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He was born in Ayutthaya on March 20 1737 as son of Phra Aksorn Sundara Smiantra, a noble man in the Ayutthaya kingdom. His birth name was Thong Duang. After getting education in a Buddhist temple, his father sent him to serve as a page for the later king Utumporn. There he met his friend Sin, the later king Taksin. After the fall of Ayutthaya he joined Taksin's army, and was known as Chao Phraya Chakri. The name Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke was given posthumously by king Nangklao (Rama III).

While Taksin's general, he conquered Vientiane in 1778/ 79, putting the country under vassalage, and removing its Emerald Buddha to Thonburi. In 1782, when Taksin was declared mad after a coup d'etat and was later executed, he assumed power, establishing the Chakri dynastyThe Chakri dynasty have ruled Thailand since king Taksin was declared mad in 1782. The name Chakri ( Thai ) derives from the title Phya Chakri, given to Rama I while he was a general in Taksin's army. List of Kings of the Chakri Dynasty Buddha Yodfa Chula. He was crowned on April 6April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). There are 269 days remaining. Events 648 BC Earliest solar eclipse recorded by the Ancient Greeks. 402 Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollent; the date is now a public holiday in Thailand.

King Rama I continued Taksin's task of saving the newly reunited country from attack by Burma, but he also reestablished the traditions of the country by salvaging Buddhist texts lost in the chaos after the sacking of Ayutthaya. He also built the new capital BangkokCapitals in Asia Bangkok (in Thai or Krung Thep Krung Thep Mahanakhon , population 8,538,610 ( 1990), is the capital and largest city of Thailand. The city is located on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf of Thailand. Bangkok is one of and in his palace the Wat Phra KaewThe Wat Phra Kaew ( English: Temple of the Emerald Buddha is the most important buddhist temple of Thailand. It is located in the historic center of Bangkok, within the grounds of the Grand Palace. The construction of the temple started when King Buddha Y to house the Emerald Buddha, and created a new code of laws, the Book of three seals. As literature was his passion he also wrote a Thai version of the RamayanaThe Ramayana ( Sanskrit: vehicle of Rama) is part of the Hindu smriti, written by Valmiki (c. This epic of 24,000 verses tells of a Raghuvamsa prince, Rama of Ayodhya, whose wife Sita is abducted by the rakshasa, or demon, Ravana. The Ramayana had an impo epos called Ramakian.

He died on September 7 1809, and was succeeded by his son prince Isarasundorn, King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II).