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Mangrai ( Northern Thai: ᨾᩢ᩠ᨦᩁᩣ᩠ᨿ; Thai: มังราย; 1238–1311) was the 25th king of Ngoenyang (r. 1261–1292) and the first king of Lanna (r. 1292–1311).
Mangrai (born Oct. 23, 1239, Chiang Saen [Thailand]—died 1317, Chiang Mai) was the Thai founder of the city of Chiang Mai and the kingdom of Lan Na (reigned 1296–1317) in the north region of present Thailand, which remained an independent state until its capture by the Burmese in the 16th century.
Mangrai also known as King Mangrai the Great was the 25th king of Ngoenyang. He founded the city of Chiang Mai and the Kingdom of Lan Na in Southeast Asia. [1] He ruled from 1292 to 1311 CE. [2] [3]
This article lists the lord ruler of Lan Na from the foundation of the Ngoenyang in 638 until the end of Kingdom of Chiang Mai under Siamese administration in 1939. The three kings monument in Chiang Mai. King Mangrai of Lan Na (center), King Ngam Muang of Phayao (left) and King Ram Khamhaeng of Sukhothai (right).
Mangrai (born Oct. 23, 1239, Chiang Saen [Thailand]—died 1317, Chiang Mai) was the Thai founder of the city of Chiang Mai and the kingdom of Lan Na (reigned 1296–1317) in the north region of present Thailand, which remained an independent state until its capture by the Burmese in the 16th century.
In 1262, Mangrai moved the capital from Ngoenyang to the newly founded Chiang Rai — naming the city after himself. Mangrai then expanded to the south and subjugated the Mon kingdom of Hariphunchai (centered on modern Lamphun) in 1281. Mangrai moved the capital several times.
King Mangrai, the 25th ruler of Ngoenyang (now known as Chiang Saen), became a significant figure in unifying different Tai city-states in the Lanna region. After inheriting the throne in 1259, he recognized the disunity and vulnerability of the Tai states.
King Mangrai, the 25th ruler of the Lao Dynasty was the son of Phra Lao Mang of Ngoen Yang and Nang Thep Kham Khayai (Uoe Ming Jam Muang), who was the daughter of the Tai Leu ruler of Chiang Rung.
Mangrai founded his grandest capital, Chiang Mai, in 1296 and began to embellish it with temples. His forces successfully campaigned against the Chinese Mongols in Southern Yunnan, but after 1311 he sent tribute to the Mongols and averted further threats from the north.
Jul 29, 2001 · Mangrai or Mengrai was born in 1239 and died in 1317 in what is now northern Thailand. He consolidated and ruled over the northern Thai kingdom of Lan Na or Lanna from 1259 until his death, moving his capital numerous times before founding the city of Chiang Mai as his seat of government.
