Ramathibodi II (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Somdet Phra Chettathiraj or (upon accession to the Ayutthayan throne) Somdet Phra Ramathibodi II (1473-1529) was the King of Sukhothai from 1485 and King of Ayutthaya from 1491 to 1529. His reign was marked by the first Western Contact with the Portuguese. Prince Chettathiraj was the youngest of Trailokanat's three sons. His eldest brother, Prince Borommaracha, was appointed the regent of Ayutthaya during his father's campaigns against Lanna kingdom. His another brother, Prince Indraracha, died during the wars with Lanna. In 1485, Prince Chettathiraj was appointed the Uparaja, or Crown Prince, and was crowned as the King of Sukhothai (The title King of Sukhathai was the title of Ayutthayan Crown Prince.)