Paribatra Sukhumbandh

Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand, Prince of Nakhon Sawan

Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandh , Prince of Nakhon Sawan (also Sukhumbandhu, RTGS transcription Boriphat Sukhumphan ; Thai : สมเด็จ พระเจ้า บรม วงศ์ เธอ เจ้าฟ้า บริพัตร สุขุม พันธุ์ กรม พระ นครสวรรค์ วร พินิต ; * June 29, 1881 in Bangkok ; †  January 18, 1944 in Bandung , Java , Dutch East Indies ) was a member of the royal family of Siam (now Thailand ). He was a son of King Chulalongkorn . From 1926 to 1928 he was minister of war, from 1928 until the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932 he was interior minister and thus the country's highest minister.

childhood and education

Hauptkadettenanstalt Berlin around 1900

Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandh was the 33rd child (and 13th son) of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and was born in the Grand Palace to one of his principal wives and half-sister Queen Sukhumala Marasri . He was trained there, where he developed a love for traditional Thai music. In 1897 he went on a trip to Europe with his father, which lasted several months. Here he came to the Prussian Cadet Corps in Potsdam and initially graduated from a pre-school, later switched to the main cadet school in Groß-Lichterfelde . Here not only military knowledge and skills, but also topics from general knowledge, as they were imparted in the Prussian secondary schools. At that time, the prince lived at Hallesches Tor , so that he could hardly have followed the usual daily routine; rather, an officer was hired for his private training, Captain Albert Pasquay. On March 22, 1900, he was assigned to the Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4 "Queen Augusta" at Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin as an ensign before he went to the Kassel War School for six months . Here the actual military topics were dealt with in a five-month course: u. a. Tactics, army organization, weapons theory, fortification theory, terrain theory, and recording with plan drawing, military business style and service knowledge. In 1901 the prince was promoted to lieutenant , then returned to the 4th Guards Grenadier Regiment and was promoted to captain on the occasion of his release on March 10, 1903 .

Military career

After his return to Siam, Prince Paribatra was appointed Chief of Staff of the Siamese Armed Forces , but he traveled with his father a second time to Germany, where Kaiser Wilhelm II provided him à la suite of Queen Augusta Guard Grenadier Regiment No. 4, so that although she had no official obligations, she was allowed to wear the Prussian uniform.

The prince became under his half-brother King Vajiravudh (Rama VI.) Supreme Commander Siamese Navy, Navy Minister and Army Minister. He was under King Prajadhipok (Rama VII), also his half-brother, a member of the Privy Council , from 1926 Kalahom (Minister of War) of the country and from 1928 Mahatthai (comparable to an interior or prime minister). He was ousted by the coup in June 1932 , which ended the absolute monarchy in Siam. Many members of the Chakri family had to leave Siam, including Prince Paribatra.

Late period

Prince Paribatra spent the last part of his life in Bandung on the Dutch-East Indian island of Java, which was conquered by the Japanese in 1942 and held until 1945. Prince Paribatra died in Bandung on January 18, 1944. Only in 1950, shortly before the wedding of King Bhumibol Adulyadej with Queen Sirikit , was his body transferred to Thailand and cremated in Bangkok in Sanam Luang according to the Buddhist rite.

Familiar

Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandh was made Prince of Nakhon Sawan in 1901. He was married twice, and both marriages have children:

• Princess Prasongasom Jayanta (December 12, 1886 - June 21, 1956)
  • Prince Chumbhotbongse Paribatra (5 December 1904 - 15 September 1959)
  • Princess Siriratana Busabong Paribatra (born January 4, 1906)
  • Princess Suddhawongse Vichitra Paribatra (born March 16, 1907)
  • Princess Bisishtha Sobsamaya Paribatra (born September 21, 1908, † February 23, 1974)
  • Princess Churairatana Sirimarn Paribatra (December 24, 1909)
  • Princess Chandrakanta Mani Paribatra (born September 24, 1912 - December 30, 1977)
  • Prince Priyajati Sukhumbandh Paribatra (June 4, 1920 - May 29, 1922)

• Sombandh Palakawongse (born November 29, 1905 - † February 8, 1980)
  • Princess Induratana Paribatra (born February 2, 1922)
  • Prince Sikhumbhinanda Paribatra (born November 15, 1923)

Prince Paribatra's grandson, Mom Rajawongse Sukhumbhand Paribatra , is a Democratic Party (Thailand) politician and Governor of Bangkok since 2009.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Lothar W. Brenne-Wegener: Paribatra, a Thai prince in Prussian service. In: The Farang. No. 21, October 2009 (accessed February 25, 2012).

literature

• Paul M. Handley: The King Never Smiles . Yale University Press 2006. ISBN 0-300-10682-3 .