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Bookmark or Share- Mongkut | King of Siam, Buddhist Reforms & Thammayut Order | BritannicaMongkut was the king of Siam (1851–68) who opened his country to Western influence and initiated reforms and modern development. Mongkut was the 43rd child of King Rama II, but as the first son to be born of a queen he was favoured to succeed to the throne.
- “The King of Siam Speaks:” Rehabilitating a King’s ImageThe king in the title refers to King Mongkut (1804-1868), the 4th monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, Siam being the official name of Thailand prior to 1939. Seni Pramoj (1905-1997) was the Free Thai Ambassador to the United States and Thailand’s first postwar prime minister.
- Mongkut - WikipediaMongkut (มงกุฎ, literal meaning: crown) was the second son of Prince Itsarasunthon, son of Phutthayotfa Chulalok, the first Chakri king of Siam (King Rama I) and Princess Bunrot. [3] Mongkut was born in the Old (Thonburi) Palace in 1804, where the first son had died shortly after birth in 1801.
- Death of the King of Siam - History TodayOn 1 October 1868 King Mongkut – who reigned as Rama IV – passed away having trod a delicate course to keep Thailand free of European empires.
- The Eclipse That Killed a King (and May Have Saved a Kingdom)How the scientific prowess of King Mongkut of Siam helped stave off European incursion. King Mongkut with his daughter Somdetch Chow-Fa-ying, from a daguerreotype gifted to U.S. President James Buchanan, 1861. For most of history, humankind has been terrified of eclipses.
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