As a youth

As a youth

When King Naresuan was young, he stayed at the Wangchan Palace in the city of Phitsanulok. Later around the year 2106 B.E. (1564 A.D.) when he was nine yearsold, King Burengnong of Burma, invaded Ayuddhaya. King Mahachakrapad of Ayuddhaya and Pra Mahathammaraja joined forces in protecting the capital sostrongly that the enemy was unable to enter the city. The Burmese troops surrounded the city until there was a shortage of food and diseases broke out inside the city wall.Consequently, King Mahachakrapad had to agree to be under King Burengnong’s power in 2107 B.E. (1564 A.D.)After the war, King Burengnong demanded war compensation as he wished and also directed key persons to be hostages, and one of them was Pra Naresuan, whowas then only nine years old. Pra Naresuan left Ayuddhaya to live at Hongsawadee with the princes of the Hongsawadee House who were his age and with princes fromother protectorates who were taken as hostages as well
picture : year 2108 B.E. (1566 A.D.) King Naresuan was 11 years old who played fighting with the princes of the Hongsawadee.