Thailand: King Taksin the Great (17 April 1734 - 7 April 1782), King of Siam (r. 1768-1782), represented on an amulet for sale at Sanam Luang, Bangkok, in 2010. Taksin (Somdet Phra Chao Taksin Maharat) was the only King of the Thonburi Kingdom. He is greatly revered by the Thai people for his leadership in liberating Siam from Burmese occupation after the Second Fall of Ayutthaya in 1767, and the subsequent unification of Siam after it fell under various warlords. He established the city Thonburi as the new capital, as the city Ayutthaya had been almost completely destroyed by the invaders.

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