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Ayutthaya Kingdom

Kingdom of Ayutthaya
อาณาจักรอยุธยา
Historical Kingdom
1351–1767
Ensign Seal
Ayutthaya's zone of influence and neighbours, c. 1540
Capital Ayutthaya (1351-1463)

Phitsanulok (1463-1488)
Ayutthaya (1463-1666)
Lopburi (1666-1688)
Ayutthaya (1688-1767)

Languages Ayutthayan Thai
Religion Majority: Theravada Buddhism

Minority: Hinduism, Roman Catholic, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam

Government Feudal monarchy with Chatu Sdomph as executive body.
King
 •  1350–69 Uthong
 •  1590–1605 Naresuan
 •  1656–88 Narai
 •  1758–67 Ekkathat
Legislature The monarch
Historical era Middle Ages & Renaissance
 •  Uthong ascends the throne in Ayutthaya 1351
 •  Personal union with Sukhothai Kingdom 1438
 •  Vassal of Taungoo Dynasty 1564, 1569
 •  Merge with Sukhothai, and independence from Taungoo 1583, 1584
 •  Naresuan and Mingyi Swa's Elephant War 1593
 •  End of Sukhothai Dynasty 1629
 •  Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 1767
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lavo kingdom
Kingdom of Sukhothai
Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom
Thonburi Kingdom
Today part of  Thailand
 Cambodia
 Malaysia
 Myanmar

Phitsanulok (1463-1488)
Ayutthaya (1463-1666)
Lopburi (1666-1688)
Ayutthaya (1688-1767)

Minority: Hinduism, Roman Catholic, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam

The Kingdom of Ayutthaya (/ɑːˈjtəjə/; Thai: อยุธยา, Thai pronunciation: [ʔajúttʰajaː]; also spelled Ayudhya or Ayodhaya) was a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indians, Japanese and Persians, and later the Portuguese, Spaniards, Dutch and French, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the capital, also called Ayutthaya.

In the sixteenth century, it was described by foreign traders as one of the biggest and wealthiest cities in the East. The court of King Narai (1656–88) had strong links with that of King Louis XIV of France, whose ambassadors compared the city in size and wealth to Paris.


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