Kingdom of Ayutthaya

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 (/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.