The kings in the current The Chakri dynasty have ruled Thailand since king Taksin was declared mad in 1782. The name Chakri ( Thai จักรี) derives from the title Phya Chakri, given to Rama I while he was a general in Taksins army. List of Kings of the Chakri Dynasty Buddha... Chakri dynasty of The Kingdom of Thailand is a country in southeast Asia, bordering Laos and Cambodia to the east, the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia to the south, and the Andaman Sea and Myanmar to the west. Thailand is also known as Siam, which was the countrys official name until May... Thailand are often referred to as Rama followed by Roman ordinal in English translation. The name Rama was adopted from the name of Hindu god This article is about a Hindu incarnation of God (i.e., Vishnu) and king of ancient India, for other meanings see Rama (disambiguation). Deities of Sri Sri Sita (far right), Rama (center), Laxmana (far left) and Hanuman (below seated) at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford England Lord Rama (center) with wife... Rama.

The use of the name Rama nth is in line with Thai practice of giving number to the king in the current dynasty. However, the translation was not exact and can give rise to some confusion whether this was actually the name adopted by the king on coronation.

In fact, the only king in the dynasty who called himself Rama was Statue of His Majesty King Rama VI of Siam in Lumphini Park, central Bangkok Vajiravudh (January 1, 1880 - November 25, 1925) (also known as Rama VI, reigning title Phra Mongkut Klao Chaoyuhua) was King of Siam (now Thailand) from 1910 until his death. He succeeded his father, King Chulalongkorn. His... Phra Mongkutklao, who was the sixth to reign. His reigning title was Phra Mongkutklao Chaoyuhua; later in his reign, he preferred to style himself as Phra Ram ti Hok (lit. Rama VI). It was presumed that he was influenced by the European practice of numbering the rulers with similar names while he studied in England.

This quite conveniently coincided with another practice of the Thais. Traditionally, the name of the king is sacred and would not normally be said. Instead people would referred to the king by other words — these days Nai Luang or Phra Chao Yu Hua. When King His Majesty King Rama I of Siam (portrait in the National History Museum, Bangkok) Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke or Rama I the Great, was king of Thailand from 1782 to 1809. He was born in Ayutthaya on March 20, 1737 as son of Phra Aksorn Sundara Smiantra, a noble man in... Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke founded the dynasty, he was commonly referred to as Phan Din Ton (แผ่นดินต้น lit. 'The First Kingdom'); and when his son inherited the throne, he was referred to as Phan Din Klang (แผ่นดินกลาง lit. 'the Middle Kingdom'). This then became awkward when King Categories: People stubs | Thai monarchs ... Nangklao, the third king, came to the throne, as the obvious referral would then be Phan Din Plai (แผ่นดินปลาย lit. 'the Last Kingdom') — which did not sound very auspicious. Instead he was referred to as Ratchakal ti Saam (รัชกาลที่ 3 lit. 'the third reign'). Since then, all the kings in the dynasty are also known unofficially as Ratchakal ti nth ('the nth Reign'). The present King is hence also known as Ratchakal ti kao ('the ninth reign'). This has also been extrapolated back to the first two kings of the dynasty as well.

Since King Mongkutklao called himself Rama VI in English, the name was seemingly equivalent to the Thais' Ratchakal ti hok. This rough translation is still in use these days, although no other king in the dynasty use the name Rama.

There are also several kings in the The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai kingdom that existed from the 1350 to 1767. King Ramathibodi I (Uthong) founded Ayutthaya (อยุธยา) as the capital of his kingdom in 1350 and absorbed Sukhothai, 640 km to the north, in 1376. Over the next four centuries... Ayutthaya period who officially used the reigning name of Ramathibodi (Rama + Athi + Bodi, lit. 'the great ruler This article is about a Hindu incarnation of God (i.e., Vishnu) and king of ancient India, for other meanings see Rama (disambiguation). Deities of Sri Sri Sita (far right), Rama (center), Laxmana (far left) and Hanuman (below seated) at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, Watford England Lord Rama (center) with wife... Rama').