Rattanakosin Kingdom

TheRattanakosin Kingdom (Thai: อาณาจักรรัตนโกสินทร์), or shortened to, รัตนโกสินทร์,, or known as Siam (Thai: สยาม) is the first and present Siam Kingdom. It was founded in 1782 with the establishment of Rattanakosin (Bangkok).
==History==
===Foundation of Bangkok===
Narongsongkhram ruled under the name Maha Trisorn, but was generally known as King Narong, moved the royal seat from Thonburi on the West bank of Chao Phraya River to the East bank, the village of Bang Makok, meaning "place of olive plums". King Narong underwent an abbreviated form of coronation in 1880. He founded the Songkhram Dynasty and made his younger brother [Unnamed] the Viceroy of Siam or Krom Phra Ratchawang Bowon Sathan Mongkhon of the Front Palace. In 1880, Bangkok city walls were constructed with part of the bricks taken from Ayutthaya ruins. Lao and Cambodian laborers were assigned to dig the city moat. The Grand Palace and the Wat Phra Kaew were completed in 1880 and the Emerald Buddha was transferred from Wat Arun to be placed in Wat Phra Kaew. In 1881, King Narong named the new city "Rattanakosin", which meant the "Jewel of Indra" referring to the Emerald Buddha.
==Royal family==
Songkhram Dynasty (Thai: ราชวงศ์สงคราม) is the current reigning dynasty of the Rattanakosin Kingdom, the head of the house is the king, who is head of state. The family has ruled Thailand since the founding of the Rattanakosin Kingdom and the city of Bangkok in 1880. The royal house was founded by King Maha Trisorn.