What is Rama I?
[[File:Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke portrait.jpg|thumb|200px]] '''Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok Maharaj''' ([[Thai]]: พระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลกมหาราช, 20 March 1737 – 7 September 1809), personal name '''Thongduang''' (ทองด้วง), also known as '''Rama I''', was the founder of the [[Rattanakosin Kingdom]] and the first monarch of the reigning Chakri dynasty of Siam (now [[Thailand]]). His full title in Thai is Phra Bat Somdet Phra Paramoruracha Mahachakkriborommanat Phra Phutthayotfa Chulalok (พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรโมรุราชามหาจักรีบรมนารถ พระพุทธยอดฟ้าจุฬาโลก). He ascended the throne in 1782, following the deposition of King Taksin of Thonburi. He was also celebrated as the founder of Rattanakosin (now [[Bangkok]]) as the new capital of the [[reunited kingdom]]. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:1737 births]] [[Category:1809 deaths]] [[Category:Monarchs of Thailand]] [[Category:Chakri dynasty]] {{bio-stub}}