Ayutthaya Kingdom - List of Notable Foreigners in Seventeenth Century Ayutthaya

List of Notable Foreigners in Seventeenth Century Ayutthaya

  • Constantine Phaulkon, Greek Adventurer and First Councillor of King Narai
  • François-Timoléon de Choisy
  • Father Guy Tachard, French Jesuit Writer and Siamese Ambassador to France (1688)
  • Louis Laneau, Apostolic Vicar of Siam
  • Yamada Nagamasa, Japanese adventurer who became the ruler of the Nakhon Si Thammarat province

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