As previously mentioned, Tharawadi Min, the Burmese Prince of Chiengmai, had in 1595, placed himself under Siamese protection, and ever since that year the Chiengmai dominions had been more or less dependent upon Siam. In 1607 the old Prince died, after a reign of nearly twenty-eight years. His eldest son, who succeeded him, died in 1609. The second son, after a brief reign, was forced by the Chiengmai nobles to abdicate, and the youngest son, Thadogyaw, became Prince of Chiengmai in 1611.