Thipchakre

King Thipchakre (ทิพย์จักร) or Thipchang (ทิพย์ช้าง) (died 1759), whose full royal title was King Thipchakrasulavarheuchaisonggram (ทิพย์จักรสุลวะฤๅไชยสงคราม), Baan Pong Yaang Khok (บ้านปงยางคก), was ruling sovereign of Lampang during a period of sovereignty not subject to Burman, Ayuthian or Lannanese rule. He is regarded as the progenitor of the Thipachakrathiwongse Dynasty, the forefathers of the bloodline of the Lords of Jedton. He was married to Lord Mother Pimmapa Mahadevi (แม่เจ้าปิมปามหาเทวี) of Baan Paa Naddam (บ้านป่าหนาดดำ), Baan Euem (บ้านเอื้อม), and ruled from 1732-1759.

Biography

In 1730, Lampang faced civil war. At the time, Thipchakre had been a hunter, but had spearheaded the group of soldiers that assassinated the ringleader of the rebellion, Thao Mahayod. This had originally been commanded of the sovereign of Lampang by the Burman Konbaung Dynasty. According to the Chronicles of Chiengmai, he later subdued an uprising in Lampoon, and in his final years ruled his realm on the foundations of Buddhist doctrine.

References

-Ongsakul, Sarassawadee, "History of Lanna", translated by Chitraporn Tanratanakul, Chiang Mai: Silkworm Books, Thai text 2001, English text 2005, ISBN 9749575849
-"The Chiang Mai Chrinicle Ed.2", translated by David K. Wyatt and Aroonrat Wichienkaeo, Chiengmai: Silkworm Books, 1998, ISBN 9747100622