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Sirikit (* 12. August 1932 in Bangkok , full title: Somdet Phra Nangchao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat "Her Majesty Queen Sirikit," Thai สมเด็จ พระนางเจ้า สิริ กิ ติ์ พระบรม ราชินีนาถ , pronunciation : [ sǒmdèt pʰráʔ Nan ʨâːw Sirikit pʰráʔ bɔːrommárâːtʨʰíniːnâːt ] ) is the widow of King Bhumibol Adulyadej . She was Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016 ; since then she has been named Queen Mother.
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Queen Sirikit, born under the name Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara, is the daughter of Prince Nakkhatra Mangala, the prince of Chanthaburi, and Mom Luang Bua Kitiyakara (née Sanitwong). She is a great-granddaughter of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V.). Sirikit has two older brothers and a younger sister. She attended kindergarten at the Rachini School before taking classes at the St. Francis Xavier Convent School in Bangkok's Dusit district . When her father became ambassador to France, later to Denmark and finally to England, Sirikit continued her education in these countries. Finally, she attended a boarding school in Geneva .
It was in Paris in 1947 that Sirikit first met Bhumibol Adulyadej , later King Rama IX. The two are distantly related by their common descent from King Chulalongkorn. After Bhumibol's serious car accident in October 1948 near Lausanne , Sirikit often visited him in the hospital. A relationship developed that led to an engagement and marriage in July 1949 on April 28, 1950 at the Sra Pathum Palace in Bangkok. The marriage had four children: Princess Ubol Ratana (* 1951), the former Crown Prince and later King Maha Vajiralongkorn (* 1952), Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (* 1955) and Princess Chulabhorn Walailak (* 1957).
When Bhumibol Adulyadej went to a Buddhist monastery for 15 days for 15 days in 1956 , as is customary for male Thais, Queen Sirikit ran the business of the royal family. Since then she has been called Phra Borommarachinat ("Queen and Regent").
Since August 12, 1956, the Queen has been President of the Red Cross in Thailand. In this position she was responsible for the establishment of several refugee camps on the border with Cambodia when around 40,000 Khmer fled to Thailand in 1979 before the reign of terror in Pol Pot .
During and after the royal couple's extensive journey through Europe and North America in 1960, Sirikit received a great deal of public attention. The entertainment press in particular praised their attractiveness and their awareness of fashion. In 1965, Vanity Fair magazine named her the “best dressed woman in the world”.
Her tireless commitment to tolerance towards the Muslim minority in southern Thailand ( Pattani , Yala and Narathiwat provinces ) made her extremely popular with the local population.
During the 2008 political crisis, Sirikit took a stand for the People's Alliance for Democracy ("yellow shirts"). She attended the funeral service of a killed activist and donated money to treat members of the protest movement who were injured in their clashes with security forces.
Numerous institutions in Thailand are named after the queen:
- the Queen Sirikit Convention Center in Bangkok
- the Queen Sirikit Park in Bangkok
- the Sirikit Dam in the north of the country
- the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden in Chiang Mai
- the Queen Sirikit Arboretum Garden in Pathum Thani
- the Queen Sirikit Cup , an annual golf event attended by teams from the Asia-Pacific region
- the queen sirikit crab (Thaiphusa sirikit)
- the Queen Sirikit Rose
- the Queen's Cup , a football event
family
ancestors
| Pedigree Sirikit | ||||||||
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| Great grandparents |
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Prince Devawongse Varopakar (1858–1923) |
Prince Sai Sanitwong (1845–1912) |
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| Grandparents |
Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana , Prince of Chanthaburi (1874–1931) |
Chao Phraya Wongsanupraphan (MR Sathan Sanitwong; 1866–1940) |
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| parents |
Prince Nakkhatra Mangala , Prince of Chanthaburi (1897–1953) |
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progeny
| Surname | Date of birth | Marriage date | Spouse |
grandson | Great-grandchildren | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princess Ubol Ratana | April 5, 1951 | 1972 (divorced 1998) |
Peter Ladd Jensen | Khun Ploypailin Jensen (* 1981) | Max Wheeler (* 2010) |
| Khun Poom Jensen (1983-2004) | |||||
| Khun Sirikitiya Jensen (* 1985) | |||||
| King Maha Vajiralongkorn | July 28, 1952 | 1977 (divorced 1991) |
Princess Soamsawali | Princess Bajrakitiyabha (* 1978) | |
| 1994 (divorced 1996) |
Sujarinee Vivacharawongse (nee Yuvadhida Polpraserth) | Prince Juthavachara Mahidol (* 1979) | |||
| Prince Vacharaesorn Mahidol (* 1981) | |||||
| Prince Chakriwat Mahidol (* 1983) | |||||
| Prince Vatcharawee Mahidol (* 1985) | |||||
| Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana (* 1987) | |||||
| 2001 (divorced 2014) |
Srirasmi Suwadee (formerly Princess Srirasm) | Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti (* 2005) | |||
| unknown | Queen Suthida | ||||
| Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn | April 2, 1955 | ||||
| Princess Chulabhorn | 4th July 1957 | 1982 (divorced 1996) | Virayudh Tishyasarin | Princess Siribhachudabhorn (* 1982) | |
| Princess Aditayadornkitikhun (* 1984) | |||||
Web links
- Literature by and about Sirikit in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ z. B. Farah and Sirikit. Highnesses of Fashion. In: Bunte Illustrierte , June 7, 1967, pp. 52–54.
- ↑ The Best Dressed List - The International Hall of Fame: Women , Vanity Fair, July 7, 2011.
- ↑ Kevin Hewinson: Thailand's conservative democratization. In: East Asia's New Democracies: Deepening, Reversal, Non-Liberal Alternatives. Routledge, Oxford / New York 2010, p. 136.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Sirikit |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Somdet Phra Nangchao Sirikit Phra Boromarachinat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | thai queen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bangkok |