Duthel Thailand Guide IV. E-Book

Heinz Duthel

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Duthel Thailand Guide IV. Chakri Dynasty Chakri Dynasty

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Heinz Duthel

Chakri Dynasty

Duthel Thailand Guide IV.

Chakri Dynasty

Heinz Duthel

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All rights reserved. ISBN-13:978-1475107876

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1997: Honorary Doctor of Arts, Siam University

1999: Honorary Doctor of Arts, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

References

Mom Rajawongse Biradej Anubongs Chakrabandhu, 150th Anniversary, Prince Chaturanta Rasmi, the Prince Chakrabadibongse, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok, 2005.

More information on the Internet http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/thailand/person s.html

Royal command - giving the royal decoration of the Most Illustrious Order of

Chula Chom Klao - 5 May 1987

HH Princess Vimolchatra dies - Kom Chad Luek (Thai)

Princess Vimolchatra dies in the morning of the King’s birthday - Daily News

(Thai)

Vimolnaka Nabisi Vimolnaka Nabisi Princess of Siam Full name

Her Royal Highness Princess Vimolnaka Nabisi House Chakri Dynasty

Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam Mother Princess Dara Rasmi of Chiang Mai Born 2 October 1889

Grand Palace

Bangkok, Thailand

Died 21 February 1892 (aged 2) Bangkok, Thailand

Her Royal Highness Princess Vimolnaka Nabisi or Phra Chao Boromwongse

Ther Phra Ong Chao Vimolnaka Nabisi (RTGS: Vimonnak Naphisi) (Thai:

) (2 October 1889 – 21 February 1892), was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand. She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam.

Her mother was Princess Dara Rasmi of Chiang Mai, daughter of

Inthawichayanon, the 7th King of Chiang Mai and Queen Thipkraisorn Rajadevi from the Jedton Dynasty (also called House of the Seven Lords). After she was born, she was taken care of by her mother by the Northern style. As she was descendant from the Chiang Mai Royal Family, she was always dressed in the northern costume and lived as the northern lifestyle

while living in the compound of the Grand Palace.

Princess Vimolnaka Nabisi died on 21 February 1892, at the age of only 2

years 8 months. Brought sadness through her father, and the royal family of both the Siamese and Chiang Mai. Especially her mother, Princess Dara Rasmi, after her only daughter’s death, she destroyed all photos and portraits of her and both her husband and daughter.

Her ashes were kept besides her mother ashes at Chiang Mai Royal Cemetery, Wat Suandok, and also was divided to keep within the Royal Cemetery, Wat

Ratchabophit, Bangkok. Voralaksanavadi Voralaksanavadi Princess of Siam

Full name

Her Royal Highness Princess Voralaksanavadi House Chakri Dynasty

Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam Mother Chao Chom Manda Sud Sukumolchan Born 12 June 1872

Grand Palace

Bangkok, Thailand

Died 18 August 1926 (aged 54) Bangkok, Thailand

Her Royal Highness Princess Voralaksanavadi or Phra Chao Boromwongse

Ther Phra Ong Chao Voralaksanavadi (RTGS: Woraluksanawadee) (Thai:

) (12 June 1872 – 18 August 1926), was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand). She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam.

Her mother was The Noble Consort (Chao Chom Manda) Sud Sukumolchan

(daughter of Phraya Surindorn Rajseni and Khunying Klin). She died on 18

August 1926, at the age of 54 years 10 months. Royal Decoration

Dame Cross of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (First class):

received 12 November 1911. Ancestry

Ancestor of Princess Voralaksanavadi

Princess VoralaksanavadiFather:

Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam Paternal Grandfather: Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam Paternal Great-grandfather: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam

Paternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra Paternal Grandmother:

Queen Debsirindra Paternal Great-grandfather: Prince Sirivongse, the Prince Matayabidaksa Paternal Great-grandmother:

Mom Noi Sirivongs na Ayudhya

Mother:

Chao Chom Manda Sud Sukumolchan Maternal Grandfather: Phraya Surindorn Rajaseni Maternal Great-grandfather: unknown

Maternal Great-grandmother:

unknown

Maternal Grandmother:

Khunying Klin Sukumolchan Maternal Great-grandfother:

unknown

Maternal Great-grandmother:

unknown

Wan Waithayakon

Wan Waithayakon (full title: His Royal Highness Prince Vanna Vaidhayakara, the Prince Naradhip Bhongseprabhan), known in the West as Wan Waithayakon (1891-1976), was a Thai diplomat. He was elected President of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations General Assembly, while serving as Thailand’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He was a

grandson of King Mongkut .

He is a graduate of Oxford University and the Paris Institute of Political

Studies (best known as Sciences Po), and began his vocational career as a

foreign service officer in 1917. He was appointed advisor to King Rama VI in

1922. In 1924, he was promoted to the rank of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and was responsible for negotiating several important amendments to political and commercial treaties with Western powers.

He was sent to Europe again in 1926 as Minister accredited to the United

Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium. During that period, he also served as head of the Thai delegation to the League of Nations, where he was active in a number of important commissions as member, vice-president and president. Prince Wan returned to Thailand in 1930, to accept a professorial chair at the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University.

For the next 30 years, Prince Wan continued to serve his country in a number of important diplomatic missions, some of the notable milestones being negotiations with Japan in 1943 during World War II, representing Thailand at the Greater East Asia Conference, participation in the SEATO Council and the Bandung Conference, where he was elected Rapporteur, and negotiations leading to Thailand’s admission to the United Nations.

In 1947, Prince Wan was appointed Ambassador to the United States and

served concurrently as Ambassador to the United Nations. In 1956, he was the president of the Eleventh Session of the United Nations’ General Assembly . He also served as Thailand’s foreign minister from 1952 to 1957

and again in 1958 . He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of philology criticism in Thailand.

Yaovabha Bongsanid

Yaovabha Bongsanid

Princess of Siam

Full name

Her Royal Highness

Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid

House Chakri Dynasty

Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam

Mother Chao Chom Manda The Hon. Mom Rajawongse Nueng

Sanidvongse

Born 28 August 1884

Grand Palace

Bangkok, Thailand

Died 13 June 1934 (aged 49) Bangkok, Thailand

Her Royal Highness Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid of Siam or Phra Chao

Boromwongse Ther Phra Ong Chao Yaovabha Bongsanid (Thai:

) (28 August 1884 – 13 June 1934), was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand). She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She was a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam.

Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid of Siam was born in 28 August 1884 at the

Grand Palace. She was the forty-seventh daughter of King Chulalongkorn of Siam (Rama V the Great) and The Noble Consort (Chao Chom Manda) Mom Rajawongse Nueng Sanidvongse (daughter of Prince Sai Sanidvongse. She had a younger brother, Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi, the Prince of Chainat Narendorn.

When their mother died on 23 November 1885, she and both her younger

brother, Prince Rangsit Prayursakdi, were adopted by Queen Savang Vadhana, one of the King Chulalongkorn’s queen consorts (who later became the Queen Aunt and Queen Grandmother).

Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid died on 13 June 1934 at the Grand Palace, at

the age of 49 years and 11 months. Royal Decorations

Dame Cross of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (First class):

received 25 November 1906

Ancestry

Ancestor of Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid

Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid Father:

Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam Paternal Grandfather:

Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam Paternal Great-grandfather: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam

Paternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra Paternal Grandmother:

Queen Debsirindra Paternal Great-grandfather: Prince Sirivongse, the Prince Matayabidaksa Paternal Great-grandmother:

Mom Noi Sirivongs na Ayudhya

Mother:

Chao Chom Manda Mom Rajawongse Nueng Sanidvongse Maternal

Grandfather:

Prince Sai Sanidvongse Maternal Great-grandfather: Prince Nuam, the Prince Vongsadhirajsanid

Maternal Grandmother:

Mom Khian Sanidvongse na Ayudhya Maternal Great-grandfother:

unknown

Maternal Great-grandmother:

unknown

Yaovamalaya Narumala Yaovamalaya Narumala Princess of Siam

the Princess of Sawankalok

Full name

- Her Royal Highness

Princess Yaovamalaya Narumala:

4 June 1873 – 21 May 1905

- Her Royal Highness

The Princess of Sawankalok:

21 May 1905 – 3 July 1909

House Chakri Dynasty

Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam

Mother Princess Ubolratana Narinaka, the Princess Akaravorarajgalya

Born 4 June 1873

Grand Palace

Bangkok, Thailand

Died 3 July 1909 (aged 36) Bangkok, Thailand

Her Royal Highness Princess Yaovamalaya Narumala, the Princess of Sawankalok or Somdet Phra Chao Boromwongse Ther Chao Fa Yaovamalaya Narumala Krom Khun Sawankalok Laksanavadi (RTGS: Yaovamarn

Narumol) (Thai: ) (4

June 1873 – 3 July 1909), was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand). She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam.

Her mother was Princess Ubolratana Narinaka, the Princess

Akaravorarajgalya, daughter of Prince Ladavalya, the Prince Bhumindrabhakdi and Mom Chin Ladavalya na Ayudhya. She was given full name by her father as Yaovamalaya Narumala Sabasakon Galyani (Thai:

)

For the royal duties, she was one of the executive vice-president of the Red Unalom Society, the major humanitarian organisation (later Thai Red Cross Society), founded by Queen Savang Vadhana as maternal patron. And Queen Saovabha Bongsri was appointed the first president, and Thanpuying Plien Phasakoravongs acted as the society secretary. She worked as the executive vice-president with the other princesses:

Queen Sukhumala Marasri

Princess Suddha Dibyaratana, the Princess Sri Ratanakosindra

Princess Chandra Saradavara, the Princess of Phichit

Princess Srivilailaksana, the Princess of Suphanburi

Princess Ubolratana Narinaka, the Princess Akaravorarajgalya

Princess Saisavalibhirom, the Princess Suddhasininat Piyamaharaj Padivaradda

The Noble Consort (Chao Chom Manda) Kesorn of King Chulalongkorn

On 21 May 1905, she was given the royal title from her father as, The

Princess of Sawankalok, or translated in Thai as Krom Khun Sawankalok

Laksanavadi (Thai: ). She was given the rank of Krom

Khun, the 4th level of the Krom ranks.

Princess Yaovamalaya Narumala died on 3 July 1909, at the age of 36. Royal decorations

Dame of The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri

Dame Cross of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (First class):

received 26 November 1893

Ancestry

Ancestor of Princess Yaovamalaya Narumala, the Princess of Sawankalok

Laksanavadi

Princess Yaovamalaya Narumala, the Princess of Sawankalok Father: Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam Paternal Grandfather:

Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam Paternal Great-grandfather: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam

Paternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra Paternal Grandmother:

Queen Debsirindra Paternal Great-grandfather:

Prince Sirivongse, the Prince Matayabidaksa

Paternal Great-grandmother:

Mom Noi Sirivongs na Ayudhya

Mother:

Princess Ubolratana Narinaka, the Princess Akaravorarajgalya Maternal

Grandfather:

Prince Ladavalya, the Prince Bhumindrabhakdi Maternal Great-grandfather:

Jessadabodindra, King Rama III of Siam

Maternal Great-grandmother: Chao Chom Manda Emnoi

Maternal Grandmother:

Mom Chin Ladavalya na Ayudhya Maternal Great-grandfather:

unknown

References

Royal Command of giving title HRH Princess Yaovamalaya Narumala, the

Princess of Sawankalok

Executive Vice-President of Thai Red Cross Society

Yugala Dighambara

Yugala Dighambara

Prince of Siam , The Prince of Lopburi

Full nameHRH Prince Yugala Dighambara, The Prince of Lopburi

Titles His Royal Highness Prince Yugala Dighanbara : (March 17, 1883 - March 20, 1891

His Royal Highness

The Prince Lopburadisorn :

(March 20, 1891 - December 2, 1906) His Royal Highness

The Prince of Lopburi :

(December 2, 1906 - April 8, 1932) Born March 17, 1883

Birthplace Bangkok, Thailand

Died8 April 1932 (aged 49)

Place of death Bangkok, Thailand

Consort to HRH Princess Chalermkhetra Mangala

Offspring HRH Prince Bhanubhand Yukol

HRH Prince Chalermpol Dighanbara

HRH Prince Anusorn Mongkolkarn

Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam

Mother HRH The Princess Suthasininard Piyamaharajpadivaradda

HRH Prince Yugala Dighambara , Prince of Lopburi (March 17, 1883 - April

8, 1932) (Thai: ), was a son of

HM King Chulalongkorn of Siam.

A graduate of Cambridge University, the Prince served as Viceroy of the South during the reign of his half-brother King Vajiravhud and as the Minister of the Interior in the government of HM King Prajadhipok.

He married HRH Princess Chalermkhetra Mangala (Bhanubandh), a daughter of HRH Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse. Their grandson is the filmmaker HSH Prince Chatrichalerm Yugala.

According to the announcement of his death in the Royal Gazette, Prince

Yugala suffered from heart disease, dying at 3:05 p.m. on April 8, 1932. Titles and Styles

March 17, 1883 - March 20, 1891 : His Royal Highness Prince Yugala

Dighambara

March 20, 1891 - December 2, 1906 : His Royal Highness The Prince

Lopburadisorn

December 2, 1906 - April 8, 1932 : His Royal Highness The Prince of

Lopburi

Royal decorations

Prince Yugala received the following decorations in the Honours System of

Thailand:

Knight of The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri

Knight of The Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems

Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Illustrious Order of

Chula Chom Klao

The Knight of the Ratana Varabhorn Order of Merit

Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the

White Elephant

Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of

Thailand

Knight Commander of the Honourable Order of Rama

King Rama IV Royal Cypher Medal, Second Class

King Rama V Royal Cypher Medal, First Class

King Rama VI Royal Cypher Medal, First Class King Rama VII Royal Cypher Medal, First Class Dushdi Mala Medal - Military

Bhanubandhu Yugala

General Major His Royal Highness Prince Bhanu Yukol (Thai:

, born 1910 in Songkhla Province, Thailand, died February

5, 1995 in Bangkok) was a Thai film director, producer and screenwriter, playwright, composer and author.

He was a grandson of King Chulalongkorn, the grandfather of Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsavali Kitiyakara and an uncle of director Chatrichalerm Yukol. His nickname was Sadet Ong Chaiyai.

Biography

Early life and career

Prince Bhanu was the eldest of three children of Prince Yugala Dighambara and Princess Chalermkhet Mongkhol. He was a grandson of King Chulalongkorn. He was educated in Thailand at Thepsirin School, and then in France. He also lived abroad in his youth in England and the United States. In his 20s, he returned to Thailand and enlisted in the Royal Thai Army’s cavalry division. While in the army, he studied filmmaking in his spare time.

In 1936, Prince Bhanu’s youngest brother, Prince Anusorn Mongkolkarn, founded the Lavoe Motion Pictures , and produced its first film, Naam Yok Ok (The Thorn in Your Side). Prince Bhanu founded his own company, the

Thai Film Company, in 1938, first producing the film, Tharn Fai Kao (The Old Flame). Four other films followed: Wan Phen, Mae Sue Sao (Girl Matchmaker), Pid Thong Lang Phru and Look Thung (The Folks). The company was disbanded during World War II, with its assets sold to the Royal Thai Air Force. Film historians believe that the films were destroyed during the war.

Post-war years

After the war ended, Bhanu formed a new production company, Assawin

Pictures. Among his works were Phantay Norasingh (Oarsman Norasingh),

which was based on a play he wrote in 1942. For the film version, he hired a then-budding cinematographer, Rattana Pestonji.

Another film by Bhanu was based on the legend of King Naresuan the Great. Bhanu pushed for innovations in the Thai film industry, often spending his family’s fortune to buy equipment for poorer directors. He encouraged the

use of 35-mm film over 16-mm films, which was the industry standard in

Thailand.

He produced the first Thai film in CinemaScope, Ruen Phae (Raft Home), a co-production with Shaw Brothers Studio.

Bhanu also composed the score for his films. One of his songs from 1938’s

Tharn Fai Kao, was selected in 1979 by UNESCO as a “Song of Asia”.

“It was a sort of hobby that was professional,” the prince said about his work in an interview with Di-Chan magazine. “I could do it much better than a

professional. I did the job all by myself, from composing the story, writing the script and shooting the film, to editing it all. It was tiring work, but I am the sort of person who is determined to do a thing until it is completed and at its best.”

Family

Prince Bhanu was the eldest of three brothers. His younger brother was

Prince Chalermbala Dighambara, while his youngest brother was Prince

Anusorn Mongkolkarn, the father of director Chatrichalerm Yukol. Prince Bhanu was married three times and had seven children. In his first marriage to Mom Luang Soiraya, he fathered Mom Chao Bhandhusawali Kitiyakara, the mother of Her Royal Highness Princess Soamsavali Kitiyakara, the first wife of Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn. Other children were M.C. Thitibhan Yukol, M.C. Rangsinopphadol. Bhanu then married Mom Boonlom, producing M.C. Bhuribhan Yukol. His third marriage to Mom Chailai produced M.C. Peemai and M.C. Ying Yukol.

Prince Bhanu died at the age of 85 of blood poisoning.

More information on the Internet

Royal House of Yugala

Chakri Dynasty

Country Kingdom of Thailand Titles King of Siam (1782-1949) King of Thailand (1949-Present) Founder Rama I

Current head Rama IX Founding 1782

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Somdet Phra Boromma-orasathirat Chao Fa Maha Vajiralongkorn

Sayammakutratchakuman (Thai:

; RTGS: —Mahawachiralongkon—; Thai pronunciation: [má.ha? wá.??í.ra?.lo?.k??n]; Literally: “Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, the Royal Son and Crown Prince of Siam”) (born 28 July 1952) is the only son of Bhumibol Adulyadej, the King of Thailand, and Queen Sirikit. He is the current Crown Prince of Thailand and heir apparent to the throne.

In 1972, at the age of 20, the king gave him the title “Somdech Phra Boroma

Orasadhiraj Chao Fah Maha Vajiralongkorn Sayam Makutrajakuman”, making him the Crown Prince and heir-apparent to the throne. He later graduated from the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra, Australia. An officer

in the Thai military, he trained with the Australian, British and United States armed services. He is a qualified military pilot and helicopter pilot. He took an active part in military operations against the Communist Party of Thailand during the 1970s, and also led combat operations against a Vietnamese military incursion across the border from Cambodia.

Early life

Vajiralongkorn was born in the Ambara Villa of the Dusit Palace in Bangkok. He was educated at a primary school in Bangkok, and then at private colleges

in the United Kingdom (King’s Mead School, Seaford and Millfield School, Somerset) and Australia (The King’s School, Sydney).

Adult life

The Prince undertook military training at the Royal Military College, Duntroon in Canberra, Australia, and also completed an arts degree at Sukhothai Thammatirat University in Bangkok. Since 1975, he has served as a

career officer in the Royal Thai Army. He served as a staff officer in the Directorate of Army Intelligence, and in 1978 he became head of the King’s Own Bodyguard Battalion. In that year, however, he interrupted his military career to be ordained for a season as a Buddhist monk, as is customary for all Thai Buddhist males.

Vajiralongkorn trained for periods with the United States, British and Australian armed services, studying special forces demolition, unconventional warfare tactics and advanced navigation training. He is a qualified military

pilot and a helicopter pilot. Although a military career is conventional for royal princes, Vajiralongkorn is unique among modern princes in having taken an active part in military actions inside his own country. In the 1970s he led counter-insurgency campaigns against the forces of the Communist Party of Thailand in the North and Northeast of Thailand, and also took part in operations along the border with Cambodia during the years of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Role and responsibilities

Vajiralongkorn holds the ranks of General in the Royal Thai Army, Admiral in the Royal Thai Navy and Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Thai Air Force. He has been cited as the pilot of an RTAF F-16, and two Boeing 737s, HS-HRH and HS-CMV. His military role in recent years has become increasingly ceremonial. As his father has grown older, Vajiralongkorn has taken a more prominent part in royal ceremonial and public appearances.

He officially opened the 2007 Southeast Asian Games, held in Nakhon

Ratchasima, Thailand. The event coincided with the 80th birthday of his father Bhumibol.

Public and the media

Due to the lčse majesté law, criticism of the royal family is strictly prohibited in Thailand. However, Vajiralongkorn’s private life continues to be a controversial subject of discussion, although not publicly. In the 10 January

2002 edition of the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER), an article appeared suggesting that Vajiralongkorn had business ties with then Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. An immediate ban was placed on distribution of

the magazine, and the Thai government, citing a threat to national security, suspended the visas of the FEER’s two Thailand correspondents, Shawn Crispin and Rodney Tasker.

In 2002, The Economist wrote that, “Vajiralongkorn is held in much less esteem (than the king.) Bangkok gossips like to swap tales of his lurid

personal life…Besides, no successor, however worthy, can hope to equal the stature King Bhumibol has attained after 64 years on the throne.” This issue of The Economist was banned in Thailand. In 2010, another issue of The Economist (which was not distributed in Thailand) asserted that Vajiralongkorn is “widely loathed and feared” and “unpredictable to the point of eccentricity”, while the online journal Asia Sentinel alleged that he is “regarded as erratic and virtually incapable of ruling” and was blocked shortly thereafter. In a diplomatic cable leaked by WikiLeaks, senior Singaporean foreign ministry official Bilahari Kausikan asserted that Vajiralongkorn has a gambling habit which was partly funded by now exiled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra.

On 12 November 2009, a home video was released to Wikileaks showing Vajiralongkorn and a topless Princess Srirasmi celebrating the birthday of the Prince’s poodle dog. Part of this video was broadcast on the ‘Foreign

Correspondent’ programme on the Australian government’s ABC TV channel on 13 April 2010, as part of a half-hour documentary critical of the Royal family of Thailand.

On 19 January 2009, Harry Nicolaides, an Australian national, was sentenced to three years in prison for self-publishing a fictional book deemed to have committed lčse majesté (later Nicolaides was pardoned by the king). The offending passage alluded to rumors that “if the prince fell in love with one of his minor wives and she betrayed him, she and her family would disappear

with their name, familial lineage and all vestiges of their existence expunged forever.” The global news network CNN refused to air the passage.

In July 2011, the German judicial authorities in Munich impounded an aircraft, Boeing 737, belonging to Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn. Administrators seized the aircraft subject to a 20 year old debt of the Thai government to a now-defunct German construction corporation that has risen to some 30 million euros. The German authorities, who currently administer the corporation’s interests in bankruptcy, have stated the measure

was a “last resort” in accounting for the debt. The Thai government, which had theretofore not responded to German demands, called the move “highly inappropriate.” On 1 August Vajiralongkorn’s office announced, he would pay the deposit amounting to 20 million Euro himself. One day later the Thai foreign minister Kasit Piromya confirmed that the Thai government would really pay the deposit.

Family

On 3 January 1977 Vajiralongkorn married Princess Soamsavali Kitiyakara

(born 1957), a first cousin on his mother’s side. They had one daughter, Princess Bajrakitiyabha in 1978. Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn started living with actress Yuvadhida Polpraserth in the late 1970s and had several children with her. Although Princess Soamsavali had refused divorce for many years, Vajiralongkorn was finally able to sue for divorce in the Family Court in

January 1993. In the court proceedings, Vajiralongkorn accused Princess Soamsavali of being completely at fault for the failed relationship. She was not able to refute the charges due to the prohibition against lčse majesté. The divorce was finalized in July 1993. Princess Soamsavali and her daughter continue to play a significant role in royal ceremonies.

When Vajiralongkorn was introduced to Yuvadhida Polpraserth, she was an aspiring actress. She became his steady companion and gave birth to his first son, Prince Juthavachara Mahidol, on 29 August 1979. He later had three other sons and a daughter by her. They were married at a palace ceremony in February 1994, where they were blessed by the King and the Princess Mother, but not by the Queen. After the marriage, she was allowed to change her name to Mom Sujarinee Mahidol na Ayudhaya, signifying she was a commoner married to a royal. Sujarinee was also commissioned as a major in the army and took part in royal ceremonies with Vajiralongkorn. When she fled to Britain in 1996 with their children, Vajiralongkorn had posters around his palace accusing her of committing adultery with Anand Rotsamkhan, a 60-year-old air marshal. The prince abducted their daughter and brought her back to Thailand to live with him. Their daughter was later elevated to the rank of Princess whilst Sucharini and her sons were stripped of their diplomatic passports. She and her sons later moved to the United States. As of 2007, Sujarinee is known as Sujarinee Vivacharawongse.

Vajiralongkorn married again, on 10 February 2001, to Srirasmi

Akharaphongpreecha, a commoner from an otherwise modest background who had been in his service since 1992. The marriage was not disclosed to the public until early 2005. She gave birth to a son, Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, on 29 April 2005 and was elevated to become Princess Srirasmi, Mom Srirasmi Mahidol na Ayuthaya. The son was immediately elevated to the rank of Prince. In a magazine interview, Vajiralongkorn stated his intention to settle down.

Styles of

Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand

Reference styleHis Royal Highness Spoken style Your Royal Highness Alternative style Sir

Children

With HRH Princess Soamsawali (née Soamsawali Kitiyakara) : HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha, born 7 December 1978.

With Mrs. Sujarinee Vivacharawongse (née Yuvadhida Polpraserth) : HSH Prince Juthavachara Mahidol, born 29 August 1979

HSH Prince Vacharaesorn Mahidol, born 27 May 1981

HSH Prince Chakriwat Mahidol, born 26 February 1983

HSH Prince Vacharaesorn Mahidol, born 14 June 1985

HSH Princess Busya Nambejra Mahidol (later changed to Chakkrityabha and

Sirivanvari), born 8 January 1987. Elevated to HRH Princess Sirivannavari

Nariratana by royal command on 15 June 2005.

With HRH Princess Srirasmi (née Srirasmi Akharaphongpreecha; elevated to

HRH on 15 June 2005) :

HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, born 29 April 2005

Further reading

Paul M. Handley, The King Never Smiles, Yale University Press, 2006

Vajiravudh Vajiravudh King Rama VI

King of Siam

Reign 23 October 1910 – 25 November 1925

Coronation 23 October 1910

Predecessor Chulalongkorn (Rama V) Successor Prajadhipok (Rama VII)

Spouse Prabai Sucharitakul

Prueng Sucharitakul

Princess Vanbimol Voravan Krueakaew Abhaiwongse Issue

Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda House Chakri Dynasty Father Chulalongkorn Mother Saovabha Bongsri Born 1 January 1881

Bangkok, Siam

Died 25 November 1925 (aged 44) Religion Theravada Buddhism

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai: ), or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua (Thai:

), or Rama VI (1 January 1881 – 25 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death. King Vajiravudh is known for his efforts to create and promote Siamese nationalism. His reign was characterized by Siam’s movement further

towards democracy and minimal participation in World War I.

Education

Prince Vajiravudh was born on 1 January 1881 to Chulalongkorn and one of his four queens, Saovabha. In 1888, upon coming of age, Vajiravudh received the title Krom Khun Thep Dvaravati. He was firstly educated in the Royal

Palace in Siamese and English language. He continued his education in Britain, at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in 1891 and became part of Durham Light Infantry Regiment upon graduation. In 1894, his half-brother Crown Prince Vajirunhis died. Vajiravudh was then appointed the new Crown Prince of Siam. He studied in law and history at Christ Church, Oxford in

1899. However, he suffered the appendicitis that barred him from personally

receiving the graduation in 1901.

Crown Prince Vajiravudh returned to Siam in 1902 and became a monk in

1904 temporarily according to Siamese traditions. In 1906, his father

Chulalongkorn traveled to Europe to seek treatment for his lung disease.

Chulalongkorn made Vajiravudh the Regent of Siam. Crown Prince Vajiravudh’s accomplishment during his regency was his supervision of the construction of Chulalongkorn Equesterian Statue.

Chulalongkorn died on 23 October 1910. Vajuravudh succeeded his father as the king of Siam.

Ascension and Early Reforms

Even before coronation, Vajiravudh swiftly passed several reforms. He

organized Siam’s Defence and established military academies. He created the

rank of General for the first time in Siam, with his uncle Prince Bhanurangsi

Savangwongse as the first Siamese general.

His first act following his ascension to the throne was to build the Royal Pages College which was subsequently renamed Vajiravudh College by King Rama VII to honour his brother. It was built as an all boy boarding school in the same tradition as English public schools such as Eton and Harrow. The school was built instead of a royal monastery - a custom of Thai kings, as King Vajiravudh deemed that there were already too many temples in Bangkok. In his own hand written letter, King Vajiravudh wrote that “In the Royal Pages College, what I want is not so much to turn out model boys, all of the same standard, all brilliant scholars with thousands of marks each, as to turn out efficient young men - young men who will be physically and morally clean, and who will be looking forward keenly to take up whatever burden the future may lay upon them”. Later he also raised the Civil Servant School to Chulalongkorn Academy for Civil Officials – then Chulalongkorn University. Both Vajiravudh College and Chulalongkorn University still benefit from the

personal funds that King Vajiravudh set aside for educational use at the two elite institution up till today. He also improved Siamese healthcare systems and set up some of the earliest public hospitals in Siam; Vajira Hospital and Chulalongkorn Hospital in 1912 and 1914 respectively.

In 1911, he established the Boy Scouts ( Tiger Cubs) in Siam (with an adult arm disbanded in the latter part of his reign called the Wild Tiger Corps

.) On 11 November 1911, Vajiravudh’s coronation was held with

royalties from Europe and Japan as guests – for the first time in Siam to host international parties. In December, the first airplane was flown in Siam.

Early years of Vajiravudh’s administration was largely dominated by his two uncles - Prince Damrong and Prince Devawongse - both of them Chulalongkorn’s right hand men. However, he disagreed with Prince Damrong, the Minister of Interior over Prince Damrong’s negotiation of Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 that ceded four sultanates to the British Empire.

Vajiravudh also reformed his father’s monthon system by imposing the paks (Thai: ) or regions over the administrative monthons. Each pak was governed by an Uparaja (viceroy} directly in command of the king. The Uparaja presided over the intendants of monthons in the region - thus grabbing local administrative powers in his hands - much to the dismay of

Prince Damrong.

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The radicals sternly expected that constitution upon the coronation of Vajiravudh. However, no constitution came. In 1911, the Wuchang Uprising that led to the fall of Qing dynasty was a strong urge for Siamese radicals to

act. So, for the first time, an attempt to overthrow the monarchy and establish the democracy happened in Siam.

The immediate cause, however, was laid even before Vajiravudh’s coronation.

In 1909, Crown Prince Vajiravudh had ordered a Thai Royal Military Academy’s student who had had an argument with one of Vajiravudh’s pages to be canned. The alumni of the Academy, who had already been stationed throughout the kingdom, was provoked further by Vajiravudh’s establishment of the Wild Tiger Corps, which was seen as Vajiravudh’s personal troops to replace the military.

The plotters were, however, relatively young army and navy officials, who was

also the students in the 1909 event. The coup was planned to be staged on 1

April – Siamese traditional New Years Day. They also planned to choose one

of Vajiravudh’s brothers as the first President of Siam. They also viewed that,

if the absolute monarchy had been removed, Siam would achieve modernization like those of Japan. The coup leaders accused the King of devoting his time to writing plays and acting in them with his companions. They also accused him of living a luxurious life in western style; building

Sanam Chan Palace and Lumphini Park, and owning expensive horses from Australia, while preaching to his subjects to be austere and nationalistic. However, the coup plan was leaked. Captain Yut Kongyu, who was selected as the assassin by lottery, told Mom Chao Prawatpan – and then Prince Chakrabongse - about the upcoming coup. Prince Chakrabongse personally led the arrest of all conspirators and their punishments were severe – including executions to long-term imprisonment. However, Vajiravudh halted the punishment and released them all saying that what they did was for the sake of the kingdom.

Administration, Economy, and Infrastructure

Rama VI inherited his father’s plan of building a modern nation although he was skeptical. Disagreements in new form of administration occurred constantly with ‘old aristocrats’, many of them were his relatives such as the celebrated Prince Damrong, his uncle, who took charge of the Ministry of

Interior. As more and more corruptions in the newly created provinces were reported, Rama VI eventually suggested his own creation of viceroy system. Viceroys, who were appointed directly by the king, were sent to supervise the provincial governors and local officials.

In 1912, Vajiravudh announced the change of calendar usage from

Rattanakosin Era designated by Chulalongkorn to the Buddhist Era which is still in use today. In 1913, Siam faced financial crisis as the Chinese-Siamese Bank went bankrupt.

In 1914, the construction of Don Mueang Airport, the first Siamese airport, began. In the same year the Siamese government decided to take a loan from the Federated Malay States to extend the railways to the south. In 1915, Vajiravudh himself visited the southern provinces to oversee the railway constructions. The Bangkok railway station at Hua Lamphong was then established as a center of Siamese railroads. Prince Damrong eventually left the Ministry of Interior in 1915. In 1916, Vajiravudh appointed his half-brother Prince of Kampangpetch as the Head of Railway Department.

In 1917, Vajiravudh established the Nakorn Sri Thammarat regiment as his handful forces. In the same year Vajiravudh officially founded the Chulalongkorn University - the first university in Siam named in honor of his father. In 1918, Vajiravudh founded the Dusit Thani near his Dusit Palace as an experimental place for democracy. The democratic institutions were imitated including elections, parliament, and the press. Vajiravudh himself acted as one of the citizens of Dusit Thani yet the city was perceived as another Vajiravudh’s acting theatre.

During 1918-1919 the rice price quickly rose. The government faced sharp criticism from the public because of its idle response. The major cause of the problem was the stockade of rice. The Chinese millers and rice merchants bought huge amounts of rice from the farmers in order to export to Singapore, the largest rice market in the region. The price speculation took

place. The government thus decided to impose the ban of rice export for months. At the same time the public servants asked for higher paid due to the rising cost of living. Consequently, the public, mainly the urban ‘middle-class’, and Chinese traders became more and more unhappy with the government. World War I and Nationalism

Due to Siam’s close relation with British and pressure from France, in July

1917 Vajiravudh decided siding himself with the Allied Powers and expelled the German and Austrian officials from the Railway Department and Siam Commercial Bank. He also put the properties of the Central Powers nations

under government’s protectorate. Vajiravudh then saw this as an opportunity to create and promote Siamese nationalism, against the so-called enemies - the Central Powers. He changed the Flag of Siam from the elephant-banner to a tricolor one. King Vajiravudh is considered as the father of Thai nationalism, which was later built upon by Field Marshal Phibunsongkhram and Sarit Dhanarajata. He introduced the practice of using the name Rama for the Chakri kings in deference to foreign practice.

The Siamese troops were the only Southeast Asians in the European theatre

(except for 140,000 Vietnamese troops and workers drafted by the French). They did not see much action though, as the Siamese troops arrived in Europe towards the end of the War. In any case, the participation in the War allowed Siam to later negotiate with the Western Powers on ‘unfair’ treaties made before.

Financial crisis

In 1917, price of silver rose and exceeded the face value of the (silver) coin. The coins were then melted down and sold out of Siam by individuals. The

government solved this by changing the pure silver coin to alloy. Vajiravudh eventually forbade exports of Siamese coins. In 1918, the usage of 1-baht coins was nullified and the 1-baht banknotes were introduced. The coins were recalled and kept as national reserve. In 1919, Vajuravudh imposed his military-exemptation tax (Thai: ) that effected his popularity among

the people.

Though the Siamese forces that joined the march at Versailles returned triumphant in 1919, the economic problems caused by World War I was serious - the Great Depression. In the same year, drought hit Siam and rice shortage ensued. The government forbade the export of rice - the main

Siamese revenue since the Bowring Treaty. Queen Mother Saovabha, Vajiravudh’s mother, died in 1919. Siamese participation in World War I opened the way to reconciliation, firstly with the United States in 1920, the unequal treaties imposed by Western Powers in the 19th century.

In spite of the financial crisis, the railway constructions continued. The trains reached Narathiwat and was expanded to the north and the east. The construction of Rama VI Bridge began in 1922 and the same year the railway reached Chiangmai. However, the national account was in such deficit that a

large loan from Britain was taken. Also in 1922, an insurgency occurred in Pattani over the new taxation policies, which was readily subjugated by the Nakorn Sri Thammarat regiment. In 1923, Vajiravudh announced his six principles in the governance of Pattani Province, emphasizing local freedom and cautive tax measures,,,

Marriages

Vajiravudh had been a king without a queen for about ten years. In 1920, he met Mom Chao Wanwimon, at his theatre at Phayathai Palace. They got engaged and Mom Chao Wanwimon was elevated to Princess Wallapa.

However, four months later in 1921, Vajiravudh nullified the engagement and went for Princess Wallapa’s sister - Princess Laksamilawan - whom he engaged. However, the marriage was never held and the couple then separated.

In 1921, Vajiravudh married Prueng Sucharitkul, who was a daughter of Chao Phraya Sutham Montri and elevated her to Phra Sucharitsuda, as his concubine. He then married Sucharitsuda’s sister Prapai Sucharitkul as his concubine with the title of Phra Inthrasaksachi. In 1922, Phra Inthrasaksachi

was elevated to Queen Inthrasaksachi. However, the Queen suffered two miscarriages. In 1924, Vajiravudh married Krueakaew Abhaywongse, a daughter of Phraya Abhay Bhubet, as Concubine Suvadhana. Queen Inthrasaksachi was then demoted to Princess Consort Inthrasaksachi in 1925. Succession Law

Monarchs of

the Chakri Dynasty

Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke

(King Rama I)

Buddha Loetla Nabhalai

(King Rama II)

Jessadabodindra

(King Rama III) Mongkut

(King Rama IV) Chulalongkorn

(King Rama V) Vajiravudh

(King Rama VI) Prajadhipok (King Rama VII)

Ananda Mahidol

(King Rama VIII) Bhumibol Adulyadej

(King Rama IX)

In 1924, Vajiravudh promulgated his Law of Succession - which has since become the code for successions of Chakri dynasty till today. According to the law, the throne would be passed to the king’s sons and grandsons. However, in the case of Vajiravudh who had no sons, the throne would passed to his eldest true brother, that is, a brother who shared the same mother as his - Queen Saovabha. The law gave priority to the descendants of the princes born to Queen Saovabha, then to Queen Savang Vadhana, and then to Queen Sukumalmarsri. The law also forbade princes whose mother was foreign from the throne. This referred to his companion Prince Chakrabongse who had married a Russian woman and his son Prince Chula Chakrabongse was therefore barred from the throne.

Further financial problems and Death

In 1924, King Vajiravudh, accompanied by Concubine Suvadhana, visited

Federated Malay States. The reconciliation with European powers on unequal

treaties progressed gradually, while financial crisis was taking a great toll on Siam as another loan was taken from Britain and the fire of a large number of government officials occurred. In 1925 Vajiravudh had to dissolve his Nakorn Sri Thammarat regiment and merged the administrative provinces into larger ones to lower the maintenance cost.

In November 1925, it was announced that Vajiravudh fell ill due to his gustatory disease as Princess Consort Suvadhana was then pregnant. Vajiravudh then announced his succession will; that if Princess Suvadhana were to give birth to a son, the throne would go to him. If not, the throne would pass to his surviving brother Prince Prajadhipok of Sukhothai. He also barred Princess Inthrasaksachi from being interred with him in the future and instead granted that right to Princess Suvadhana. And Vajiravudh also barred his uncle Prince Damrong from the government.

On 24 November, midnight, Princess Suvadhana eventually gave birth to a princess, only 2 hours before Vajiravudh’s death. Western doctors who

tended the king then asked him if he would like to see his only child, and he concurred. Vajiravudh had a glimpse of his sole daughter before his demise. The throne passed to his brother Prajadhipok, who named Vajiravudh’s daughter as Princess Bejaratana (Her Royal Highness Princess Bejaratana). Vajiravudh as a writer

King Vajiravudh was one of Thailand’s highly renowned artists, writing

modern novels, short stories, newspaper articles, poems, plays and even journals. Among his works were translations of three Shakespeare plays - The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet and many other

writing pieces to promote the ideology of Thai nationalism.

The King was one among those writers who introduced mysteries and detective stories to Thai literature circles. He translated Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot fictions into Thai language, and created the character “Nai Thong-In” as Siam’s first consulting detective, using Sir Arthur Conan

Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes as a model. He also translated Sax Rohmer’s “the

Golden Scorpion”.

The King was also well-versed in Sanskrit and Hindu literatures, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata epics. He translated many stories from the two epics into Thai and also wrote many plays with the inspiration from Hindu literatures. Indeed, he was quite influenced by Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu and hero of the Ramayana epic, so much so that he systemized and promoted the use of the name “Rama” as the (English) reign names of all Thai Kings of the Bangkok (Rattanakosin) era. His own reign

was dubbed as “Rama VI”. (See Rama (Kings of Thailand)) References

Greene, Stephen Lyon Wakeman. Absolute Dreams. Thai Government

Under Rama VI, 1910-1925. Bangkok: White Lotus, 1999.

Vella, Walter Francis. Chaiyo! King Vajiravudh and the Development of Thai

Nationalism. Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1978. More information on the Internet

The war of the Polish succession by Vajiravudh, 1901

Vajirunhis

Vajirunhis

Crown Prince of Siam

Crown Prince of Thailand

Tenure 14 January 1886 - 4 January 1895 (8 years, 355 days)

Full name

HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis

House House of Chakri

Father King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) Mother Savang Vadhana.

Born June 27, 1878

Bangkok, Thailand

Died January 4, 1895 (aged 16) Bangkok, Thailand

Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis (Thai: , June 27, 1878 - January 4,

1895) was the first Crown Prince of the Chakri Dynasty. He was the first son of King Chulalongkorn and Queen Savang Vadhana.

In 1886, after the death of the last Vice King Bovorn Vichaichan, King Chulalongkorn chose not to appoint one of his brothers as a new Vice King, but instead appointed his eldest son as the Crown Prince of Siam. On 14

January 1886 he was officially introduced to his position with the title of Sayam Makutrajakuman or Crown Prince of Siam. A bright and handsome child the Prince died unexpectedly of typhoid at age 16, long before he could reach the throne. King Chulalongkorn’s second son, Prince Vajiravudh was then named crown prince, and succeeded him as Rama VI in 1910.

The King build the Prince his own Palace, nicknamed Windsor Palace, the

European style palace was demolished after his death, the site is currently the

National Stadium of Thailand. More information on the Internet Soravij

‘The Crown Prince of Siam’, 1894, Science & Society Picture Library

Valaya Alongkorn

Valaya Alongkorn

Princess of Siam

the Princess of Phetchaburi

Full name

- Her Royal Highness

Princess Valaya Alongkorn:

16 April 1884 – 11 November 1911

- Her Royal Highness

The Princess of Phetchaburi:

11 November 1911 – 15 February 1938

House Chakri Dynasty

Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam

Mother Queen Savang Vadhana

Born 16 April 1884

Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Died 15 February 1938 (aged 53)

Kandhavas Palace, Bangkok, Thailand

Her Royal Highness Princess Valaya Alongkorn, the Princess of Phetchaburi

(RTGS: Walai Alongkorn; Thai:

) (16 April 1884 – 15 February 1938), was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand. She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam. She was the younger sister of Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis, and elder sister of Prince Mahidol

Adulyadej, the Prince of Songkla. So she was an aunt of the current King

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Birth

Princess Valaya Alongkorn was born in 16 April 1884 at Grand Palace. She was the 43rd daughter of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V the Great), and the

5th children of Queen Savang Vadhana, queen consort and cousin of King Chulalongkorn, (later become Queen Sri Savarindira, the Queen Grandmother). She was given the full name from her father as, Valaya

Alongkorn Narindorn Debyakumari (Thai: ). She had

6 siblings, 3 elder brothers, 1 elder sister, 1 younger sister, and 1 younger brother;

Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis of Siam (27 June 1878 – 4 January 1894) Prince Isariyalongkorn (4 September 1879 – 25 September 1879) Princess Vichitra Chiraprabha (21 April 1881 – 15 August 1881)

Prince Sommutivongse Varodaya, the Prince of Nakhon Si Thammarat (9

June 1882 – 17 June 1899)

Princess Sirabhorn Sobhon (19 July 1888 – 24 May 1898)

Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, the Prince of Songkla, (posthumously The Prince

Father of Thailand; 1 January 1891 – 24 September 1929) father of Princess

Galyani Vadhana, King Rama VIII, and King Rama IX.

When she was 3, her mother gave her to her mother’s sister, Queen Saovabha Bongsri to be her daughter. Because Queen Saovabha lost her 2 daughters; Princess Bahurada Manimaya, and the princess who died after birth. So she adopted Princess Valaya Alongkorn as her daughter. They together lived in Suddha Sri Abhiromya Throne Hall, in the compound of the Grand Palace. Childhood

When she was young, she was given the education in Kumari Royal School, which established in Amarindra Vinitchai Throne Hall, in the compound of Grand Palace. When her father, King Chulalongkorn visited the southern Asia in 1896, she followed her father visiting Java, Singapore, and Malayu with the other princesses. After her father finished the 1st visitng Europe tour. He ordered to build the Dusit Palace, and the other throne hall and palaces in the compound, including Vimanmek Palace, which was completed firstly. So she moved to live with her father, her mother, her step-siblings including her father’s noble consort or (Chao Chom Manda). That time she was only 17.

And when the Four Seasons Garden Villa or Suan Si Ruedu was built completely. She moved to live in this villa, until her father’s death in 23

October 1910. She then moved to live with Queen Saovabha Bongsri at

Phayathai Palace. Lifestyle

Princess Valaya Alongkorn liked reading, she always read many books all her

spare time, all day all night since she was young. Once, her nanny hid her books for making her sleep. But it did not work, she searched the other books in her private library to read. If she did not had any royal duties, she always did reading or writing everyday afternoon. Moreover, she always did knitting, and the other activities; like draught.

She always dressed in the European style. She did not like much decorations for her dresses, except pearls necklace. She did many pearls necklaces by herself. When she went anywhere, she did not go without her pearl necklace.

Royal duties

She gave much importance for education of Thai women, she was the patronage of Rajini School, and establish the other all-girls’ school, Rajini Bon School. And she gave her own money to the Ministry of Education, to build Vittayalongkorn Educational College (later Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University, Pathum Thani Province).

She was the close half-sister of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), when he succeeded the throne from King Chulalongkorn, she welcomed the Royal guests from the foreign countries, including the Royal families from the other

countries which came to join the coronation ceremony, because of her influence of English.

And when King Vajiravudh died on 1925, his younger brother, Prince

Prajadhipok Sakdidej, the Prince of Sukhothai succeeded the thorne from his elder brother as King Rama VII. He requested the princess, designing the dress of Princess Rambhai Barni for the coronation ceremony as the queen-to-be. The dress she designed was in the European style, was very beautiful and fascinated in the coronation ceremony. The dress made Queen Rambhai

Barni, became the most attraction in the ceremony.

On 11 November 1911, King Vajiravudh gave her the royal title as, The

Princess of Phetchaburi, or translated in Thai as Krom Luang Phetchaburi Rajasirindhorn (Thai: ). She was given the rank of Krom Luang, the 3rd level of the Krom ranks.

Later life

After the death of Queen Saovabha Bongsri in 20 October 1919. She later moved from Phayathai Palace to Suan Sunandha Royal Villa, in the compound of Dusit Palace. One year later, she became sickness of her lung. She had the treatment in Europe, and then moved to lived in Srapathum

Palace with Queen Savang Vadhana. She usually had the treatment all her later life. But she finally died on 15 February 1938 from lung cancer, at the age of 53.

Her body was laid in state of Dusit Maha Prasat Throne Hall, Grand Palace. That time, the government did not have enough money to build her Royal Crematorium in Sanam Luang. So King Ananda Mahidol and Queen Sri Savarindira, the Queen Grandmother gave their own properties, sharing with the government’s properties. The Royal Crematorium was completely built at

last. The Royal Cremation ceremony was created on 14 May 1941. Queen Sri Savarindira represented King Ananda Mahidol, performed the royal cremation with the other members of the Royal family.

Later, King Anada Mahidol changed her royal status fromSomdet Phra Chao Boromwongse Ther into Somdet Phra Ratcha Pitucha (literally: the Princess Aunt), as the aunt of the King.

Royal decorations

Dame of The Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems

Dame of The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri: received

7 February 1893

Dame Cross of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (First class):

received 26 November 1893

King Rama V Royal Cypher Medal

King Rama VI Royal Cypher Medal

King Rama VII Royal Cypher Medal King Rama VIII Royal Cypher Medal Ancestry

Ancestor of Princess Valaya Alongkorn, the Princess of Phetchaburi

Rajasirindhorn

Princess Valaya Alongkorn, the Princess of PhetchaburiFather: Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam Paternal Grandfather: Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam Paternal Great-grandfather:

Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam

Paternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra Paternal Grandmother:

Queen Debsirindra Paternal Great-grandfather:

Prince Sirivongse, the Prince Matayabidaksa

Paternal Great-grandmother: Mom Noi Sirivongs na Ayudhya

Mother:

Queen Savang Vadhana Maternal Grandfather:

Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam Maternal Great-grandfather: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam

Maternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra Maternal Grandmother:

Princess Piyamavadi Sribajrindramata Maternal Great-grandfother: Lord (Luang) Asasamdang

Maternal Great-grandmother:

Dame (Thao) Sujarit Dhamrong

References

Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University

Royal command of giving title HRH Princess Valaya Alongkorn, the Princess of Phetchaburi

HRH Krom Luang Phetchaburi Rajasirindhorn

HRH Princess Valaya Alongkorn - Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University HRH Princess Valaya Alongkorn, the Princess of Phetchaburi - Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University

Vapi Busbakara

Vapi Busbakara

Princess of Siam (later Thailand) Full name

Her Royal Highness Princess Vapi Busbakara

House Chakri Dynasty

Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam

Mother Chao Chom Manda Phrom

Born 25 June 1891

Grand Palace

Bangkok, Thailand

Died 25 June 1982 (aged 90) Bangkok, Thailand

Her Royal Highness Princess Vapi Busbakara or Phra Chao Boromwongse

Ther Phra Ong Chao Vapi Busbakara (RTGS: Vapee Busabakorn) (Thai:

) (25 June 1891 – 15 December 1982), was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand. She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam. She was one of the longest-living personages in the Thai history.

Her mother was Chao Chom Manda Phrom (daughter of Phraya

Phitsanuloka Thibodi), but her mother died while she was so young. Later, Queen Savang Vadhana took her became the adopted daughter, along with her elder sister, Princess Prabha Bannabilaya, including Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid, and Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi.

She had 3 siblings; 2 elder sisters, and 1 younger brother;

Princess Prabha Bannabilaya (13 August 1885 – 8 September 1948)

Princess Prabai Bannapilas (13 August 1885 – 17 September 1886) Princess

Prabha Bannabilaya’s twin sister.

Prince Samaya Vudhirodom (13 September 1888 – 9 December 1889)

Princess Vapi Busbakara was the only adopted daughter of Queen Sri Savarindira, who managed and took care of her stepmother’s body before the Royal Cremation. She died on 15 December 1982, at the age of 90. The Royal Cremation was created on 26 March 1983, by King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Royal Decorations

Dame of The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri: received

9 May 1950

Dame Cross of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (First class):

received 2 May 1950

Dame Grand Cordon of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant Dame Grand Cordon of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand Dame Cross of the Vallabhabhorn Order

King Rama V’s Royal Cypher Medal (Second Class) King Rama VI’s Royal Cypher Medal (Second Class)

King Rama VII’s Royal Cypher Medal (First Class) King Rama VIII’s Royal Cypher Medal (First Class) King Rama IX’s Royal Cypher Medal (First Class) Ancestry

Ancestor of Princess Vapi Busbakara

Princess Vapi Busbakara Father:

Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam Paternal Grandfather: Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam Paternal Great-grandfather: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam

Paternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra Paternal Grandmother:

Queen Debsirindra Paternal Great-grandfather: Prince Sirivongse, the Prince Matayabidaksa Paternal Great-grandmother:

Mom Noi Sirivongs na Ayudhya

Mother:

Chao Chom Manda Phrom Maternal Grandfather: Phraya Phitsanuloka Thibodi Maternal Great-grandfather: unknown

Maternal Great-grandmother:

unknown

Maternal Grandmother:

unknown Maternal Great-grandfother:

unknown

Maternal Great-grandmother:

unknown

Varananda Dhavaj Varananda Dhavaj Spouse Pamela Smee

Princess Galyani Vadhana

Princess Kawkaewprakaikavil of Chiangmai

Srisalai Suchatwut

Issue

Dilok Nicholas Chudadhuj

Dara Jane Chudadhuj

Father Prince Chudadhuj Dharadilok

Mother Ravi Kaiyananda Born Bangkok, Siam Died 1923

Bangkok, Siam

Prince Varanonda Dhavaj (Thai: ; RTGS: Waranon Thawat), born Mom Chao Varananda Dhavaj Chudadhuj (Thai: ; RTGS: Waranonthawat Chuthathut) (August 19, 1922-September 14, 1990) was the

son of Prince Chudadhuj Dharadilok and Mom Rawee Kaiyanon. Although

he was the only son of a senior Thai prince, he was disqualified from the Thai throne since his mother was not Prince Chudadhut’s formal wife.

He accompanied his uncle King Prajadhipok to exile in England. He joined the RAF on February 24, 1942 and served, under the name Nicky Varanand, as pilot in the Normandy campaign on World War II. He later served in Asia until he resigned his commission 15 years later to fly commercial for Thai Airways International. He later created his own airline, Air Siam, that went

bankrupt in 1977. In 1973, he became an adviser to the Ministry of

Agriculture. Marriage and family

He married Mom Pamela Smee on June 10, 1950. Two children were born from this union:

Mom Rajawongse Dilok Nicholas Chudadhuj (1953). Married Jane Bishop and has issue.

Mom Rajawongse Dara Jane Chudadhuj (1956)

On September 24, 1969, he married his cousin Princess Galyani Vadhana, King Bhumibol’s eldest sister.

References

HH Prince Waranonthawat HH Prince Varananda Dhavaj Vibhavadi Rangsit

Road.

Vibhavadi Rangsit

Princess of Thailand

t the Thai princess. For the road see Vibhavadi Rangsit

Full nameHRH Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit

Born November 20, 1920

Birthplace Bangkok, Thailand DiedFebruary 16, 1977 (aged 56) Place of death Surat Thani, Thailand

Consort to HSH Prince Piyarangsit Rangsit

Offspring Vibhananda Rangsit

Priyanandana Rangsit

Royal House House of Chakri

Father HH Prince Rajani Chamcharas, the Prince of Bidyalongkorn

Mother HSH Princess Pornpimolpan Voravarn

Her Royal Highness Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit (20 November 1920-16

February 1977, Thai: ; RTGS: Wiphawadi

Rangsit) was a Thai royal well known for her fiction writing and her developmental work in rural Thailand.

Early life

HRH Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit was born Mom Chao (Her Serene Highness) Vibhavadi Rajani. The daughter of His Royal Highness Prince (Krom Muen) Bidyalongkorn and Mom Chao (HSH Princess) Pornpimolpan Rajani (Voravarn), she has one younger brother, HSH Prince Bhisatej Rajani. She was educated at the Mater Dei School, Bangkok. After graduation, she worked as a secretary for her father, who at the time was known as one of the

most respected poets of the Ratanakosin era and wrote under the pseudonym “Nor. Mor. Sor.” (NMS). Princess Vibhavadi inherited her father’s gift for writing and displayed her ability at the early age of fourteen, when she began writing children’s novels. She is well known by her pen-name V. na Pramuanmarg (Thai: . ). Her first famous novel, “Prisana”, was

begun when she was eighteen years old and was followed by two sequels and many other novels, as well as historical novels.

Marriage

Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit married Mom Chao (HSH Prince) Piyarangsit

Rangsit (Prince Piya Rangsit), the eldest son of His Royal Highness Prince

Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of Chainat, on May 6, 1946. They were the only couple to have been married by H.M. King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII). Service to the country

Besides a busy home life bringing up two daughters, and a full writing career, the Princess embarked on another course which would occupy her to the tragic ending of her life: that of serving their Majesties the King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand. In 1957, she began accompanying them when they toured the country and was appointed a Lady-in-waiting to

Her Majesty the Queen when their Majesties went on their first State Visit abroad in 1960. Altogether, Princess Vibhavadi accompanied their Majesties on seven occasions, visiting a total of twenty-five countries.

The last ten years of her life were dedicated to rural development in Southern Thailand under the direction and sponsorship of His Majesty the King. Her involvement began when the King asked her to go to a remote area called Phrasaeng in Surat Thani Province. From that initial visit in 1967, she was committed to developing the hitherto neglected areas and to improving the

living standards of the villagers. Sponsored by His Majesty, she led a medical team on countless missions to distribute medical supplies, schooling equipment, blankets and other necessities to villagers in neglected and inaccessible parts of the southern provinces.

Wherever she went, the grievances of the villagers were noted and subsequently rectified by the authorities. In this manner, rural development followed in Princess Vibhavadi’s path: roads were built, new health centres and schools established, and electricity brought to new destinations. At H.M.

the Queen’s request, she also promoted local handicrafts to enable women to earn extra income.

Death

Princess Vibavadi often visited soldiers and Border Patrol police stationed in areas where communist insurgency then existed. On the morning of February

16, 1977, she set off on what was to be a routine visit to villagers and to boost the morale of troops at Wiang Sa district of Surat Thani. Whilst travelling in an army helicopter to her destination, she heard a radio message that two Border Patrol policeman had been wounded by a landmine explosion. She

immediately ordered the flight to divert to pick up the wounded men and rush them to hospital. As they were flying at low altitude over Ban Nua Khlong in Surat Thani, the helicopter was attacked from the ground by insurgents. A burst of heavy machine gun fire not only crippled the helicopter but also fatally wounded the Princess. She died an hour later.

Prior to her royally sponsored cremation at Ratchabophit temple, on April 4,

1977, in recognition of her services to the country and the people, H.M. the

King elevated her to the rank of Phra Chao Worawongse Ther Phra Ong

Chao (Her Royal Highness) and awarded her the highest level of the most

Illustrious Order of the House of Chakri.

Legacy

Today, February 16 is known in Surat Thani as Vibhavadi Day, when civil and religious ceremonies are held in her honour at monuments dedicated to her. Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway, in Bangkok which connects Don Muang with central Bangkok, was also named in her honour.

The Vibhavadi Rangsit Foundation was founded by her husband, HSH Prince

Piya Rangsit, to ensure the continuity of her charitable work in the southern provinces.

Vibhavadi Rangsit Road, which runs from Phrayathai in Bangkok to

Lamlukka Distric in Pathumthani is named in her honour. Titles and styles

20 November 1920 – 6 May 1946 : Her Serene Highness Princess Vibhavadi

Rajani

6 May 1946 – 16 February 1977 : Her Serene Highness Princess Vibhavadi

Rangsit

4 April 1977 : Her Royal Highness Princess Vibhavadi Rangsit (Posthumous

Name) Vichaichan Vichaichan Front Palace

Vice King of Siam

Tenure 2 October 1868 - 28 August 1885

Appointed By the Ascension Council on behalf of Chulalongkorn (Rama

V)

Predecessor Pinklao

Successor Title abolished

Spouse Princess Pik Lek

Issue

28 sons and daughters with various consorts

House Chakri Dynasty

Father Pinklao

Mother Princess Aim

Born 6 April 1838

Bangkok, Siam

Died 28 August 1885 (aged 47)

Bangkok, Siam

Krom Phra Rajawang Bovorn Vichaichan (Thai: ) or Phra

Ong Chao Yodyingyot (or Yingyot) ( ) (6 April 1838 – 28

August 1885) was a Siamese Prince and member of the Chakri Dynasty. He was the eldest son of King Pinklao and Princess Aim, and thus nephew to King Mongkut (Rama IV). Vichaichan succeeded his father by being appointed the Front Palace and Vice King of Siam in 1868, during the reign of his cousin King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). During his tenure the office of Front Palace was extremely powerful and rivalled that of the monarch’s own. Inevitably the two forces clashed in the Front Palace crisis. Vichaichan was defeated and the power of the Front Palace was greatly diminished. After his death in 1885, the last vestiges of the title were abolished in favour of a Crown Prince.

Early life

Phra Ong Chao Yodying Prayurayot Bovorn Rachorod Rattana Rachakumarn

( ) was born on the 6 April 1838, the eldest son of Prince Chutamani and Princess Aim. It was said that his father gave him an English name in honour of his personal hero, the first President of the United States, George Washington. Therefore he is sometimes

referred to as Prince George Washington or Prince George. In May 1851

Prince Yodyingyot’s father was elevated as Second King Pinklao or the Front Palace by his older brother King Mongkut (Rama IV). Pinklao also received from his brother all the styles, titles and honour of a monarch, despite never having been crowned himself. During his childhood the Prince received a

modern education, including the English language and modern sciences. It was said that he became an extremely skillful engineer.

After King Pinklao’s death in 1866, King Mongkut decided not to appoint another Front Palace due to the fact that his own son Prince Chulalongkorn was only 12 years old. This meant that the position which was also that of the

heir presumptive was left unoccupied (Siam had no law of succession at the time, but the Vice King was seen as the strongest claimant). Fearing instability, Chao Phraya Si Suriyawongse (Chuang Bunnag) the Kalahom (one of the Prime Ministers of Siam) tried to persuade the King to appoint Prince Yodyingyot to succeed King Pinklao. Si Suriyawongse was a member of the powerful Bunnag family, which had dominated the running of the Siamese government since the reign of King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II). The King refused to appoint Yodyingyot, instead he elevated the Prince to Krom Muen Bovorn Vichaichan or Prince Bovorn Vichaichan in 1867. This meant Vichaichan was only made a Prince of the Front Palace but not the actual title of Front Palace. Since 1865 the Prince was also the commander of the Front Palace’s naval forces.