Mengrai (เม็งราย)

Thai. Name of the son of King Lao Meng (fig.) and Queen Kham Khai, who is also known as Nang Ua Ming Jom Meuang (fig.), and the 25th King of the Lawachakaraat Dynasty, who became the founder and king of Chiang Rai (fig.) and later on also of Chiang Mai, and the first king of a new dynasty named after him, i.e. the Mengrai Dynasty. In his youth, he was a student of the hermit Suktantha at Lavo. In 1281, he (fig.) conquered the northern empire of Haripunchai on the Mon and placed it under his rule, as part of the northern empire of Lan Na (fig.), a kingdom that flourished during the 13th and 14th centuries AD with Chiang Mai at its centre. He consolidated his power by making a pact with the neighbouring rulers King Ramkamhaeng and King Ngam Meuang (fig.) from the kingdoms of Sukhothai and Phayao, respectively. He had the title of Poh Khun and his wife was Chao Nang Talamae Sri (fig.), the daughter of a Burmese King from Hongsawadih. See also list of Thai kings. MORE ON THIS. 回