Thai Sa

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Thai sa
ท้ายสระ
Ban Phlu Luang dynasty
FatherSanphet VIII
MotherPhanwasa

Prince Phet (Thai: เจ้าฟ้าเพชร, pronounced [pʰet̚˦˥]) or King of Banyongrattanat Palace (Thai: สมเด็จพระที่นั่งบรรยงค์รัตนาสน์) or known as the King Thaisa (Thai: พระเจ้าท้ายสระ, pronounced [pʰra˦˥.t͡ɕaːw˥˩.tʰaːj˦˥.saʔ˨˩]) (meaning "King of the Poolside" because he often lived in the Banyongrattanat Palace, which is located beside the pool) was the King of Ayutthaya from 1709 to 1733 and the third ruler from the Ban Phlu Luang dynasty.[2]: xix, 277 

Reign

King of Banyongrattanat Palace was born Prince Phet

silver barb that he forbade anyone but himself from fishing them or else they would be fined, and he liked to fish often in the pool beside Banyongrattanat Palace, where he came to live regularly. This earned him the epithet "Angler King" (Thai: ขุนหลวงทรงปลา). His reign was marked by the building of many canals, and "large sea-going vessels". Siam also exported many live elephants.[4]
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Invasion of Cambodia

In the early reign of King Thai Sa, there was a royal succession conflict in Cambodia. Prince Ang Tong and his younger brother, Prince

Banteay Mas
yet on the land the Siamese were able to reach Oudong in 1718 and eliminated Vietnamese troops in the city. King Keao Fa, however, took negotiating measures. He agreed to pay tribute to the Siamese court as Ayutthaya's vassal state in exchange for the Siamese's acknowledgment of him as the legitimate king of Cambodia.

Succession crisis

King Thai Sa had three sons - Prince Narenthon, Prince Aphai and Prince Poramet. In 1732, while King Thai Sa was on his deathbed he gave the throne to Prince Aphai since Prince Narenthon, his elder brother had entered the priesthood. The two remaining princes rose in armed rebellion against their uncle. Prince Phon, the younger son of Sanphet VIII managed to defeat his nephews and took the throne as King Borommakot.[2]: 280–281 

Death

As it appears in the archives of the French bishopric coming in Ayutthaya time by Adrien Louney that he has an abscess in his mouth or throat, while in the Autthaya Chronicle by Chat, Phra Chakkraphatphong it was recorded that he had a tongue disease. It therefore often assumed that he may have had the oral cancer, which may have been

squamous cell carcinoma. He was suffering from this disease for a long time until his death on 13 January 1733.[1] After that prince Aphai, the hereditary prince who claimed the throne, and prince Poremet fought a battle with Prince Phon
, the prince Viceroy, the King's brother.

Issue

# Consort and Concubines Children
1. Thongsuk, Princess Rachanurak Princess Thep
Princess Prathum
Narenthon, Prince Surenthra Phithak
Prince Aphai
Prince Poramet
Prince Thap
2. Others Prince Settha
Prince Prik
Princess Sombunkhong

Ancestry

References

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  3. ^ Autthaya Chronicle by Chat, Phra Chakkraphatphong (พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงศรีอยุธยา ฉบับพระจักรพรรดิพงศ์)
  4. ^ Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited
  5. ^ Cambodian Chronicles
Thai Sa
House of Ban Phlu Luang
Born: 1678 Died: 13 January 1733
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Ayutthaya
1709–1733
Succeeded by
Viceroy of Ayutthaya
1703–1709