Serving with Chao Phraya Chomnan Pakdi (Soombun) [th]
Monarch
Narai
Preceded by
Chao Phraya Apairaja (Cheen) [th]
Succeeded by
Chao Phraya Chomnan Pakdi (Soombun)
Acting Phra Khlang
In office 1683–1685
Monarch
Narai
Personal details
Born
1647 (1647) Erisso, Cephalonia, Republic of Venice
Died
5 June 1688(1688-06-05) (aged 40–41) Lopburi, Ayutthaya Kingdom
Cause of death
Decapitation
Nationality
Greek[1]
Spouse
Maria Guyomar de Pinha
(m. 1682)
Relatives
Grandparents: Costantin Gerachi and Pagulina Cangelari. Great grandfather: Captain Marco Cangelari, Military Commander and Ambassador of the Community of Cephalonia to Venice (1561)
Occupation
Soldier, Clerk, Trader, Translator, Nobleman
Known for
Favourite of King Narai
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
England (1665-1667)[2] English East India Company (1667-1679)[3] Ayutthaya Kingdom
Battles/wars
Second Anglo-Dutch War Third Anglo-Dutch War Makassar Revolt (1686) Anglo-Siamese War Siamese revolution of 1688
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Constantine Phaulkon (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Γεράκης, Konstantinos Gerakis; γεράκι is the Greek word for "falcon"; also known as Costantin Gerachi,[4]Capitão Falcão in Portuguese and simply as Monsieur Constance in French; 1647 – 5 June 1688) was a Greek adventurer who became chief minister to King Narai of the Ayutthaya Kingdom[5] and assumed the Thai noble title "Chao Phraya Wichayen" (เจ้าพระยาวิชาเยนทร์).[6]: 59, 64
^Smithies, Michael; na Pombejra, Dhiravat (2002). "Instructions Given to the Siamese Envoys Sent to Portugal, 1684" (PDF). Journal of the Siam Society. 90.1 & 2.
^"PHAULKON OF SIAM". www.deanbarrettthailand.com. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
^Strach III, Walter J. (December 2004). "Constantine Phaulkon and Somdet Phra Narai: Dynamics of Court Politics in Seventeenth Century Siam" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
^These are the Greek and Italian spelling forms of his name and family name as found in local archives of Cephalonia. Cangelaris 2011, p. 66 ff.
^"When Bangkok was just a French fort". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
^Chakrabongse, C., 1960, Lords of Life, London: Alvin Redman Limited
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