The Tai kingdom of Ayutthaya has experienced…
1590 CE
The Tai kingdom of Ayutthaya has experienced three years of relative peace.
War with the Toungoo kingdom of Burma has devastated the countryside, however, and earthquakes and famine have created additional hardships.
Prince Naresuan, called the “Black Prince,” long the actual ruler of Ayutthaya, becomes king in 1590 at the death of his father Maha Tammaraja, who had become king of the Ayutthaya kingdom after its occupation by the Burmese in 1569.