King U-Thong or King Ramathibodi I was the first king of the kingdom, empowered by his relative states, such as Suphanburi, Loburi, and Sanburi. Ayutthaya was ruled by the king as absolute monarchy system and feudalism seemed to play an important role through the whole period of the kingdom. The king, with the most powerful in hand, empowered his relatives and high ranked aristocrats to look after the provincial towns far off the city. These cities, on the other hand, being governed by their own rulers, were directly governed and organized by the central government of Ayutthaya.