Painting of Maha Surasinghanat at Wat Chana Songkhram
Viceroy of Siam
Tenure
1782 – 3 November 1803
Appointer
Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I)
Predecessor
Inthraphithak (as Viceroy of Thonburi)
Successor
Itsarasunthon (later Rama II)
Deputy
Anurak Devesh
Born
(1744-11-01)1 November 1744 Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya
Died
3 November 1803(1803-11-03) (aged 59) Bangkok, Siam
Spouse
Sri Anocha (born Princess Rojja of Lampang)
Issue
43 sons and daughters with various consorts
House
Chakri dynasty
Father
Thongdi (later Somdet Phra Pathom Borom Maha Chanok)
Mother
Daoreung (Yok; later Phra Akkhara Chaya)
Religion
Theravada Buddhism
Somdet Phra Bawornrajchao Maha Sura Singhanat (Thai: สมเด็จพระบวรราชเจ้ามหาสุรสิงหนาท; RTGS: Somdet Phra Boworaratchao Mahasurasinghanat, lit: His Royal Highness, Maharurasinghanat, Prince of Front Palace) (1 November 1744 – 3 November 1803) was the younger brother of Rama I, the first monarch of the Chakri dynasty of Siam. As an Ayutthayan general, he fought alongside his brother in various campaigns against Burmese invaders and the local warlords. When his brother crowned himself as the king of Siam at Bangkok in 1781, he was appointed the Front Palace or Maha Uparaj, the title of the heir. During the reign of his brother, he was known for his important role in the campaigns against Bodawpaya of Burma.
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