Thailand: Portrait of Phra Maha Chulalongkorn (20 September 1853 - 23 October 1910), King of Siam, by Christian Wilhelm Allers (6 August 1857 - 19 October 1915), 1898. Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua, or Rama V, was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He is considered one of the greatest kings of Siam. His reign was characterised by the modernisation of Siam, immense government and social reforms, and territorial cessions to the British Empire and French Indochina, saving Siam from being colonised by Western powers.

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