Prince Phet (, ) or King of Banyongrattanat Palace () or known as the King Thai Sa (, ) (meaning "King beside the Poolside" because he often lived in the Banyongrattanat Palace, which is located beside the pool) 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
* Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province (locall ...
from 1709 to 1733 and the third ruler from the Ban Phlu Luang dynasty.
[Rajanubhab, D., 2001, Our Wars With the Burmese, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., ]
Reign
King of Banyongrattanat Palace was born Prince Phet () to King
Sanphet VIII and his principal queen. After the death of his father in 1709 Prince Phet was crowned as King of Siam and took the reigning name Phumintharacha (). He appointed his brother Prince
Phon
The phon is a logarithmic unit of loudness level for tones and complex sounds. Loudness is measured in sones, a linear unit. Human sensitivity to sound is variable across different frequencies; therefore, although two different tones may pres ...
as the
Prince Viceroy in First Class. The king was said to be so fond of
silver barb that he forbade anyone but himself from fishing them or else they would be fined, and he liked to fish often in the pool beside Banyongrattanat Palace, where he came to live regularly. This earned him the epithet "Angler King" (). His reign was marked by the building of many canals, and "large sea-going vessels". Siam also exported many live elephants.
[Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited]
Invasion of Cambodia
In the early reign of King Thai Sa, there was a royal succession conflict in Cambodia. Prince Ang Tong and his younger brother, Prince
Kaev Hua III, were fighting for the throne of Cambodia. In 1715,
Nguyễn Phúc Chu the
Nguyen lord (Vietnam) who supported King
Kaev Hua III invaded
Oudong
Oudong (; also romanized as Udong or Odong) is a former town of the post-Angkorian period (1618–1863) situated in present-day ''Phsar Daek'' Commune, Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia, near the border between Kandal Province and Kampong Chhnang Pr ...
and King
Thommo Reachea III and Prince Ang Tong along with their families fled to Ayutthaya for protection. King Tai Sa ordered Chao Phraya Chakri to invade Cambodia
[''Cambodian Chronicles''] to restore King Thommarcha in 1717. The Siamese fleets suffered defeat by the Vietnamese at
Banteay Mas yet on the land the Siamese were able to reach Oudong in 1718 and eliminated Vietnamese troops in the city. King Keao Fa, however, took negotiating measures. He agreed to pay tribute to the Siamese court as Ayutthaya's vassal state in exchange for the Siamese's acknowledgment of him as the legitimate king of Cambodia.
Succession crisis
King Thai Sa had three sons – Prince Narenthon, Prince Aphai and Prince Poramet. In 1732, while King Thai Sa was on his deathbed he gave the throne to Prince Aphai since Prince Narenthon, his elder brother had entered the priesthood. Prince Phon, the younger son of
Sanphet VIII managed to defeat his nephews and took the throne as King
Borommakot.
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Death
As it appears in the archives of the French bishopric coming in Ayutthaya time by Adrien Louney that he has an abscess in his mouth or throat, while in the Autthaya Chronicle by Chat, Phra Chakkraphatphong it was recorded that he had a tongue disease. It therefore often assumed that he may have had the oral cancer, which may have been squamous cell carcinoma
Squamous-cell carcinoma (SCC), also known as epidermoid carcinoma, comprises a number of different types of cancer that begin in squamous cells. These cells form on the surface of the skin, on the lining of hollow organs in the body, and on the ...
. He was suffering from this disease for a long time until his death on 13 January 1733.Phon
The phon is a logarithmic unit of loudness level for tones and complex sounds. Loudness is measured in sones, a linear unit. Human sensitivity to sound is variable across different frequencies; therefore, although two different tones may pres ...
, the prince Viceroy, the King's brother.
Issue
Ancestry
See also
* Edict of Ayutthaya on Missionary Activities
References
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1733 deaths
Kings of Ayutthaya
Ban Phlu Luang dynasty
Year of birth unknown
18th-century monarchs in Asia
Thai male Chao Fa
Princes of Ayutthaya
18th-century Thai monarchs
1678 births