Ramesuan

Ramesuan

Somdet Phra Ramesuan (Thai: สมเด็จพระราเมศวร, pronounced [sǒm.dèt pʰráʔ rāː.mēː.sǔa̯n]; 1339–1395), son of king Ramathibodi I, reigned as the second and fifth king of the kingdom of Ayutthaya. When King Ramathibodi ascended to the throne of Ayuthaya, he sent King Ramesuan to reign in Lavo. Upon King Ramathibodi's death in 1369, King Ramesuan traveled to Ayutthaya to assume the throne, but held it for less than a year before being deposed by his uncle, King Borommaracha I, the ruler of Suphanburi. Sources differ over the nature of their conflict; official chronicles state that the older Boromaracha ruled with the willing consent of his nephew, while Jeremias van Vliet's Short History of Thailand indicated that Boromaracha's ascension came only after a bloody conflict bordering on civil war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Ramesuan is the 13,940th most popular politician (down from 11,936th in 2024). (down from 2,944th in 2019)