Sovereign/dictator Famous Names Starting with Letter K

Was the eldest son of King Dro?dharm and older brother of King Adityavo?s, all three of the House of

Was the eldest son of King Dro?dharm and older brother of King Adityavo?s, all three of the House of Sukhoday. In childhood he was known as Chetthakumar (?????????????; Phra Chetthakuman) meaning 'Chettha the Child' or simply Chettha. He reigned for a period of eight months from 1628-1629.When his father King Dro?dharm died there was a scramble for the crown between Prince Je??ha and his younger brother Prince Srisil? (???????????; Phra Sisin). On Je??ha's side were the ?kñas Sriv?ravo?s and Srisenabhimukh (n.b. ?kña (?????; Okya) is a title above Khun) who were influential enough to capture Srisil? and have him executed. After doing just this, they then informed Je??ha of the deed and he ascended the throne as His Majesty King Je??hadhiraj or His Majesty King P?romarajadhiraj II (???????????????????????? ?; Somdet Phra Borommarachathirat thi Song); he was fifteen years old at the time. ?kña Sriv?ravo?s was then also promoted to the title of Ceabraya Kalahom Suriyavo?s (????????????????????????; Chao Phraya Kalahom Suriyawong).

Was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was the eldest son of Mohammed V, Sultan,

Was King of Morocco from 1961 until his death in 1999. He was the eldest son of Mohammed V, Sultan, then King of Morocco and his wife Lalla Abla bint Tahar.Prince Moulay Hassan participated in the February 1956 negotiations for Morocco's independence with his father, who later appointed him Chief of Staff of the newly founded Royal Armed Forces in April 1956. In the unrest of the same year, he led army contingents battling rebels in the mountains of the Rif. Mohammed V changed the title of the Moroccan sovereign from Sultan to King in 1957. Hassan was proclaimed Crown Prince on 19 July 1957, and became King on 3 March 1961, after his father's death.

Was the king of the Ayutthaya kingdom in Thailand, as successor of King Narai. He was the founder of

Was the king of the Ayutthaya kingdom in Thailand, as successor of King Narai. He was the founder of Ayutthaya's last dynasty, the Ban Phlu Luang dynasty.[1]King Phetracha was born in 1632 at Baan Plu Luang, Suphanburi. De la Loubère has recorded that he was a cousin of King Narai, and that his mother was also King Narai's milkmaid. It was also recorded that his sister was one of King Narai's queens.

Son of king Ramathibodi I, reigned as the second and fifth king of the kingdom of Ayutthaya. When Ki

Son of king Ramathibodi I, reigned as the second and fifth king of the kingdom of Ayutthaya. When King Ramathibodi ascended to the throne of Ayuthaya, he sent King Ramesuan to reign in Lopburi. Upon King Ramathibodi's death in 1369, King Ramesuan traveled to Ayutthaya to assume the throne, but held it for less than a year before being deposed by his uncle, King Borommaracha I, the ruler of Suphanburi. Sources differ over the nature of their conflict; official chronicles state that the older Boromaracha ruled with the willing consent of his nephew, while Jeremias van Vliet's Short History of Thailand indicated that Boromaracha's ascension came only after a bloody conflict bordering on civil war.