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The Thai government retroactively declared his reign to have begun on 13 October 2016, upon his father's death. [6] Aged 64 at that time, Vajiralongkorn became the oldest Thai monarch to ascend to the throne. [7] He is the wealthiest monarch in the world, [8] with a net worth estimated to be between US$30 billion [9] and US$70 billion. [10]
During his reign, the kingdom was invaded by Ayutthaya, a neighboring Thai state, becoming a tributary during the reign of Maha Thammaracha II. [8]: 222 In the Sukhothai Kingdom, the monarch ruled from the city of Sukhothai, while the heir presumptive would occasionally be named uparaja, or viceroy, and ruled in Si Satchanalai.
The present set of royal regalia of Thailand (Khrueang Raja Kakudhabhand, Thai: เครื่องราชกกุธภัณฑ์) and the royal utensils was created mostly during the reign of King Rama I and Rama IV, after the previous set was lost during the sack of Ayutthaya by the Burmese in 1767.
Bhumibol Adulyadej [b] [c] (5 December 1927 – 13 October 2016), titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longest on record of any independent Asian sovereign, and the third-longest of any sovereign state.
Thailand, [i] officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), [ii] is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, [8] it spans 513,115 square kilometres (198,115 sq mi). [9]
The Chakri dynasty [a] is the current reigning dynasty of the Kingdom of Thailand.The head of the house is the king, who is head of state.The family has ruled Thailand since the founding of the Rattanakosin era and the city of Bangkok in 1782; following the end of Taksin's reign, when the capital of Siam shifted to Bangkok.
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"King Taksin and Thailand's Chinese roots". The Nation. 10 October 2016; Thapthong, Thepchu (1985). ต้นตระกูลไทย ราชสกุล-นามสกุลพระราชทาน [Thai family ancestry, royal surname – royal surname bestowed]. Bangkok: Watcharin Print Pao. ISBN 9789742985936