Ramesuan (b. 1339, d. 1395), son of king Ramathibodi I, reigned as the second and fifth king of the kingdom of Ayutthaya. When Ramathibodi ascended to the throne of Ayuthaya, he sent Ramesuan to reign in Lopburi. Upon Ramathibodi's death in 1369, Ramesuan traveled to Ayutthaya to assume the throne, but held it for less than a year before being deposed by his uncle, Borommaracha I, the ruler of Suphanburi. Sources differ over the nature of their conflict; official chronicles state that the older Boromaracha ruled with the willing consent of his nephew, while Jeremias van Vliet's Short History of Thailand indicated that Boromaracha's ascension came only after a bloody conflict bordering on civil war. Events Emperor Go-Murakami ascends to the throne of Japan Births Duke Rudolf IV of Austria, the Founder, on November 1 Deaths Emperor Go-Daigo of Japan Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, on February 17 Categories: 1339 ... Events End of reign of Hungary by Capet-Anjou family. ... Ramathibodi I was the first king of the kingdom Ayutthaya (now part of Thailand), reigning from 1351 to 1369. ... The kingdom of Ayutthaya was a Thai kingdom that existed from the 1350 to 1767. ... Lopburi is a city in Thailand, capital of the Lopburi province. ... Events King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. ... Ayutthaya (full name Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thai พระนครศรีอยุธยา; also spelled Ayudhya) city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. ... Suphanburi is a town in Thailand, capital of the Suphanburi province. ...

Whatever the case, by 1388 Ramesuan had gathered sufficient support from his power base in Lopburi to returh to Ayutthaya and challenge Boromarachi's son Thong Chan for the throne. Ramesuan's forces quickly took the palace and executed the 17 year-old Thong Chan. Ramesuan then held the throne until 1395, when he was succeeded by his son Rama (also known as Ramaracha).

During Ramesuan's second reign, the king seems to have come to an understanding with the kingdom of Sukhothai, against whom Boromarachi had warred throughout his reign. Instead, some sources record conflicts with the kingdom of Lan Na (in northern Thailand), and the empire of Angkor. Ayutthaya chronicles indicate that Ramesuan took Chiang Mai, then the capital of the kingdom of Lan Na, in 1390 and settled many captives within the kingdom of Ayutthaya. A similar defeat of Angkor is recorded as having taken place in response to raids from the Cambodian kingdom. Neither of these battles are attested to by chronicles from Lan Na or Angkor. Sukhothai may mean the following: the historic Thai kingdom; see Sukhothai kingdom the province Sukhothai the historic city Sukhothai, now the Sukhothai historic park the city Sukhothai, sometimes called New Sukhothai This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Lanna (English One Million Thai Rice Fields, Thai ล้านนา) was a kingdom in the north of Thailand around the city of Chiang Mai. ... Angkor was the site of a series of capital cities of the Khmer empire for much of the period from the 9th century to the 15th century CE. Their ruins (13°24N, 103°51E) are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle... Chiang Mai is both a city and a province in Thailand. ... Angkor was the site of a series of capital cities of the Khmer empire for much of the period from the 9th century to the 15th century CE. Their ruins (13°24N, 103°51E) are located amid forests and farmland to the north of the Great Lake (Tonle...

Sources

• Wyatt, David K., Thailand: A Short History, New Haven (Yale University), 2003. ISBN 0300084757