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{{Short description|King of Siam from 1782 to 1809}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| title        = King Rama I
| image        = King Rama I of Siam (Yodfa Chulalok) Portrait.jpg
| caption      = Portrait at the [[Grand Palace|Grand Palace, Bangkok]]
| name         = {{ubl|Phutthayotfa Chulalok|{{langn|th|พุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก}}}}
| succession   = [[Monarchy of Thailand|King of Siam]]
| reign        = 6 April 1782 – {{nowrap|7 September 1809}}
| coronation   = {{ubl|10 June 1782 (1st)|17 June 1785 (2nd)}}
| cor-type     = [[Coronation of the Thai monarch|Coronation]]
| predecessor  = [[Taksin]] (as King of [[Thonburi Kingdom|Thonburi]])
| successor    = [[Rama II|Phutthaloetlanaphalai]] (Rama II)
| regent       = {{ubl|[[Maha Sura Singhanat]]|[[Rama II|Itsarasunthon]] (later Rama II)}}
| reg-type     = [[Front Palace|Viceroy]]
| regent1      = [[Anurak Devesh]] (1782–1806)
| reg-type1    = [[Rear Palace|Deputy Viceroy]]
| birth_name   = Thongduang (Thong Duang)
| birth_date   = {{birth date|df=y|1737|3|20}}
| birth_place  = [[Ayutthaya (city)|Ayutthaya]], [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=y|1809|9|7|1737|3|20}}
| death_place  = [[Bangkok]], [[Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)|Siam]]
| burial_place = [[Wat Pho]], Bangkok
| spouse       = {{ublist|[[Amarindra]] (Nak)|and 43 concubines}}
| issue        = 21 sons and 21 daughters, including:{{ublist|[[Rama II|Phutthaloetlanaphalai]] (Rama II)|[[Maha Senanurak]] (Chui)|[[Sakdiphonlasep]] (Arunotai)|[[Paramanuchitchinorot]]|[[Kunthon Thipphayawadi]]}}
| house        = [[Chakri dynasty|Chakri]]
| father       = [[:th:สมเด็จพระปฐมบรมมหาชนก|Thongdi]] (later Somdet Phra Pathom Borom Maha Chanok)
| mother       = [[:th:พระอัครชายา (หยก)|Daoreung]] (Yok; later Phra Akkhara Chaya)
| religion     = [[Theravada Buddhism]]
| signature    = Privy Seal of King Rama I (Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke).svg
| signature_type = Seal
}}

'''Phutthayotfa Chulalok'''{{efn|{{Langx|th|พุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก}}}} (born '''Thongduang'''{{efn|{{Langx|th|ทองด้วง}}}}; 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), also known by his [[regnal name]] '''Rama I''', was the founder of the [[Rattanakosin Kingdom]] (now Thailand) and the first [[Monarchy of Thailand|King of Siam]] from the reigning [[Chakri dynasty]]. He ascended the throne in 1782, following the deposition of King [[Taksin]] of [[Thonburi Kingdom|Thonburi]]. He was also celebrated as the founder of Rattanakosin (now [[Bangkok]]) as the new capital of the reunited kingdom.

Rama I, whose given name was Thongduang, was born from a [[Mon people|Mon]] male line descent family, great-grandson of [[Kosa Pan]]. His father served in the royal court of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom]]. Thongduang and his younger brother [[Maha Sura Singhanat|Boonma]] served King Taksin in wars against the Burmese [[Konbaung dynasty]] and helped him in the reunification of Siam. During this time he emerged as Siam's most powerful military leader. Thongduang was the first ''[[Somdet Chao Phraya (title)|Somdet Chao Phraya]]'', the highest rank the nobility could attain, equaled to that of royalty. In 1782, he took control of Siam and crowned himself as the monarch. The most famous event in his reign was the [[Burmese–Siamese War (1785–1786)]], which was the last major Burmese assault on Siam.

Rama I's reign marked a revival of Siamese culture and state organization following the collapse of the Siamese kingdom in 1767, whose capital was then situated at Ayutthaya. He established a new purified Buddhist sect which allied and tied together Buddhism and the monarchy. Rama I consolidated and expanded on Taksin's military campaigns throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, whose mandala in 1809 stretched north to the [[Shan States]], south to the northern [[Malay Peninsula]] and east to the [[Annamite Range]]. His reign also marked the beginning of a new "Golden Age of Culture", which continued in the footsteps of the blossoming of the arts during the Late Ayutthaya Period.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wyatt |first1=David K. |title=Thailand: A Short History |date=2003 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-08475-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YBujWXwkakC |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Baker |first1=Chris |last2=Phongpaichit |first2=Pasuk |title=A History of Ayutthaya |date= 2017 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-19076-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GHiuDgAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref>

==Name==
Like many high-ranking figures in premodern Siam, Rama I bore several names and titles over the course of his life—and even posthumously—reflecting his changing offices. His given name at birth was Thongduang (also spelled ''Thong Duang''); family names had not yet been introduced in Siam.

When Thongduang served as the deputy governor of [[Ratchaburi Province]] during the reign of King [[Ekkathat]] of the [[Ayutthaya Kingdom|Ayutthaya Kingdom]], he held the title ''[[Luang (title)|Luang]] [[:wikt:ยกกระบัตร|Yokkrabat]]''. After the fall of Ayutthaya, the new monarch, King [[Taksin]], under whom he served as an important military commander, successively promoted him to the titles of ''Phra Ratcharin Chao Krom Phra Tamruat'' (chief of the police department), ''[[Phraya]] Aphaironnarit'',<ref>{{Cite book |author=Klaus Wenk |title=The Restoration of Thailand under Rama I, 1782–1809 |publisher=The University of Arizona Press |year=1968 |page=3}}</ref> ''[[Phraya Yommarat]]'', ''[[Phraya Chakri]]'', and eventually ''[[Chaophraya (title)|Chaophraya]] Chakri'' (minister of the northern provinces).

As Chaophraya Chakri, he commanded royal armies in campaigns against the Burmese, the Khmer, and the Lao, earning great distinction in royal service. Consequently, he was elevated to the rank of ''Somdet Chaophraya Maha Kasatsuek'' (lit. Great war-king; the realm's supreme commander) and was granted a royal palanquin, an ivory sedan chair with parasol, and various gold regalia—privileges equal to those of a ''Chao Fa''-ranked prince or ''Chao Tang Krom'' (a prince governing a department).<ref>''Pathom Wong (Phra Borom Ratcha Maha Chakri Kasat Sayam)'', pp. 41–42.</ref><ref>''Royal Chronicle'', Royal Autograph Edition, pp. 131–132.</ref>

When he ascended to the throne in 1782, he took the name ''Ramathibodi'', just like the [[Uthong|founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom]]. His full title was much longer (''Phra Borommarachathirat Ramathibodi Sisin Borommaha Chakkraphat Rachathibodin'' etc.), intended to demonstrate his universal claim to power like of earlier Siamese kings.

After his death, the people referred to him simply as ''Phaendin Ton'' ("the first reign"), to his son as ''Phaendin Klang'' ("the middle reign"). Continuing this system consequently, his grandson Rama III would have been "the last reign". To avoid this inauspicious title, he ended this practice by donating two Buddha statues that were placed to the sides of the [[Emerald Buddha]] at [[Wat Phra Kaeo]] and dedicated one each to his father and grandfather. He demanded to refer to his two predecessors using the names of these Buddha statues. The one dedicated to the first Chakri king was named ''Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok'' ("the Buddha on top of the sky and the crown of the worlds"). This is how this king is still referred to in Thai history books.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Sulak Sivaraksa |author-link=Sulak Sivaraksa |title=Siamese Resurgence: A Thai Buddhist Voice on Asia and a World of Change |publisher=Asian Cultural Forum on Development |year=1985 |page=175}}</ref>

His descendant [[Vajiravudh]] (Rama VI) who had studied in England, realised that most Siamese kings' names were difficult to reproduce and remember for Westerners. He therefore disposed to use for all kings of the Chakri dynasty the name ''Rama'' together with the respective ordinal number. So this king is ''Rama I'' in Western literature. In 1982, 200 years after his accession, the Thai cabinet decided to award him the epithet ''Maharat'' ("[[List of people known as The Great|The Great]]").

==Early life==
===An Ayuttayan aristocrat===
{{Chakri Kings}}
Thongduang was born in 1737 in the reign of King [[Boromakot]] of Ayutthaya. His father was [[:th:สมเด็จพระปฐมบรมมหาชนก|Thongdi]], a [[Mon people|Mon]] noble serving the royal court (posthumously raised to Somdet Phra Prathom Borommahachonnok – "the grand primordial father") who was ''Phra Akson Sunthonsat'' (Royal Secretary of northern Siam, Keeper of the Royal Seal). Phra Akson Sunthonsat was also a descendant of [[Kosa Pan]], the leader of [[King Narai]]'s embassy to the French court.<ref>{{cite book|title=A History of Thailand|year=2005|author=[[Chris Baker (writer)|Chris Baker]], [[Pasuk Phongpaichit]]|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofthailan00bake/page/32 32 and 288]|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=0-521-81615-7|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofthailan00bake/page/32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The following article was written by King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Thailand in 1855 in response to the British Governor to Hongkong. And another related article from The Nation newspaper on 13 December 1999 |url=http://www.mrc-usa.org/thai-king-letter.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017042056/http://mrc-usa.org/thai-king-letter.htm |archive-date=17 October 2007 |website=mrc-usa.org}}</ref> His mother, [[:th:พระอัครชายา (หยก)|Daoreung]] (original name Yok), was part-[[Thai Chinese|Chinese]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9062561/Rama-I |title=Britannica encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref><ref>[http://www.cpamedia.com/articles/20060622_04/ Down Sampeng Lane: The Story of Bangkok's China Town] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708211128/http://www.cpamedia.com/articles/20060622_04/ |date=8 July 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/encyclopedia/Str-The/Thailand-Doing-Business-in.html |title=Thailand, doing business in |publisher=Referenceforbusiness.com |date=23 February 1991 |access-date=26 February 2019}}</ref> Thongduang had six other siblings.

Thongduang at a young age entered the Royal Palace as one of the royal pages of King [[Uthumphon]], where he met his childhood friend Taksin. In 1757, aged 21, he became a monk temporarily, in accordance with Siamese custom. In 1760, he married [[Amarindra|Nak]], daughter of a town patron in Samut Sakorn. He was later appointed the ''Luang Yokkrabat'' (deputy governor) of [[Ratchaburi Province]] by King [[Ekkathat]] in 1758.

===Service under Taksin===
On the eve of the fall of Ayutthaya, Phraya Wachiraprakan (later King [[Taksin]]) had foreseen that the fall of the city was certain. Wachiraprakan decided to break the siege of the city of Ayutthaya by the Burmese army and establish a new base outside. Phraya Ratchaburi also joined this venture. In 1767, Ayutthaya under King Ekkathat fell to Burmese invaders, the city was completely destroyed; burned and looted. Local warlords rose up to establish their supremacy in the absence of a central authority.

Despite the fall of Ayutthaya, Taksin and his men in the same year managed to capture [[Chantaburi]] and [[Trat]]. During this time Phraya Ratchaburi became one of Taksin's six ministers<ref>{{cite book|title=Modern Thai Politics: From Village to Nation|author=Clark D. Neher|year=1979|page=50|publisher=[[Transaction Publishers]]|isbn=0-87073-916-6}}</ref> and together with [[Phraya Pichai]] they were regarded by Taksin as his two most valuable generals.

===Military leader===
Swiftly Taksin made a strategic plan and under it recaptured Ayutthaya in one year. In 1768 Taksin crowned himself and founded the [[Kingdom of Thonburi]] on the west bank of the mouth of the Chao Phraya river, using [[Thonburi]] as a new capital. Under the new Thonburi regime, Thongduang was appointed head of the royal police department, bearing the title ''Phra Ratcharin''. After subjugating the warlord of Phimai with his brother Bunma (at that time called Phra Mahamontri, the future [[Maha Sura Singhanat]]), he was raised to ''Phraya Aphairanarit'' (equivalent Count)

After the campaign to subdue the lord of Fang in 1769, Thongduang was raised to ''Phraya Yommarat'' (equivalent Marquis). and in the next year became ''Chao Phraya Chakri'' (equivalent Duke) – the ''Samuhanayok'' (chief minister for the northern provinces). Duke Chakri commanded the Siamese troops in the wars against Burma and went on to subjugate [[Cambodia]]. His brother Bunma (who by that time held the title of Phraya Anuchit Raja), accompanied him in various campaigns. Chakri and his brother were sent to the north to [[Lan Na]] in [[Burmese–Siamese War (1775–76)|1774 to free the kingdom from Burmese rule]] with the help of [[Phraya Kawila]], a prince from [[Lampang]]. In 1776, he conquered Khmer Pa Dong (around modern [[Surin, Thailand|Surin]]). He was assigned the task of conquering Lao kingdoms in 1778 and all the three kingdoms ([[Vientiane]], [[Luang Prabang]], [[Kingdom of Champasak|Champasak]]) fell to the Siamese in the same year. He was eventually raised to ''Somdet Chaophraya Maha Kasatsuek'', the first vassal to ever hold this rank.

==Ascension as King==
[[File:104 Ramakien Murals (9148225737).jpg|thumb|left|150px|Mural of the [[Ramakien|Ramakien Epic]], written by the King, the Thai version of the [[Ramayana]], on the walls of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, [[Grand Palace]], Bangkok]]
[[File:Phra Thinang Dusit Maha Prasat (พระที่นั่งดุสิตมหาปราสาท), Grand Palace, Bangkok.JPG|thumb|right|150px|The Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall inside the [[Grand Palace]]. Rama I ordered the palace built in 1782 as the centre of his new capital]]
In 1781, he went on the campaigns against Cambodia, only to return prematurely due to the instability of Thonburi. The rebellion of Phraya Sun had broken out and the rebels deposed King Taksin. Some sources report that Taksin was consigned to a monastery. After arriving in Thonburi in 1782, Chao Phraya defeated the Phraya Sun with his forces. Later sources widely reported that the general eventually executed the ousted Taksin, contradicting to some earlier sources. He then seized power and made himself King, establishing the [[Chakri dynasty]], which continues to rule Thailand to this day.

General Maha Kasatsuek [[Coronation of the Thai monarch|crowned himself]] on 6 April 1782. Soon after, he decided to move the capital of Siam to the east bank of the Chao Phraya river for several reasons, including its better strategic location and a desire to promote his legitimacy by starting from a clean slate. He decided to name his new capital "Rattanakosin" ("Keeping place of the [[Emerald Buddha]]"). Rama I also raised various members of his family to royalty. He appointed his brother Surasi (Anuchit Raja) or [[Maha Sura Singhanat]] as the "[[Front Palace]]" (conventional title of the viceroy and heir presumptive) and his nephew Thong-In or [[Anurak Devesh]] as the "Rear Palace".

The King had 42 children. Ten of these were born to Queen Amarinda, the others by various concubines. The Queen's children included Prince Isarasundhorn, later King [[Buddha Loetla Nabhalai]] (Rama II) (whom the King appointed as [[Front Palace]] after the death of Maha Sura Singhanat in 1803), Prince [[Maha Senanurak]] and Prince [[Maha Sakdi Polsep]].

==Foreign policy and war==

===Vietnam and Cambodia===
{{main|Battle of Rạch Gầm-Xoài Mút}}
[[File:Siamese Territory and Dominion in 1805.jpg|thumb|The extent of Siam's sphere of influence in the early 19th century.]]
In 1784–1785, the last of the [[Nguyễn Lords]], [[Nguyễn Ánh]], convinced Rama I to give him forces to attack Vietnam, which was then under the control of the [[Tây Sơn]] brothers. However, the joint Nguyễn-Siam fleet was destroyed in the [[Battle of Rach Gam–Xoai Mut]] in the [[Mekong Delta]] region. Nguyễn's appeal for Siamese assistance enabled the Siamese to exert considerable political influence over Nguyễn's court. Mac Tu Sinh, the son of [[Mạc Thiên Tứ]] and his Siamese wife, was raised among the Siamese, and held office as the governor of [[Hà Tiên]] until his death in 1787. Ngo Ma, a general of Siamese descent, was appointed as its acting governor in Mac's place.<ref>{{cite book|title=Water Frontier: Commerce and the Chinese in the Lower Mekong Region, 1750–1880|year=2004|author=Nola Cooke, Tana Li|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|isbn=0-7425-3083-3}}</ref> Nguyễn Ánh also took refuge in Siam at the King's court waiting for the opportunities to defeat Tây Sơn. These episodes demonstrated Rama I's willingness to extend Siamese power beyond his Kingdom.

In [[Cambodia]], King [[Ang Non II|Reamraja]] (Ang Non II) was deposed in 1779 and the throne was given to the young prince [[Ang Eng]]. However, the pro-Vietnamese policies of certain Cambodian aristocrats under Ang Eng alarmed Rama I. As a result, Rama I had Ang Eng captured and deported to Bangkok, where Rama adopted him as his son, the purpose of which was to impose pro-Siamese sentiments on him. Rama I also imposed [[Chaophraya Aphaiphubet (Baen)|Chao Phraya Abhaya Bhubet]] as the Regent of Cambodia.

Nguyễn Ánh secretly left for Vietnam in 1787, leaving Rama I a note. Ánh managed to recapture [[Saigon]] by 1788 and later ascended as Emperor Gia Long in 1802.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia|url=https://archive.org/details/chronologyorigi01munsgoog|author=[[Nicholas Tarling]]|year=1999|page=584|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=0-521-35505-2}}</ref>

In 1794, upon Ang Eng's majority, Rama I reinstalled him as the Neareay Reachea III. The area around [[Siem Reap]] and [[Battambang]] was annexed by Siam, and were governed by Abhaya Bhubet. However, Rama I allowed these territories to be ruled in accordance with Cambodian traditions.

===Wars with Burma===
{{main|Burmese–Siamese War (1785–1786)}}
Soon King [[Bodawpaya]] of Burma started to pursue his ambitious campaigns to expand his dominions over Siam. The [[Burmese–Siamese War (1785–1786)]], also known in Siam as the "Nine Armies War" because the Burmese came in nine armies, broke out. The Burmese soldiers poured into Lanna and Northern Siam. Siamese forces, commanded by Kawila, Prince of [[Lampang]], put up a brave fight and delayed the Burmese advance, all the while waiting for reinforcements from Bangkok. When [[Phitsanulok]] was captured, [[Anurak Devesh]] the ''Rear Palace'', and Rama I himself led Siamese forces to the north. The Siamese relieved Lampang from the Burmese siege.

In the south, Bodawpaya was waiting at [[Three Pagodas Pass|Chedi Sam Ong]] ready to attack. The Front Palace was ordered to lead his troops to the south and counter-attack the Burmese coming to [[Ranong]] through [[Nakhon Si Thammarat]]. He brought the Burmese to battle near [[Kanchanaburi]]. The Burmese also attacked Thalang ([[Phuket city|Phuket]]), where the governor had just died. Chan, his wife, and her sister Mook gathered the local people and successfully defended Thalang against the Burmese. Today, Chan and Mook are revered as heroines because of their opposition to the Burmese invasions. In their own lifetimes, Rama I bestowed on them the titles [[Thao Thep Kasattri and Thao Sri Sunthon]].

The Burmese proceeded to capture [[Songkhla]]. Upon hearing the news, the governors of [[Phatthalung]] fled. However, a monk named Phra Maha encouraged the citizens of the area to take up arms against the Burmese; his campaign was also successful. Phra Maha was later raised to the nobility by Rama I.

As his armies were destroyed, Bodawpaya retreated. The next year, he attacked again, this time constituting his troops as a single army. With this force Bodawpaya passed through the Chedi Sam Ong pass and settled in Tha Din Daeng. The Front Palace marched the Siamese forces to face Bodawpaya. The fighting was very short and Bodawpaya was quickly defeated. This short war was called the [[Tha Din Daeng campaign]].

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram (2022-06) - img 08.jpg|thumb|upright=.8|A mural in Wat Amphawan Chetiyaram depicting the funeral of Rama I]]
King Rama I died on 7 September 1809 after a short but acute illness;<ref>{{cite book|title=Lords of Life: The Paternal Monarchy of Bangkok, 1782–1932|author=Čhunlačhakkraphong|year=1960|page=114|publisher=Taplinger}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wyatt |first1=David K. |title=Thailand : A Short History |date=2003 |publisher=Silkworm Books |location=Chiang Mai |isbn=974957544X |page=144 |edition=2nd}}</ref> he was succeeded by his son Prince Isarasundhorn as [[Buddha Loetla Nabhalai]] or Rama II.

Siam during the reign of Rama I reached a new height of power not seen since the sixteenth century. Militarily Siam was able to successfully repel Burmese invasions and exerted control over [[Laos]] and Cambodia and Vietnam. Culturally Rama I also encouraged cultural works to rehabilitate people after the successive series of wars and built many temples and monuments during his reign. His policies laid the foundation for Siam to expand within the next decades.

==In memoriam==
* "Chakri Memorial Day", a [[public holidays in Thailand|public holiday]], is celebrated on 6 April, observed to commemorate the founder of the [[Chakri dynasty]].
* A statue of Rama I in front of the [[Memorial Bridge (Thailand)|Memorial Bridge]] (Phra Phutthayotfa Memorial Bridge).
* The 500 baht banknote, Series 16, issued in 2014, depicts images of the King Rama I monument, Wat Phra Chetuphon Vimolmangklararm Rajwaramahaviharn (Wat Pho), and Phra Sumen Fort on its back side.<ref>{{cite web|title=500 Baht Series 16|url=https://www.bot.or.th/English/Banknotes/HistoryAndSeriesOfBanknotes/Pages/500_16.aspx|website=Bank of Thailand|access-date=16 June 2016|archive-date=23 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223122610/https://www.bot.or.th/English/Banknotes/HistoryAndSeriesOfBanknotes/Pages/500_16.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{C|Thai monarchs}}
* [[List of people with the most children]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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