Ekkathat

Also known as Ekadaśa

Ekkathat (, , ) or Borommoracha III () or King of Suriyamarin Throne Hall () was the 6th monarch of the Ban Phlu Luang dynasty, the 33rd and the last monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom, ruling from 1758 to 7 April 1767, prior to the fall of Ayutthaya. Moreover, he was called by the people in his time as "King Khiruean" (), which meant "the king with skin disease," due to his chloasma.

Key facts

Royalty.name: Ekkathatเอกทัศ
Royalty.title: King of Ayutthaya
Royalty.image: KingEkkathat Wat Lamud Ayutthaya (cropped).jpg
Royalty.caption: Statue of Ekkathat at Wat Lamut, Nakhon Luang district, Ayutthaya province
Royalty.succession: King of Siam
Royalty.reign type: 1st reign
Royalty.reign: 1758 – 1759/60
Royalty.predecessor: Uthumphon
Royalty.successor: Uthumphon
Royalty.reign type1: 2nd reign
Royalty.reign1: 1762 – 7 April 1767
Royalty.predecessor1: Uthumphon
Royalty.successor1: Taksin (as King of Thonburi)
Royalty.spouse: Wimonphat
Royalty.house: Ban Phlu Luang
Royalty.father: Borommakot
Royalty.mother: Phiphitmontri
Royalty.birth_date: 1718

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Official name: สมเด็จพระบรมราชามหาอดิศร บวรสุจริต ทศพิธธรรมธเรศ เชษฐโลกานายกอุดม บรมนาถบรมบพิตรพระพุทธเจ้าอยู่หัว
Image: Burmese Depiction of an Ayutthaya King.jpg
Number of children: 5

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date of death: 1767-01-01
date of birth: 1709-00-00
Commons category: Ekkathat
name in native language: สุริยาศน์อมรินทร์
birth name: เอกทัศ
date of burial or cremation: 1768-00-00

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Contents

Early life
Princely political conflicts
Ascension
Brief reign of Uthumphon
Enthronement
Rebellion of Prince Thepphiphit
Siamese acquisition of Northern Khmer
Burmese Invasion of 1760
Cause of the War
Burmese Invasion of Western Siam
Return of Uthumphon
Burmese Siege of Ayutthaya (1760)
Interbellum Events
Resumption of Power
Mon Rebellion of 1761
Return of Prince Thepphiphit
Embassy of William Powney
Burmese conquest of Lanna
Submission of Tavoy
Burmese Invasion of 1765
Burmese preparation
Burmese Invasion of Western Siam
Burmese approach onto Ayutthaya
Burmese Siege of Ayutthaya: 1766–1767
Battle of the outskirts
Bang Rachan
Burmese Siege of Ayutthaya
Last defenses of Ayutthaya
Fall of Ayutthaya and demise
Fall of Ayutthaya
Demise of Ekkathat
Issue
Ancestry
References

== Early life == Ekkathat was born in 1718 during the reign of his uncle King Thaisa. Ekkathat's father Prince Phon of the Front Palace was the younger brother and Wangna or heir presumptive to King Thaisa. Ekkathat's mother was Princess Consort Phlap, one of two main consorts of Prince Phon and a daughter of Chaophraya Bamroe Phuthorn (), a prominent nobleman in the reign of King Phetracha. Ekkathat had one younger brother Uthumphon and five sisters who shared the same mother. Ekkathat also had an older half-brother Prince Thammathibet who was born to another main consort of Prince Phon.