Thonburi Kingdom

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The Thonburi Kingdom was a short-lived Siamese state (1767–1782) founded by King Taksin that reunified and stabilized Thailand after the fall of Ayutthaya.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Thonburi Kingdom canonical 10
Kingdom of Thonburi 2
House of Taksin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Siamese kingdom ⓘ
former kingdom ⓘ
capital Thonburi ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi district
commonName Thonburi ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi district
continent Asia ⓘ
country Siam ⓘ
currency baht ⓘ
diplomaticRelations Cambodia ⓘ
Qing dynasty China ⓘ
linked to: Qing dynasty

Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam

neighboring Lao polities ⓘ
dissolutionReason accession of King Rama I ⓘ
deposition of King Taksin ⓘ
endTime 1782 ⓘ
ethnicMajority Thai people ⓘ
event consolidation of power by King Taksin ⓘ
reunification of Siam after the fall of Ayutthaya ⓘ
followedBy Kingdom of Siam (Rattanakosin) ⓘ
Rattanakosin Kingdom ⓘ
founder King Taksin ⓘ
governmentType absolute monarchy ⓘ
headOfState King Taksin ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
legislativeBody royal court of Thonburi ⓘ
militaryConflict Burmese–Siamese wars ⓘ
monarch King Taksin ⓘ
namedAfter Thonburi ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi district
officialLanguage Thai language ⓘ
partOf history of Thailand ⓘ
precededBy Ayutthaya Kingdom ⓘ
primaryReligionOfState Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
region Chao Phraya River basin ⓘ
religion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
restored central authority in Siam ⓘ
political stability in Siam ⓘ
reunified territories of former Ayutthaya Kingdom ⓘ
royalHouse House of Taksin ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi Kingdom
shortLivedState true ⓘ
startTime 1767 ⓘ
subcontinent Southeast Asia ⓘ
successorCapital Bangkok ⓘ
timeSpanInYears 15 ⓘ
usedScript Thai script ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ayutthaya Kingdom → successorState → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
Rattanakosin Kingdom (Siam) → predecessor → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok → era → Thonburi period ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi Kingdom
Burmese–Siamese wars → countryInvolved → Kingdom of Thonburi ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi Kingdom
Burmese–Siamese wars → mainBelligerent → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
King Taksin → countryOfCitizenship → Kingdom of Thonburi ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi Kingdom
King Taksin → dynasty → Thonburi dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi Kingdom
King Taksin → founded → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
Ayutthaya Kingdom → successor → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
subject linked to: Ayudhya
Thonburi Kingdom → royalHouse → House of Taksin ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi Kingdom
Taksin → dynasty → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
Taksin → founded → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
Taksin → royalHouse → Thonburi royal house ⓘ
linked to: Thonburi Kingdom
Siamese Army → associatedDynasty → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
Thonburi Palace → reignAssociatedWith → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ
History of Thailand → predecessorPolity → Thonburi Kingdom ⓘ