Person

Maha Chakkraphat

King of Ayutthaya

b. 1509 CE – d. 1569 CE World The Far East

Maha Chakkraphat (1509–1569) is king of the Ayutthaya kingdom from 1548 to 1564 and 1568 to 1569.

Originally called Prince Thianracha, or Prince Tien, he is put on the throne by Khun Phiren Thorathep and his supporters of the Sukhothai clan, who had staged a coup by killing the usurper King Worawongsathirat and Sudachan.