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Taksin
Sign in to saveAlso 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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Taksin was a male sovereign and poet from Thailand who served as a general. Born in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya on April 17, 1734, he was associated with the Thonburi Kingdom and practiced Buddhism. He spoke Thai and was the father of Inthra Phithak. His family name was Zheng, and his native name is recorded as สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช.
Taksin died on April 7, 1782, in Thon Buri. His manner of death was capital punishment, specifically by decapitation. While some sources list him as an author with five works, other records identify an author named Menaḥem Tsevi Ṭaḳsin with eleven works, including Seder Hagadah shel Pesaḥ and Emunah ṿa-daʻat.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Seder Hagadah shel Pesaḥ
- Emunah ṿa-daʻat
- Oraḥ ḥayim
- Tsevi tifʾeret
- ʻAṭeret tsevi
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 32
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/taksin">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Prognostic factors for response and overall survival in 282 patients with higher-risk myelodysplastic syndromes treated with azacitidine
· 2011 · cited 325x
- Intensive Chemotherapy Followed by Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Rescue for Refractory and Recurrent Primary CNS and Intraocular Lymphoma: Société Française de Greffe de Moëlle Osseuse-Thérapie Cellulaire
· 2008 · cited 289x
- High efficacy and safety profile of fractionated doses of Mylotarg as induction therapy in patients with relapsed acute myeloblastic leukemia: a prospective study of the alfa group
· 2006 · cited 261x
- Combined Treatment With Arsenic Trioxide and All-Trans-Retinoic Acid in Patients With Relapsed Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia
· 2003 · cited 123x
- Lenalidomide with or without erythropoietin in transfusion-dependent erythropoiesis-stimulating agent-refractory lower-risk MDS without 5q deletion
· 2015 · cited 107x
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Key facts
- 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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Zheng
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Thailand
- Place of birth
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Place of death
- Thon Buri
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Thai
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Family
- Thonburi Kingdom
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- King Taksin of Thonburi Portrait Painting.png
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- Commons category
- Taksin
- date of birth
- 1734-04-17
- date of death
- 1782-04-07
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- name in native language
- สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช
- cause of death
- decapitation
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
38 sectionsContents
- 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
- External links
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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