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Loe Thai

Type Figure Region Sukhothai Time c. 1257–1323 Also known as Loe Thai、Loethai、Phaya Loe Thai、เลอไทย

Loe Thai (c. 1257–1323), fourth king of Sukhothai, succeeded his father Ramkhamhaeng in 1298 and reigned until 1323.

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  1. 1301–1305Sukhothai · Sukhothai ProvinceFrom 1301 to 1305 Loe Thai administered affairs at Sukhothai, continuing his father Ramkhamhaeng's Theravada Buddhist policies. After Ramkhamhaeng's death, however, vassals drifted away: in the north Chiang Rai, Luang Prabang and Vientiane in Laos successively broke free of overlordship, and Suphan Buri in the south also declared independence early in Loe Thai's reign; the Sukhothai mandala system shifted from expansion to contraction.
  2. 1306–1310Sukhothai · Sukhothai ProvinceFrom 1306 to 1310 Loe Thai continued to run the Buddhist kingdom with Sukhothai at its core, and around 1312 dispatched an army on a distant expedition against Champa, extending the military influence of Ramkhamhaeng's era over mainland Southeast Asia. During this period he strengthened Theravada Buddhist ties with Sri Lanka and built Buddhist temples at Sukhothai, but military results were limited and the kingdom's overall strength no longer matched his father's peak.

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