Rama (Kings of Thailand)

Instead, people would refer to the king by other words, currently Nai Luang (ในหลวง) or Phra Chao Yu Hua (พระเจ้าอยู่หัว).

When King Phutthayotfa Chulalok founded the dynasty, he was commonly referred to as Phan Din Ton (แผ่นดินต้น, lit.

'the First Reign'); and when his son King Phutthaloetla Naphalai inherited the throne, he was referred to as Phan Din Klang (แผ่นดินกลาง, lit.

He was then posthumously given the name "Nangklao" by his successor, King Mongkut, who also tried to establish more systematic royal nomenclature.

Since King Vajiravudh called himself Rama VI in English, the name was seemingly equivalent to Thai Ratchakan thi hok.

Each king had his full style and title inscribed on a golden plate, which, however, were all lost when the Ayutthaya Kingdom was destroyed in the sack of the city by the Burmese in 1767.