Mangrai

Mangrai
ᨾᩢ᩠ᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ
มังราย
King Mangrai Monument in Chiang Rai
King of Lanna
Reign1292–1311
PredecessorHimself as King of Ngoenyang
SuccessorChaisongkhram
King of Ngoenyang
Reign1261–1292
PredecessorLao Meng
SuccessorHimself as King of Lanna
Born1239
Chiang Saen, Ngoenyang
Died1311 (aged 73)
Chiang Mai, Lanna
HouseMangrai Dynasty
FatherLao Meng
MotherUa Ming Chom Mueang
Mangrai
"Phaya Mengrai" in Tai Tham script
Northern Thai name
Northern Thaiᨻᩕ᩠ᨿᩣᨾᩢ᩠ᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ

Mangrai (Northern Thai: ᨾᩢ᩠ᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ; Thai: มังราย; 1238–1311) was the 25th king of Ngoenyang (r. 1261–1292) and the first king of Lanna (r. 1292–1311). He established a new city, Chiang Mai, as the capital of the Lanna Kingdom (1296–1558).[1][2][3]: 195 

  1. ^ Wyatt, D. K. Thailand, A Short History, p. 35–38, Bangkok 2003
  2. ^ 'King Mangrai of Lan Na' in: Forbes, Andrew, and Henley, David, Ancient Chiang Mai Volume 1. Chiang Mai, Cognoscenti Books, 2012.
  3. ^ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.