Chai ( th, ไชย), full title in Thai Somdet Chaofa Chai ( th, สมเด็จเจ้าฟ้าไชย) or King Sanpet VI, was a king of Ayutthaya, reigning for 1 day in August 1656.

Reign and Overthrow

Upon King

Prasat Thong Prasat ThongThe Royal Institute. List of monarchs Ayutthaya''. ( th, ปราสาททอง, ; c. 1600–1656; 1629–1656) was the first king of the Prasat Thong dynasty, the fourth dynasty of the Siamese Ayutthaya Kingdom. Accounts vary ...

’s death in 1656, Chaofa Chai, his eldest son, succeeded his father as King Sanpet VI. However, it was a Thai tradition gave brothers a higher priority over sons in succession. Prince

Si Suthammaracha Si Suthammaracha ( th, ศรีสุธรรมราชา, ) was the King of Ayutthaya from August 1656 to 26 October 1656 (2 months 17 Days). He was a younger brother of Prasat Thong. Not long after Si Suthammaracha seized the throne from ...

, Chaofa Chai's uncle, plotted with his nephew, Prince

Narai King Narai the Great ( th, สมเด็จพระนารายณ์มหาราช, , ) or Ramathibodi III ( th, รามาธิบดีที่ ๓ ) was the 27th monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom, the 4th and last monarch of the P ...

, to bring Sanpet VI down. After nine months of ascension, Sanpet VI was executed following a coup.Rajanubhab, D., 2001, Our Wars With the Burmese, Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited Narai and his uncle marched into the palace, and Si Suthammaracha crowned himself king. Si Suthammaracha appointed Narai as the ''

Uparaja Uparaja or Ouparath, also Ouparaja ( my, ဥပရာဇာ ; km, ឧបរាជ, ; th, อุปราช, ; lo, ອຸປຮາດ, ''Oupahat''), was a royal title reserved for the viceroy in the Buddhist dynasties in Burma, Cambodia, and ...

'', or the

Front Palace Krom Phra Ratchawang Bowon Sathan Mongkhon , colloquially known as the Front Palace ( th, วังหน้า, ), was the title of the ''uparaja'' of Siam, variously translated as "viceroy", "vice king" or "Lord/Prince of the Front Palace", as ...

Ancestry

References

Kings of Ayutthaya Prasat Thong Dynasty 17th-century monarchs in Asia 1656 deaths Executed Thai monarchs Thai male Chao Fa Princes of Ayutthaya {{thailand-bio-stub