Savang Vadhana

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Queen Savang Vadhana

Queen Savang Vadhana ( Thai พระเจ้า ลูกเธอ พระองค์เจ้า สว่าง วัฒนา or สมเด็จ พระ ศรี สว ริน ทิ รา บรม ราชเทวี , Somdet Phra Sri Savarindira Boromma Rajadevi , also Sri Savarindra ; born September 10, 1862 in Bangkok ; † December 17, 1955 ibid) was one of the Chief wives of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (today: Thailand ). She was the grandmother of the Thai kings Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII.) And Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX.). After her first grandson had ascended the throne of Siam as King Rama VIII in 1935 , she received the title Somdet Phra Phan Vasa Ayyika Chao ( สมเด็จ พระ พัน วัส สา อัยยิกา เจ้า , "Royal Grandmother").

Life

Queen grandmother Savang Vadhana with her grandsons King Ananda Mahidol (left) and Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej (right), 1938

Savang Vadhana was the 27th daughter of King Mongkut (Rama IV) and his wife Piam, which is why she was a half-sister of her future husband. She was the second of four main wives of Ramas V. The marriage had eight children:

  • Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis (June 27, 1878 - January 4, 1894)
  • Prince Isariyalongkorn (September 4, 1879 - September 25, 1879)
  • Princess Vichitra Chiraprabha (* April 21, 1881 - August 15, 1881)
  • Prince Somratiwongse Varodaya (Prince of Nakhon Si Thammarat; * June 9, 1882, † June 17, 1899)
  • Princess Valaya Alongkorn (Princess of Phetchaburi; April 16, 1884 - February 15, 1938)
  • Princess Sirabhorn Sobhon (July 19, 1888 - May 24, 1898)
  • Prince Mahidol Adulyadej (Prince of Songkhla; born January 1, 1892 in Bangkok ; † September 24, 1929 there)
  • a princess with no name (died 3 days after giving birth)

After King Prajadipok abdicated in 1935, the son of Queen Savang Vadhana's youngest son succeeded him as Ananda Mahidol . His successor since 1946, King Bhumibol Adulyadej , is a grandson of Queen Savang Vadhana. Although her own son, Crown Prince Vajirunhis, died early, she lived long enough to see her two grandchildren on the Siamese (later Thai) throne.

death

Queen Savang Vadhana died on December 17, 1955 at the age of 93 in Bangkok. Her ashes are in the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit in Bangkok. A residence of the queen can be visited in Bang Pa-in . In her later years she lived in the Sa Pathum Palace , where a museum is being set up in her memory.

On October 27, 2005, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn , a great-granddaughter of the Queen, established the Queen Savang Vadhana Foundation.

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personal data
SURNAME Savang Vadhana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Somdet Phra Sri Savarindira Boromma Rajadevi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of King Rama V
DATE OF BIRTH September 10, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangkok
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1955
Place of death Bangkok