Borommarachathirat III or Borom Rachathirat III ( th, บรมราชาธิราชที่ ๓) was the king of
Ayutthaya from 1488 to 1491. He was a son of
Trailokanat
Borommatrailokkanat ( th, บรมไตรโลกนาถ, , sa, Brahmatrailokanātha) or Trailok (1431–1488) was the king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom from 1448 to 1488. He was one of many monarchs who gained the epithet ''King of White Ele ...
and served as Trailokanat’s regent in Ayutthaya during his father’s campaigns against
Lanna
The Lan Na Kingdom ( nod, , , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; th, อาณาจักรล้านนา, , ), also known as Lannathai, and most commonly called Lanna or Lanna Kingdom, was an Indianized state centered in present-day ...
in the north. Trailokanat died in 1488 and Borommarachathirat succeeded his father. Upon ascension, he moved the capital back to Ayutthaya. The throne of
Sukhothai at
Pitsanulok
Phitsanulok ( th, พิษณุโลก, ) is an important, historic city in lower northern Thailand and is the capital of Phitsanulok Province. Phitsanulok is home to Naresuan University and Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University, as well as ...
, however, was succeeded by his brother Prince
Chettathirat.
[Rajanubhab, D., 2001, Our Wars With the Burmese, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., ]
His reign, however, was short. He sent Siamese armies to capture the
Mon city of
Dawei
Dawei (, ; mnw, ဓဝဲါ, ; th, ทวาย, RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the northern bank of ...
in 1491 and died the same year.
He was succeeded by his brother Prince Chettathirat as
Ramathibodi II
Chettathirat ( th, เชษฐาธิราช, ) or (upon accession to the Ayutthayan throne) Ramathibodi II ( th, รามาธิบดีที่ ๒; 1472/73 – July/10 October 1529) was the King of Sukhothai from 1485 and King of Ay ...
.
[Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited]
Ancestry
References
1491 deaths
Suphannaphum dynasty
Kings of Ayutthaya
Year of birth unknown
15th-century monarchs in Asia
Princes of Ayutthaya
15th-century Thai people
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