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Naresuan

Type Figure Region Siam Time 1555–1605 Also known as King Naresuan the Great

Naresuan (1555–1605) was a famous Ayutthaya monarch who threw off Toungoo Burmese overlordship and restored Siamese independence;…

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  1. 1555–1564Ayutthaya · SiamNaresuan was the son of the Ayutthaya crown prince, born in the capital Ayutthaya; after Bayinnaung captured the city in 1564, Siam became a Burmese vassal and the royal family's fate changed accordingly.
  2. 1564–1571Pegu · BurmaAfter the fall of Ayutthaya, Naresuan and his brother Ekathotsarot were taken to Pegu as hostages and grew up at the Burmese court; this experience deeply shaped his later anti-Burmese stance and military training.
  3. 1590–1605Ayutthaya · SiamAfter acceding in 1590 he organized resistance against Burma, repeatedly repelling Toungoo forces; in 1593 he killed a Burmese general in an elephant duel at Suphan Buri, marking Siam's recovery of effective independence and further extending influence over Lanna and Cambodia.

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