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night of 7 August 1569, the spy opened the gates of the city, bringing its downfall. The Burmese army sacked the city. Mahinthrathirat along with his family and the nobility were captured and taken to Pegu. Mahinthrathirat died on the way in the same year. Ayutthaya became a Burmese vassal state, with Mahathammarachathirat appointed king.
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A Burmese force broke through the Lao lines and joined the defenders of Phitsanulok which was besieged at the time. In the meantime, an Ayutthayan army advanced on Phitsanulok under the guise of reinforcements. Upon their arrival the Ayutthayans were asked to stay outside the city, on the same night
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amassed five armies that consisted of 54,600 men, 5,300 horses, and 530 elephants according to Burmese sources. Thai sources mention an army consisting of 546,000 infantrymen and 53,000 in cavalry, however, that was likely an exaggeration. The Burmese marched from the north until encountering a Lao
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ascended the throne. Frequent Ayutthaya sorties once again prevented the Burmese from finishing the construction. Bayinnaung then sent an Ayutthayan noble he held captive under the guise of a deserter. Not only was the spy allowed into the city but he was also put into a position of power. On the
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During the course of his retreat, Maha Chakkraphat unsuccessfully attacked Kamphaeng Phet. His plans changed however when he learned that Mahathammarachathirat was on an official visit to Burma, causing him to return to Phitsanulok. The Ayutthayans then proceeded to kidnap all of
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city. After heavy cannon fire put a stop to Burmese attempts at digging up to the walls, the invaders began building a bridge at Koh Keo in order to access the walls from a new direction. Maha Chakkraphat died during the course of the siege, therefore his son
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the Phitsanulokans launched flaming rafts on the Ayutthayan fleet, destroying it. The losses prompted both the Lao and Ayutthayans to break the siege and retreat, the Lao troops later ambushed and annihilated a Burmese force that attempted to chase them.
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who was accompanying his father. The kidnapping was to dissuade Phitsanulok from launching counter-attacks on Ayutthaya, nonetheless this act led the Burmese to initiate a joint invasion of Ayutthaya with the help of their Thai puppet states.
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Pires, Tomé (1944). Armando Cortesao (translator) (ed.). A suma oriental de Tomé Pires e o livro de Francisco Rodriguez: Leitura e notas de Armando Cortesão (in Portuguese). Cambridge: Hakluyt Society.
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after murdering his uncle. In the following years, Mingyi Nyo managed to retain the kingdom's independence while also leading several successful campaigns against
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taking the throne. 42 days later Chinnarat was assassinated by nobles loyal to the Suphannaphum Dynasty, who installed Chairacha's relative as King
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The Burmese took several weeks to regroup and rest having taken Ayutthaya, which allowed Lan Xang to rally their forces and plan for prolonged
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broke south toward Ayutthaya. The Burmese rallied and were able to destroy the divided forces, and King Setthathirath had to retreat toward
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and were able to take the lightly defended city. Setthathirath began a guerrilla campaign from his base near
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was crowned king of Toungoo following the death of his father. Tabinshwehti continued to expand his domain,
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Military conflict fought between the Kingdom of Ayutthaya (Siam) and the Kingdom of Burma
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was then sacked, while Maha Chakkraphat was forced to become a priest in
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erupted in 1563. Maha Chakkraphat's refusal to grant the Burmese king
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resulted in the Burmese capture of the Upper Tenasserim coast down to
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states. Toungoo also benefited from the collapse of the once-dominant
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History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824
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Mintaya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin
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Burmese sources: Bayinnaung's five armies Invasion force:
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Jumsai, Manich (1976). "King Tilokarat (1441–1485)".
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War elephants depicted from a later Siam–Burma war.
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Index


Ayutthaya
Phitsanulok
Lan Xang
Kamphaeng Phet

Ayutthaya Kingdom
Lan Xang Kingdom

Toungoo dynasty
Sukhothai Kingdom
Lan Na Kingdom

Maha Chakkraphat


Mahinthrathirat
POW
Setthathirath

Bayinnaung
Mahathammarachathirat

Thado Minsaw

Binnya Dala

Royal Siamese Army

Royal Siamese Navy

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