Ramathibodi II

Type Figure Region Southeast Asia Time c. 1473–1529 Also known as Ramathibodi II、Phra Ramathibodi II、Chairacha、查腊察、Dhammaraja

Ramathibodi II (c. 1473–1529) was king of Ayutthaya (1491–1529), during whose reign Siam's suzerainty over the inland Indochinese Peninsula was conso…

Timeline

1511–1512Ayutthaya · AyutthayaAfter the Portuguese captured Malacca in 1511, Ramathibodi II received envoys including Duarte Fernandes at court, assessing the impact of Western maritime power on Siamese trade and the order of the Malay Peninsula, and adjusting his diplomatic posture toward the exiled Malay sultan.
1513–1518Ayutthaya · AyutthayaIn the middle of his reign he continued to maintain suzerain influence over Lan Na, Cambodia, and Malay vassal states through military and investiture means, balancing the reorganization of regional trade networks after the Portuguese arrival and maintaining Ayutthaya's position as the political center of the Chao Phraya basin.
1519–1520Ayutthaya · AyutthayaBetween 1519 and 1520 he continued support for temple repairs and sangha affairs, consolidating Theravada Buddhism's status as the state ideology while preparing for the regency and succession of his heir Borommarachathirat.

Sources

The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, Volume 1 — Nicholas Tarling (1992)
A History of Siam — W.A.R. Wood (1926)