Person

ʻUthumphō̜n, Thailand, König

1733–1796

Uthumphon (Thai: อุทุมพร; Burmese: ဥဒုမ္ဗရ) Maha Thammarachathirat III or Uthumphon Mahaphon Phinit (Thai: อุทุมพรมหาพรพินิต) was the 32nd and penultimate monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom, ruling in 1758 for about three months. Facing various throne claimants, Uthumphon was finally forced to abdicate and enter monkhood. His preference of being a monk rather than keep the throne, earned him the epithet "King Hawat" (Thai: ขุนหลวงหาวัด), or "the king who lives in the temple".