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Paus Innocentius XI ontvangt het gezantschap van de koning van Siam

Date

1688 - 1709

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

Object ID

RP-P-1908-1060

Because Narai did not convert to Catholicism, Louis XIV refused to receive the diplomatic mission of Siam in 1688. He sent them to the Pope, in Rome, where they were welcomed on 23 December 1688. After Narai’s death that year, his councillor Phetracha began an uprising against the Europeans. In 1690, all Europeans except the Dutch were expelled from Siam. This put an end to the Franco-Siamese relationship that had begun in 1680.

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