Kingdom of Chiang Mai

Kingdom of Chiang Mai
นครเชียงใหม่ (Thai)
ᨻᩕᨶᨣᩬᩁᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵ (Northern Thai)
1802–1899
Coat of arms of Chiang Mai
Coat of arms
Dominions of the Chet Ton dynasty, c. 1883
Dominions of the Chet Ton dynasty, c. 1883
StatusTributary of Siam
CapitalChiang Mai
Official languagesCentral Thai
Spoken languages
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
GovernmentMandala kingdom
Monarch 
• 1802–1813 (first)
Kawila
• 1871–1897
Inthawichayanon
• 1910–1939 (last)
Kaew Nawarat
Historical eraEarly modern era, modern period
15 January 1775
• Installation of Kawila
December 1802
• Became part of the Monthon Phayap
December 1899
• Death of Lord Kaew
3 June 1939
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Lan Na Kingdom
Kingdom of Siam
Today part of

Kingdom of Rattanatingsa or Kingdom of Chiang Mai (Thai: นครเชียงใหม่, full name: รัตนติงสาอภินวปุรีสรีคุรุรัฎฐพระนครเชียงใหม่, RTGSRattanatingsa Aphinawa Puri Si Khuru Rattha Phra Nakhon Chiang Mai; Northern Thai: ᨻᩕᨶᨣᩬᩁᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵, full name: ᩁᨲ᩠ᨲᨶᨲᩥᩴᩈᩣᩋᨽᩥᨶᩅᨷᩩᩁᩦᩈᩕᩦᨣᩩᩁᩩᩁᨭᩛᨻᩕᨶᨣᩬᩁᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉ᩠ᨾᩲ᩵) was the vassal state of the Siamese Rattanakosin Kingdom in the 18th and 19th century before being annexed according to the centralization policies of Chulalongkorn in 1899. The kingdom was a successor of the medieval Lanna kingdom, which had been under Burmese rule for two centuries until it was captured by Siamese forces under Taksin of Thonburi in 1774. It was ruled by the Chet Ton dynasty and came under Thonburi tributary.