The uneventful reign of Siamese monarch Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, or Rama II, ends with his death in 1824.

The throne, according to the succession rule, would have gone to Prince Mongkut, his legitimate son by Queen Srisuriyendra.

The nobility, however, had given the throne to the competent Prince Jessadabodindra, a son of a concubine not of a queen, who had served his father in Krom Tha (Ministry of Trade and Foreign Relations), where he had developed his proficiency in foreign trades and his personal affection for Chinese culture.

Temples later constructed by Jessabodindra will be characterized by Chinese influences.

He had also gained a reputation while a young prince as a great merchant who had conducted profitable trades with China and enriched the royal treasury.