Si Inthrathit

Si Inthrathit
ศรีอินทราทิตย์
Pho Khun Si Inthrathit
Statue of Si Inthrathit, Sawankhalok District, Sukhothai Province, Thailand
Pho Khun of Sukhothai
Reign1238 - 1270
PredecessorMonarchy established
SuccessorBan Mueang
Born1188
Mueang Rat
Died1270 (aged 81/82 years old)
Sukhothai Kingdom
SpouseSueang
IssueBan Mueang
Ram Khamhaeng the Great
Three other children
HousePhra Ruang Dynasty

Si Inthrathit (Thai: ศรีอินทราทิตย์, pronounced [sǐː ʔīn.tʰrāː.tʰít]; also spelt Śrī Indrāditya) was the first king of the Sukhothai Kingdom, a historical kingdom of Thailand, and ruled from 1238 until around 1270. He is credited as the founder of the Phra Ruang (พระร่วง) Dynasty, itself credited as the first historical Siamese dynasty, having a double claim to this title: for being cradled precisely in the region designated by foreigners as "Siam", and for being the dynasty which freed the Thai principalities from the Khmer Empire[1]

  1. ^ Cœdès, G. (1921). "The Origins of the Sukhodaya Dynasty" (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society. 14 (1). Siam Heritage Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013. (1) The translation of this paper, which has been read at a joint session of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Société Asiatique, and American Oriental Society, and published in the Journal asiatique (April–June 1920), is the work of Mr. J. Crosby, to whom the author begs to tend his heartfelt thanks.