Yot Fa

Yot Fa (full name: Somdet Phra Chao Yot Fa , Thai : สมเด็จ พระเจ้า ยอด ฟ้า , also: Phra Kaeo Fa , พระ แก้ว ฟ้า ) (* 1535/36 ; † June 1548 ) was the 15th king of the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya . He ruled for two years from 1546 / 47–1548 / 49 ( CS 908–910).

King Chairachathirat died in 1546/47 on the way back from an unsuccessful campaign to Lan Na . He left two sons, both of his queen Thao Si Sudachan (Thai: แม่อยู่หัว ศรี สุดา จันทร์ ). The elder, Prince Yot Fa, was invited at the age of eleven by the “Assembly of Buddhist Monks, Brahmins, Ministers, Poets, Sages and Astrologers to rule the empire, respect the royal traditions and carry on the glorious lineage of the sun. “His mother was used as regent in.

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 the late Chaiyaracha became king when he was ten years old. He was called Phra Yot Chao. He was a promising young prince, everyone believed he would follow his father in every way. He loved to hunt immensely, to roam through forests, meadows and fields on horseback and to fight from the back of an elephant. However, he only lived for three years, he was murdered with poison and magic by his father's concubine, Mae Si Suda Chao. "

- van Vliet

Succession

Shortly after the coronation of Yotfa the regent learned the Temple Guardian Phanbut Si Thep ( พัน บุตร ศรีเทพ ) know. She fell in love with him and after a short time had him honored with the title "Khun Chinnarat" ( ขุน ชิน ราช ). The two secretly forged a plan to depose King Yot Fa and put Khun Chinnarat on the throne in his place. The queen promoted him to "Khun Worawongsa" ( ขุน วร วงศา ธิ ราช ), the head of the registration authority, whose office was near her residence.

The following year, the lover of Sudachan had Prince Yot Fa poisoned in order to put himself on the throne as Khun Worawongsathirat ( ขุน วร วงศา ธิ ราช ). After six months he was again murdered by the leading nobles of the empire. His successor was Chairacha's half-brother, Prince Thianracha. He was crowned the 17th King of Ayutthaya as Maha Chakkraphat in July 1548 .

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

1. ↑ year according to the " Chronicle of Luang Prasoet ", (LP) see Cushman: Royal Chronicles . Other chronicles report a reign of two years and six months, from 1527/28 to 1529/30 ( CS 889–891 ).
2. ^ Cushman: The Royal Chronicles , p. 21
3. ↑ David K.Wyatt: Van Vliet's Siam , in The Short History of the Kings of Siam 1640 , p 215
4. ^ Cushman: The Royal Chronicles , p. 22