Commander of the Royal Regiment of Elephants, emerged as the leading "nationalist". Petracha had familial connections to Narai, with his mother being the king's wet nurse and his sister being the king's concubine.

Narai was said to fear fathering a son. He therefore ordered abortions to be carried out on any of his impregnated consorts. However he adopted the son of a minor mandarin with the name of Phra Pi and named him his successor. The young prince was embraced by the French, who managed to convert him to Catholicism.

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