Yong Saetae ( th, หยง แซ่แต้; , Teochew: ''Dên Iong''; ?–?) was a Chinese merchant and the father of King

Taksin the Great King Taksin the Great ( th, สมเด็จพระเจ้าตากสินมหาราช, , ) or the King of Thonburi ( th, สมเด็จพระเจ้ากรุงธนบุรี, ; ; Teochew: Dên Chao; April 17, ...

. The Vietnamese called him ''Trịnh Yển'' (鄭偃). His birth name was Dên Dag (). Born in Chenghai County, Chaoshan, China. It was said that he was a broad-minded and unconventional man. His fellow countrymen did not like him, and called him ''Pai Gian Dag'' ( ''or'' , lit. "Dag, the ruffian" in Teochew).四十二梅居士,
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' he came to Siam to do business, and became rich, and changed his name to Yong Saetae. Later, he became a tax-collector, and married a wealthy royal woman Nok-lang (later Princess

Phithak Thephamat Krom Phra Thephamat ( th, กรมพระเทพามาตย์, died 1774), also known as Iang () or Nok-iang (), was a royal woman of the Thonburi dynasty, Siam. She was the mother of Taksin, the founder of Thonburi kingdom. She was of Mo ...

), who later gave birth to Taksin.

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