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. He was a nephew of King

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. He was known in Vietnamese contexts as Chiêu Tăng (昭曾). Prince Thepharirak was the eldest son of Princess Sri Sudarak (เจ้าฟ้ากรมพระศรีสุดารักษ์) (sister of

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) and her Chinese husband Ngoen Saetan (). One of his sisters was

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. In 1783,

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, who was the

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ruled over southern Vietnam, sought aid for Siamese to retake

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(Saigon) from Tây-Sơn rebel forces. In 1785, Prince Thepharirak was ordered to attack Saigon with 50,000 soldiers together with Ánh, while Phraya Wichitnarong led an army through Cambodia in order to gather khmer soldiers to join the battalion. Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Vietnamese: Chiêu Thùy Biện 昭錘卞), the governor of Cambodia, also sent 5000 Cambodian soldiers to support them.Nguyễn Duy Chính, "Tương quan Xiêm-Việt cuối thế kỷ XVIII", dẫn theo Thadeus và Chadin Flood (dịch và hiệu đính), "The Dynastic Chronicles, Bangkok Era, The First Reign",

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in Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút, and fled to Cambodia. King Rama I was furious. The King was about to punish him, but then the two elder sisters of the King gave a royal pardon. Krommaluang Thepharirak was authorized to attack

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together with

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in 1804. He is the progenitor of the

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, a cadet branch of Chakri Dynasty that descended directly from the siblings of King Rama I.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thepharirak, Krommaluang Thai people of Chinese descent 18th-century Chakri dynasty 19th-century Chakri dynasty 1759 births 1805 deaths Thai male Chao Fa Devahastin family