Kingdom of Ayutthaya | ||||||||||||||
อาณาจักรอยุธยา | ||||||||||||||
Historical Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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Ayutthaya's zone of influence and neighbours, c. 1540
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Capital |
Ayutthaya (1351-1463) Phitsanulok (1463-1488) |
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Languages | Ayutthayan Thai | |||||||||||||
Religion |
Majority: Theravada Buddhism Minority: Hinduism, Roman Catholic, Shia Islam, Sunni Islam |
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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 | ||||||||||||
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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 (/ɑːˈjuːtəjə/; 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.