Borommarachathirat IV (; also spelt Borom Rachathirat IV), also known as Borommaracha No Phutthangkun (; also spelt Borom Racha No Buddhakura), born Athittayawong (), was the short-reigning king of Ayutthaya from 1529 to 1533.

Life and reign

Borommarachathirat was born Prince Athittayawong to Ramathibodi II in 1488. He was named uparaja (heir presumptive and viceroy) at Phitsanulok in 1515.

Borommarachathirat IV

Following his father's death, Athittayawong succeeded the throne as Borommarachathirat IV. He appointed his brother, Prince Chairachathirat, as uparaja. Borommarachathirat died abruptly in 1533 due to a smallpox epidemic; however, counter to the tradition established by the Front Palace system, the throne passed not to the uparaja but to Borommarachathirat's five-year-old son, who would rule as Ratsadathirat.

Borommarachathirat IV

Ancestry

References

16th-century Thai people

16th-century monarchs in Asia

Kings of Ayutthaya

Princes of Ayutthaya

Suphannaphum dynasty

1533 deaths

Deaths from smallpox

Infectious disease deaths in Thailand

Borommarachathirat IV