Taksin

Taksin

King Taksin the Great (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช, RTGS: Somdet Phra Chao Taksin Maharat, ) or the King of Thonburi (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้ากรุงธนบุรี, RTGS: Somdet Phra Chao Krung Thon Buri; simplified Chinese: 郑昭; traditional Chinese: 鄭昭; pinyin: Zhèng Zhāo; Teochew: Dên Chao; 17 April 1734 – 7 April 1782) was the only king of the Thonburi Kingdom that ruled Thailand from 1767 to 1782. He 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taksin has received more than 676,176 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Taksin is the 2,950th most popular politician (down from 2,607th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Thailand (up from 9th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Thai Politician.

Taksin was a Thai King who overthrew the old dynasty and established the Thonburi Kingdom. He is most famous for his leadership in the face of the Burmese invasion and the resulting Siamese-Burmese War.