King Thip Chak or Thip Chang (ทิพย์ช้าง) (died 1759), whose full royal title was King Thip Chak Sulawa Lue Chaiya Songkhram (ทิพย์จักรสุลวะฤๅไชยสงคราม), Ban Pong Yang Khok (บ้านปงยางคก), was ruling sovereign of Lampang

Lampang Province

Lampang is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Rai, Phayao, Phrae, Sukhothai, Tak, Lamphun and Chiang Mai. The old name of Lampang is Khelang Nakhon.-Geography:...

 during a period of sovereignty not subject to Burman

Bamar

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, Ayuthian

Ayutthaya kingdom

Ayutthaya was a Siamese kingdom that existed from 1350 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the Chinese, Vietnamese , Indians, Japanese and Persians, and later the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and French, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the...

 or Lannanese

Lanna

The Kingdom of Lanna was a kingdom centered in present-day northern Thailand from the 13th to 18th centuries. The cultural development of the people of Lanna, the Tai Yuan people, had begun long before as successive Tai Yuan kingdoms preceded Lanna...

 rule. He is regarded as the progenitor of the Thippachakkrathiwong Dynasty

Jedton Dynasty

The Chet Ton Dynasty It was established towards the end of the reign of King Thai Sa of Ayutthaya by Thipchang of Nan, a mahout and woodsman who was appointed ruler of Lampang City for good military deeds...

, the forefathers of the bloodline of the Lords of Jedton. He was married to Lord Mother Pim Pam Mahathewi (แม่เจ้าปิมปามหาเทวี) of Ban Pa Nat Dam (บ้านป่าหนาดดำ), Ban Ueam (บ้านเอื้อม), and ruled from 1732-1759.

Biography

In 1730, Lampang faced civil war. At the time, Thip Chak had been a hunter, but had spearheaded the group of soldiers that assassinated the ringleader of the rebellion, Thao

Thai royal and noble titles

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 Maha Yot. This had originally been commanded of the sovereign of Lampang by the Burman Konbaung Dynasty

Konbaung dynasty

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. According to the Chronicles of Chiang Mai, he later subdued an uprising in Lamphun

Lamphun Province

Lamphun is one of the northern provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Chiang Mai, Lampang and Tak.-Geography:Lamphun is located in the river valley of the Ping River, surrounded by mountain chains....

, and in his final years ruled his realm on the foundations of Buddhist doctrine.