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maha thammaracha naresuan si saowaphak king of siam sukhothai dynasty wisutkasat statue ang thong of king ekathotsarot at wat pha mok , 1620 ekatotsarot เอกาทศรถ king of ayutthaya kingdom sanphet iii suthat si saowaphak inthraracha sisin ong thong ekatotsarotwpamok06.jpg ekathotsarot
 1605 -- 1620
ekathotsarot

sanpet iii -lrb- -rrb- or ekathotsarot -lrb- ; -1620 -rrb- was the king of ayutthaya from 1605 to 1620 succeeding his brother naresuan .
his reign was mostly peaceful as siam was then a powerful state through the conquests of naresuan .
also during his reign that foreigners of various origin began to fill the mercenary corps .
in particular , the king had a regiment of professional japanese guards under the command of yamada nagamasa .
during ekathotsarot 's reign , the english first came to siam in 1612 .
