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As a Thai Aussie full credit to you for you pronounciation of thai names. Even though I speak Thai fluently reading the kings names in English is really difficult

Pronouncing Thai from Romanised spelling is no easy feat, but one thing to note is that a final L gets pronounced as N, so Mahidol is pronounced “Ma-hee-don”, etc. Incidentally it was Rama VI who came up with the Rama title in order to make it easier for westerners. The name Rama of course referring to the Ramakien, or Ramayana, epic. Ayutthaya wasn’t a dynasty, but a kingdom that controlled the other Thai kingdoms. Over the centuries it was ruled by several dynasties. Today it lies about a 2 hours’ drive North of Bangkok, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

"I'm the king of Thailand. Meet my wife, who is my half sister, and my other wife, who is also my half sister."

10:31 "If she's still alive by January..." My friend, the queen is immortal. Accept that

Would love to see a video about the Malaysian royal family tree with all 9 monarchs and the rotation system of Yang Di-Pertuan Agong!

Before the establishment of Rattanakosin Kingdom with Bangkok as the capital in 1782, the unified Thai Kingdom was ruled by many Kingdoms and Dynasties. There were also many Kingdoms, both of the Thais and and of other ethnic groups, existed on the area which became Thailand today. Some of those Kingdoms existed before the establishment of the first unified Thai Kingdom, Sukhothai Kingdom, but later were annexed into the Thai Kingdom or the neighboring Kingdoms. The Kingdoms and Dynasties which ruled the unified Thai Kingdom in the past were: 1.Sukothai Kingdom (1238 - 1438) Phra Ruang Dynasty - 9 Kings 2.Ayutthaya Kingdom (1350 - 1767) Uthong Dynasty - 3 Kings Suphannaphum Dynasty - 13 Kings (The number is disputed between 13 and 14.) Sukhothai Dynasty - 7 Kings (This Dynasty descended from Phra Ruang Dynasty.) Prasat Thong Dynasty - 4 Kings Ban Phlu Luang Dynasty - 6 Kings 3.Thonburi Kingdom (1767 - 1782) Thonburi Dynasty - 1 King.

This is ripe for an update. The eldest daughter has suffered a near fatal aneurism and has been in a coma for several months. She had be presumed to act a regent for the heir presumptive who would be unlikely to be able to ever assume the throne (I'll let you look up why, I don't want to go to jail). There seemed to be a brief attempt to rehabilitate the image of one of the younger sons of wife #2, but I haven't seen anything about him on the new for a few months. The king has remarried... (Again, I'll leave the details out.)

My friend actually used to go to the same school as Prince Dipangkorn, and was in the same class with him.

As a random Thai student who never listens (or rarely) in history class but is good at English (Eventhough I spell something wrong in this sentence) This is quite useful. thank you !

Rama X is a real royal playboy XD

คุณศึกษามาดีมาก อธิบายได้ดี แม้แต่คนไทยบางคนที่อาจไม่รู้ประวัติศาสตร์ก็สามารถเข้าใจได้จากที่คุณอธิบาย

I know the role has not existed for nearly a millenium, but it would be fun to see a list of the (confirmed) High Kings of Ireland.

Okay. This was recommended to me by KZfaq, while the Thai monarchy is threatened by civil unrest.

Liked instantly when u said Rama 1 steal the throne from King Taksin. Damn his theif bloodline xD

Their names are not Spanish, so Vajiralongkorn should be pronounced as Vachiralongkorn not Vahiralongkorn.

At least Thailand has no shortage of possible heirs, unlike countries like Japan where the entire future of the dynasty rests on the shoulders of a single person.

So King Rama I was a sort of Tywin Lannister

IIRC, Mongkut (sp?) Is the one sent a letter to Abraham Lincoln offering male elephants to help fight the Civil War, which I believe is in the National Archives.

Thank you so much for your broadcasting of this programming !

I love it when you connect events and Monarchs over time. You should make them for India (besides Mughal) and other regions as well.

I know it's been a few episodes now, but loving the opening.

Great exolaination, dude! As a Thai person, I really appreciate how you explained everything so nicely. I really love history too. Keey up the good work. :)

Good video. Seeing as Bajrakitiyabha is the eldest and probably the best qualified of Rama X's children (has a Bachelor of Law, a Bachelor of Arts in International relations, a Master of Law and a Doctor of Juridical Science, holds several titles such as ambassador to Austria), to me she seems the best suited for being heir of Thailand. It just depends on how opposed they are to the prospect of a female monarch.

As always fascinating, thank you for your hard work.

For information, in Thailand, if the princess marry a commoner, she will lose her title and status like in Japan. But since the Thai nobility had been abolished in 1942 (although it was repealed two years later, the noble titles are currently no longer granted to the individuals), I think the Thai government also need to amend the law so the princesses can marry without losing their titles.

I absolutely love your videos and your explanations!

Thanks for mentioning who's had the longest reign in history, I was curious as soon as you mentioned it! ☺️

I love monarchy studies and my fav SEA monarch is Thailand and Malaysia's other than the Brunei's. Keep up the remarkable work 👍

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

im thai and all your research on the channel are always top notch

Thank you so much for your reporting today !

Well Malaysian Monarchy also interesting to study too. Hope you enjoy your day. Nice vid, Thailand and Malaysia have their own history together for a long time

Also in ancient Egypt and many old Hawaiian royal families were married within close family members. It's more common in the past than you think .

It is awesome that Monarchies still exist and some are very powerful.

Checked out your channel and watched a many of your videos which I enjoyed. I am curious though if you could possibly do a chart figuring out the lineages of Atilla? I know his origins are shrouded in mystery but would be nice if it was finally solved. Also, its a long shot but could you find out the lineages of the Leitner family 9 szent míhaly street? Thank you for all the work you put into these great detailed videos!

I DONT THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICITY OF HIS VIDEOS ... BUT HE MAKES IT LOOK SO SIMPLISTIC...

Well, in Thai we have name for the first two king. Rama the First, Phra Phutthayodfah Chulalok. I thought this is quite long and there weren't much western relation at that time, so he might not have official English name. and Rama II has a name called "Phra Phuttaleotlah Napalai". The other reason that I thought is, both name aren't their real name. I think the name had been written to have good meaning rather than using their real name. Ps. Rama I real name is Thong Duang

Just an update on the 4th option, the current queen's age is currently 42 so might be hard for her to have children, however, the king also appointed the new royal noble consort. so the 4th option might be from the new consort instead.

I really enjoy your channel. I'm from Sri Lanka where has very old and rich cultural heritage which is dated back to 1st century BC. Hope you will make a family tree of Sri Lankan dynasty

As a Thai, thanks for sharing this video

Which program do you use to make these charts? Seems like a useful way to keep notes while studying.

Soo amazing! Thanks for the video!

The people who lived in what is now Thailand were not the same as the people who now live there. The descendants of the original peoples are now a minority in political, economic, social and cultural power and forced to become Thai (or rather Tai)

Thank you very much for this informative video. :)

Very informative video. Although you missed out an interesting fact when talking about current heirs. @11:54 you show a photo of the heir presumptive to the throne, Dipangkorn Rasmijoti. What you didn’t mention was in the photo he is seen cuddling the late Air Chief Marshal of the Royal Thai Air Force, Fufu. 😂

Literally just based on the photo, Bajrakitiyabha looks very capable and intelligent.

The information is pretty accurate. Good job.

Nicely done

I am so obsessed with history, and thank you for doing this. If it is possible, Please do Ayutthaya..:)

How do you make these charts? They're very in detail

Good information. And i hope, you also can make royal Malay family tree, which is related to Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia.

thank you form thailand

Taksin killed by Rama I and Thaksin got disposed & exiled by Rama IX. How convenient

I'd love to see the Cambodian kings, it would tie in with the rest of the Indochina area!

you nice keep going~~ (from a thai person)

Didn't know about the line of Hugo! He's a really good singer BTW

YOU DA BEST!

I am Thai and I like this video very much

And thus, the mystery of “Rama” is explained. I admit I don’t really think about monarchs in general, but I have no problem eating up factoids when they’re presented. I’d love a quick overview of Cambodian monarchs too! The genocide ripped through the country and educated folks were mass murdered so many who fled to countries like the US, like my parents themselves, don’t know our history as they were farmers.

Is it possible if you make a video about Malaysia's royal family tree?

Can you explain Pakubuwono Dinasty From Java Kingdom or Kraton Kasunanan Surakarta Hadiningrat? Thank you..

Very interesting

The Thai Ayutthaya Dynasties also interesting, you could do that after you run out of the diagram

BTW, if you have/haven't seen the 1956 movie or the DreamWorks 1999 animated adaptation of *"The King and I",* I'd highly recommend it to anyone who might be able to guess where Useful Charts is referring to at the moment, *King Rama IV/Mongkut of Siam.*

About the Kingdom of Lane Xang (or Laos in the present day)?

Where can I watch Malaysian Royal Family Tree? Thank you in advance.

Great history

You said that half of Rama V's wives are his half sisters that means some of his kids are inbred because their parents are half siblings

I truly understand it is very hard to pronounce thai names, I’m thai and somehow names can be very hard to say properly. You make a great vdo lol. Something here is new for me. (Because this is not what they taught us.)

The correctness of the information provided is very impressive. I confirm.

Thailand's royal fam got some DRAMA

Great Video! Can You make something else next Friday?

Nice info

Thanks for the sharing I know nothing about the history of the Thai kingdom

Can you also talk about the Vietnamese royal family and who it could be today?

Heyyyy I askt it once before but did you already talk about the serbian monarchy, if you didn't already are you planning to doing it in the future?

The longest reigning monarch is actually King Sobhuza II of Eswatini who ruled for almost 83 years.

I kinda want to see the lineage back to Ayutthaya or Sukhotai, but this is good too.

can you do the Lao royal family tree?

Do the whole Thai royal family tree please

yay

I do think the next King would be from the second wife's son. Yet Dipangkorn need to sail his boat carefully as his father now is 66 already. Seems the King is still looks healthy by far. Dipangkorn have enough time to build himself a good career as future king as well.

Sweden please! :) Great videos!

Can you explain about Cambodia royal family

Can you do a video about indian royal and imperial families in history

Rama x has quite a history ! If you know, you know!

To have an idea of what may happen in the future, let's say that the current King is the thai version of Caligula.

Who can tell me where to learn about the ancient kings. Like the broken sword king?

Queen Elizabeth The Great did surpass King Bhumibol The Great as the 2nd longest reigning monarch, and passed away peacefully on 8th September 2022

Hi UsefulCharts. How about Malaysian Sultans family tree? The 9 royal families & the Sultans rotation to be The King of Kings.

Dude, do a video on YOUR family tree. After all, this is YOUR channel! 😀

Does this map have Sultans from Malaysia?

Sri Lankan Royal Family Tree is much older (around 2500 years), with written sources and is related to Indian Royal Family Tree. Your chart is misleading due to this. Hope you could do something about this.

6:35 they never got thailand

I do wonder about the family dynamics in that particular royal family.

LONG LIVE THE KING and LONG LIVE THE FUTURE KING Dipi.

The eldest should rule so that queen Elizabeth definitely wins the longest reigning monarch prize

Thank you has king bhumi psul an elder sister who studied at philippine womens university in 19 60s ? She was a nurse but studied again in pwu manila. Thanks

2:00 Actually There’s a another conspiracy about that story, The another story is that Taksin actually tells Rama the first to be king because he wanted to travel to the south of Thailand to become a monk so then Rama the first became king. Edit: the reason that he travelled to southern Thailand to be a monk because he want to cut ties as a king with China because he used to borrow stuff and food from China to help the people but he can’t pay China back.