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what's the historical background of the king in the musical the King and I
Mongkut, King of Siam, was about 57 years old in 1861. He had lived half his life as a Buddhist monk, and was an able scholar.
when did King Mongkut, King of Siam become king
After his twenty-seven years of monastic life, King Mongkut voluntarily defrocked and ascended the throne in 1851, aged 47.

Question: how did nangklao die
Self-contained rewrite: how did nangklao, or Rama III, die