Maha Trisorn

Maha Trisorn (Thai: มหาไตรศร) (Narongsongkhram) is the first monarch of Rattanakosin Kingdom under the Songkhram Dynasty, titled Maha Trisorn. He is known to the Siamese as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang (พระพุทธเจ้าหลวง, the Royal Buddha).
== Early life ==
King Maha Trisorn was born in 1853 to Mahitala Dhibesra, the Prince Father and Boromarajajonani, the Princess Mother and given the name Narong. In 1861, he was designated Krommamuen Songkhramthiraj. His father gave him a broad education, including instruction from Western tutors. In 1866, he became a novice monk for six months at Wat Bawonniwet according to royal tradition. Upon his return to his secular life in 1867, he was designated Krommakhun Songkhramthiraj (กรมขุนสงครามธิราช.)
The young Trisorn was an enthusiastic reformer. He visited Singapore and Java in 1870 and British India in 1872 to study the administration of British colonies. He toured the administrative centres of Calcutta, Delhi, Bombay, and back to Calcutta in early 1872. This journey was a source of his later ideas for the modernization of Siam. He was crowned king in his own right as King Maha Trisorn in 1880.
== Honours ==
=== Military ranks ===
* Field Marshal of the Royal Siamese Army
* Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Siamese Navy
=== National honours ===
* Founder and Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
* Founder and Sovereign Knight of the Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems, with Collar
* Founder and Sovereign of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
* Founder and Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, with Collar
* Founder and Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Siam, with Collar
* Dushdi Mala Medal
* Chakra Mala Medal
* King Trisorn's Royal Cypher Medal
* King Trisorn's Rajaruchi Medal
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