phetchaburi .
Individual evidence
- ^ Philips, Axelrod (2004), p. 1040.
literature
- Charles Phillips, Alan Axelrod: Encyclopedia of Wars . 3 vols. Facts on File, New York 2004, ISBN 0-8160-2851-6 .
- WAR Wood: A History of Siam: from the earliest times to the year Ad 1781, with a supplement dealing with more recent events. AMS, New York 1974. ( Download as PDF from the "Universal Library" of the Internet Archive )