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Wikipedia: Taksin (April 17, 1734 – April 7, 1782) was the only King of the Thonburi Kingdom. He is greatly revered by the Thai people for his leadership in liberating 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 Thonburi as the new capital, as the city Ayutthaya has been almost completely destroyed by the invaders.
![[King Taksin the Great enthroned himself as a Thai king, 1768-12-28.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KingTaksin_27s_coronation_s.jpg "King Taksin the Great enthroned himself as a Thai king, 1768-12-28.")
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![[A portrait of Taksin, drawn by a French priest who was present at his funeral in November 1767]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/KingTaksin_of_Thonburi_s.jpg "A portrait of Taksin, drawn by a French priest who was present at his funeral in November 1767")
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