Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn will take the formal title King Rama X at his official coronation this weekend. Here's all you need to know about the nine previous kings in the Chakri dynasty: More on the Thai king's coronation:
BANGKOK - Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Thursday paid tribute to his ancestors in a ceremony ahead of his official coronation this weekend, when he will take the formal title King Rama X, the 10th king in the Chakri dynasty.
He ruled for 27 years and is best known for repelling the last major Burmese attack on Siam, known as the Nine Armies’ Wars, from 1785 to 1786.King Phra Buddha Loetla Nabhalai succeeded his father in 1809 and ruled for almost 15 years. Siam renewed official contacts with western powers for the first time since the late Ayutthaya period, and supported the British in their first Anglo-Burmese War in 1824.Rama IV - King Mongkut
Mongkut later died from malaria that he contracted while on an expedition to see a total eclipse of the sun.The 42-year reign of King Chulalongkorn, the son of Mongkut, was known for a modernization drive and abolition of slavery. He quashed an attempted coup in 1912 by disgruntled military officers who accused the king of financial extravagances and sought to establish democratic rule.Prajadhipok was Siam’s last absolute monarch and its first constitutional monarch after the Siamese Revolution of 1932.
Ananda was nine years old and studying in Switzerland when he was chosen to succeed Prajadhipok. The government changed the country’s name to Thailand in 1939.
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