Outside Thailand, Mongkut is best known as the king in the 1951 musical and 1956 film The King and I, based on the 1946 film Anna and the King of Siam-in turn based on a 1944 novel by an American author about Anna Leonowens' years at his court, from 1862 to 1867, drawn from Leonowens’ memoir. Mongkut ( Thai: มงกุฏ 18 October 1804 – 1 October 1868) was the fourth king of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama IV. ![]() Portrait of King Mongkut at Chakri Maha Prasat Throne Hall, The Grand Palace. ![]() Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Ramathibodi Srisin Maha Mongkut Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua Phra Sayam Thewa Maha Makut Witthaya Maharat
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