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Also known as King of Thailand, King Taksin, King Krung Thonburi, King Boromracha 4, Phra Choa Taksin, Phrachoa Tak, Phrachpa Taksin Maharaja, Taksin The Great

Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi (17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.

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Royalty.title
King of Ayutthaya
Royalty.image
King Taksin & Phraya Pichai Dabhak Monument in Wat Kungtapao 002.jpg
Royalty.caption
Statue of Taksin the Great at Hat-Sung Palace (Wat Khung Taphao), Uttaradit province
Royalty.succession
King of Thonburi
Royalty.reign
28 December 1767 –
Royalty.coronation
28 December 1767
Royalty.cor type
Coronation
Royalty.predecessor
Ekkathat (as King of Ayutthaya)
Royalty.successor
Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I)
Royalty.regent
Inthraphithak
Royalty.reg type
Viceroy
Royalty.birth_name
Sin (Zheng Zhao)
Royalty.birth_place
Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya
Royalty.death_place
Bangkok, Siam
Royalty.burial_place
Wat Intharam, Bangkok
Royalty.issue
21 sons and 9 daughters, including:
Royalty.dynasty
Thonburi
Royalty.father
Yong Saetae (Zheng Yong)

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Taksin
date of birth
1734-04-17
date of death
1782-04-07
name in native language
สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช
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  • Early life
  • Ancestry
  • Childhood
  • Early career
  • Resistance and independence
  • Establishment of the capital
  • Reign
  • Accession to the throne
  • Reunification of Siam
  • Wars with Burma
  • First campaign
  • Second campaign
  • Third campaign
  • Fourth campaign
  • Fifth campaign
  • Sixth campaign
  • Seventh campaign
  • Eighth campaign
  • Ninth campaign
  • Relationship with Cambodia
  • Sacking of Vientiane
  • Economy, culture, and religion
  • Relationship with the Chinese Empire
  • Final years and death
  • Critics of the coup
  • Legacy
  • Titles
  • Issue
  • Battle record
  • Expansion map
  • In popular culture
  • Films
  • Television drama
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Citations
  • References
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Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi (17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.

Taksin had been an aristocrat in the Ayutthaya Kingdom and then was a major leader during the liberation of Siam from Burmese occupation after the Second Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, and the subsequent unification of Siam after it fell under various warlords. He established the city of Thonburi as the new capital, as the city of Ayutthaya had been almost completely destroyed by the invaders. His reign was characterized by numerous wars; he fought to repel new Burmese invasions and to subjugate the northern Thai kingdom of Lanna, the Laotian principalities, and threatening Cambodia.

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