1. Prasat Thong gained power in 1629 by attacking the palace and placed a puppet king who he would later execute.
15 Facts About Prasat Thong
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Prasat Thong was born during the reign of King Naresuan around 1599 and was known to have caused mischief in the royal court.
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Prasat Thong ruined the palace Agricultural Initiation Ceremony, a royal ceremony of ploughing, and was threatened with imprisonment; only pleas from the queen of King Naresuan, Chao Khruamanichan, won a reduction of the punishment to five months imprisonment.
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King Songtham had had his brother Phra Phanpi Sisin or Phra Sisin as the Front Palace, technically his successor, but a palace faction including Prasat Thong persuaded the king to give the throne instead to his son Prince Chetthathirat.
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Prasat Thong then replaced him as the defence minister with the new title of Okya Suriyawong.
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Prasat Thong was arrested and then exiled to Phetchaburi where he was thrown into a well to be starved to death.
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Prasat Thong sent Okya Kamhaeng and Yamada Nagamasa to lead the Japanese troops to crush the rebels.
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The king was unprepared when Prasat Thong led armies into the palace.
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Prasat Thong quickly condemned Okya Kamhaeng for treason and execution followed.
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Prasat Thong had acted as "king-maker" before assuming the throne, by performing the double regicide of King Songtham's sons.
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Prasat Thong had him poisoned and then expelled the remaining Japanese.
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Prasat Thong was interested in controlling the towns in the southern peninsula, perhaps because of profits from overseas trade.
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Prasat Thong built the monastery Chumphon Nikayaram where his mother resided and a rest palace, Bang Pa-In Royal Palace, at Bang Pa-In.
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Multiple projects that was constructed by Prasat Thong still stands today, such as Wat Chaiwatthanaram, in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province and the uncompleted Prasat Nakhon Luang, in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province.
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The Eulogy of King Prasat Thong, probably composed early in the reign of King Narai is a major example of the Thai tradition of royal panegyrics.