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| In Thailand King Chakrapat was saved by his wife Suriyothai, who maneuvered her elephant in front of the invading Burmese King Tabinshweeti and took the sword thrust intended for her husband. | |
| Source:(SFC, 9/30/99, p.E6)(WSJ, 8/30/01, p.A11) | |
| The 1999 historical film “Suriyothai” was directed by Chatri Chalerm Yukol. It was about the 16th Queen Suriyothai who saved her husband King Thianracha during a war with invaders from Myanmar. |