Maha Sura Singhanat
| Maha Sura Singhanat | |
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| Vice King of Siam | |
Monument of Maha Surasinghanat at Wat Mahathat
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| Vice King of Siam | |
| Tenure | 1782 – 3 November 1803 |
| Appointed | Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) |
| Predecessor | Creation for the new dynasty, previously Krom Khun Pornpinit |
| Successor | Isarasundhorn (later Rama II) |
| Born |
1 November 1744 Ayutthaya, Kingdom of Ayutthaya |
| Died | 3 November 1803 (aged 59) Bangkok, Kingdom of Siam |
| Spouse | Princess Sri Anocha (born Princess Rojja of Lampang) |
| Issue | 43 sons and daughters with various consorts |
| House | Chakri Dynasty |
| Father | Thongdi (later Somdet Phra Prathom Borom Maha Rajchanok) |
| Mother | Daoreung (Yok) |
Somdet Phra Bawornrajchao Maha Sura Singhanat (Thai: สมเด็จพระบวรราชเจ้ามหาสุรสิงหนาท; rtgs: Somdet Phra Boworaratchao Mahasurasinghanat) (1744–1803) was the younger brother of Phutthayotfa Chulalok, the first monarch of the Chakri dynasty of Siam. As an Ayutthayan general, he fought alongside his brother in various campaigns against Burmese invaders and the local warlords. When his brother crowned himself as the king of Siam at Bangkok in 1781, he was appointed the Front Palace or Maha Uparaj, the title of the heir. During the reign of his brother, he was known for his important role in the campaigns against Bodawpaya of Burma.
Bunma was born in 1744 to Thongdee and Daoreung. His father Thongdee was the Royal Secretary of Northern Siam and Keeper of Royal Seal. As a son of aristocrat, he entered the palace and began his aristocratic life as a royal page. Thongdee was a descendant of Kosa Pan, the leader of Siamese mission to France in the seventeenth century. Bunma had four other siblings and two other half-siblings. Bunma himself was the youngest born to Daoreung.
In 1767, Ayutthaya was about to fall. Bunma fled the city with a small carrack to join the rest of his family at Amphawa, Samut Songkram. His brother the Luang Yokbat of Ratchaburi suggested that he should join Taksin's forces at Chonburi.
After the fall of Ayutthaya, the city and peripheral areas were under the control of the Burmese, while local Siamese nobles established their own states. In 1768, Taksin recaptured Ayutthaya and repelled the Burmese. After the establishment of Thonburi and coronation of Taksin, Bunma was appointed Phra Maha Montri (Royal Police of the Right).
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