Phaulkon-Tachard conspiracy

Phaulkon-Tachard conspiracy, (1685–88), in Thai history, an unsuccessful attempt to establish French control over Siam (Thailand). Two main conspirators in this attempt were Constantine Phaulkon, a high-level royal adviser to Siam’s King Narai, and Gui Tachard, a French Jesuit missionary. A Greek by birth, Phaulkon had worked with the British East India Company in Java and then entered the service of the Siamese king, rising to the position of virtual prime minister. Tachard, who arrived...