Borommarachathirat III, or Borom Rachathirat III () was the king of
Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya, Ayudhya, or Ayuthia may refer to:
* Ayutthaya Kingdom, a Thai kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767
** Ayutthaya Historical Park, the ruins of the old capital city of the Ayutthaya Kingdom
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from 1488 to 1491. He was a son of
Trailokanat and served as Trailokanat’s regent in Ayutthaya during his father’s campaigns against
Lanna
The Lan Na kingdom or the Kingdom of Lanna (, , "Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields"; , , ), also known as Lannathai, was an Indianized state centered in present-day Northern Thailand from the 13th to the 18th centuries.
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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, 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 (, ; , ; , 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 eastern bank of the Dawei River. The city is about ...
in 1491 and died the same year.
He was succeeded by his brother, Prince Chettathirat as
Ramathibodi II.
[Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited]
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1491 deaths
Suphannaphum dynasty
Kings of Ayutthaya
Year of birth unknown
15th-century monarchs in Asia
Princes of Ayutthaya
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