Uthumphon
Sign in to saveUthumphon (; ) Maha Thammarachathirat III or Uthumphon Mahaphon Phinit (; c. 1733– 1796) was the 32nd and penultimate monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, ruling in 1758 for about three months. Facing various throne claimants, Uthumphon was finally forced to abdicate and enter monkhood. His preference of being a monk rather than keeping the throne earned him the epithet "Khun Luang Ha Wat" (), or "the king who lives in the temple".
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- Born
- 1722-00-00
- Died
- 1796-01-01
- Works
- 2
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Key facts
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 1733
- Royalty.name
- Uthumphonอุทุมพร
- Royalty.title
- King of Ayutthaya
- Royalty.image
- Burmese Depiction of an Ayutthaya King.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- A Burmese depiction of an Ayutthaya king, either depicting Uthumphon or Ekkathat, British Library, London
- Royalty.succession
- King of Siam
- Royalty.predecessor
- Borommakot
- Royalty.successor
- Ekkathat
- Royalty.succession1
- Viceroy of Siam
- Royalty.reign1
- 1757–1758
- Royalty.reign type1
- Tenure
- Royalty.coronation1
- Borommakot
- Royalty.cor type1
Key dates
- Born
- 1722
- Died
- 1 January 1796
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Official name
- สมเด็จพระมหาธรรมราชาธิราช
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Konbaung dynasty
- Place of birth
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Place of death
- Amarapura
- Father
- Borommakot
- Occupation
- Buddhist monk
- Position held
- Front Palace
- Languages spoken
- Pali
Article
13 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Prince of the Front Palace
- The Three Princes
- Brief reign and abdication
- Rebellion of Prince Thepphiphit
- Burmese invasion of 1760
- Second entrance to temple
- Fall of Ayutthaya
- Exile in Burma
- Legacy
- Ancestry
- Notes
- References
Uthumphon (; ) Maha Thammarachathirat III or Uthumphon Mahaphon Phinit (; c. 1733– 1796) was the 32nd and penultimate monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, ruling in 1758 for about three months. Facing various throne claimants, Uthumphon was finally forced to abdicate and enter monkhood. His preference of being a monk rather than keeping the throne earned him the epithet "Khun Luang Ha Wat" (), or "the king who lives in the temple".
His memorial tomb is located in the Linzin Hill (, ) cemetery in Amarapura, about northeast of the U Bein Bridge.