Phaulkon, Constantine

Japanese: フォールコン(英語表記)Phaulkon, Constantine
Phaulkon, Constantine
Born: 1647. Cephalonia, Greece
[Died] June 5, 1688. Ayutthaya. A Greek-British man involved in the Ayutthaya court incident in Thailand. In 1675, he began trading in southern Thailand as an employee of the British East India Company. He gained the trust of King Phra Narai and took control of Thai royal trade, effectively serving as Minister of Finance. He tried to convert the king to Catholicism, but failed. He had long hated the British East India Company, to which he belonged, and in 1687 he confronted the British, trying to promote royal trade through the French East India Company (issued a charter in 1664). He also worked hard to exchange envoys between Ayutthaya and France, and to station French troops there, but was executed by xenophobic Thai aristocrats for intervening in the succession struggle after the death of King Phra Narai. His wife was Japanese, and they had one son.

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Japanese:
[生]1647. ギリシア,ケファリニア島
[没]1688.6.5. アユタヤ
タイのアユタヤ朝の宮廷事件に関係したギリシア系イギリス人。1675年イギリス東インド会社雇員としてタイ南部で貿易を始め,プラ・ナーラーイ王の信頼を得てタイ王室貿易の実権を握り,事実上大蔵大臣を務めた。国王をカトリックに改宗させようと努めたが,果たせなかった。また自分が所属していたイギリス東インド会社を以前から嫌っており,1687年イギリスと対決し,フランス東インド会社(1664特許状交付)による王室貿易の進展をはかった。さらにアユタヤとフランスの使節の交換,フランス兵の駐屯に尽力したが,プラ・ナーラーイ王没後の後継者争いに介入したため,排外派タイ貴族の手により処刑された。妻は日本人で,男子 1人をもうけた。

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