Kingdom of Chiang Mai
Kingdom of Chiang Mai | |||||||||
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| 1802–1899 | |||||||||
Dominions of the Chet Ton dynasty, c. 1883 | |||||||||
| Status | Tributary of Siam | ||||||||
| Capital | Chiang Mai | ||||||||
| Official languages | Northern Thai | ||||||||
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| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Mandala kingdom | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1802–1813 (first) | Kawila | ||||||||
• 1871–1897 | Inthawichayanon | ||||||||
• 1910–1939 (last) | Kaew Nawarat | ||||||||
| Historical era | Early modern era, modern period | ||||||||
| 15 January 1775 | |||||||||
• Installation of Kawila | December 1802 | ||||||||
• Became part of the Monthon Phayap | December 1899 | ||||||||
• Death of Lord Kaew | 3 June 1939 | ||||||||
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The Kingdom of Rattanatingsa or the Kingdom of Chiang Mai (Northern Thai: ᨻᩕᨶᨣᩬᩁᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉᩲ᩠ᨾ᩵, full name: ᩁᨲ᩠ᨲᨶᨲᩥᩴᩈᩣᩋᨽᩥᨶᩅᨷᩩᩁᩦᩈᩕᩦᨣᩩᩁᩩᩁᨭᩛᨻᩕᨶᨣᩬᩁᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩉᩲ᩠ᨾ᩵; Thai: นครเชียงใหม่, full name: รัตนติงสาอภินวปุรีสรีคุรุรัฎฐพระนครเชียงใหม่, RTGS: Rattanatingsa Aphinawa Puri Si Khuru Rattha Phra Nakhon Chiang Mai) was the vassal state of the Siamese Rattanakosin Kingdom in the 18th and 19th century before being annexed by Siam in 1899 by Chulalongkorn via centralization policies. The kingdom was a successor of the medieval Lanna kingdom, which had been under Burmese rule for two centuries until it was captured by Siamese forces under Taksin of Thonburi in 1775. It was ruled by the Chet Ton dynasty and came under Thonburi tributary.