Sukhumala Marasri

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Queen Sukhumala Marasri

Sukhumala Marasri ( Thai สุขุมาล มารศรี , RTGS : Sukhuman-marasi; * May 10, 1861 in Bangkok ; † July 9, 1927 ibid) was one of the four main wives of King Rama V (Chulalongkorn, ruled 1868 to 1910) of Siam , today's Thailand .

Lineage and early years

Sukhumala Marasri was the daughter of King Mongkut (Rama IV., Ruled 1851 to 1868) and his concubine Samli ( เจ้าคุณจอม มารดา สำลี ), who in turn was the daughter of the Treasurer That Bunnag (Somdet Chaophraya Borommaha Phichaiyat) . She was born as the 52nd child of King Mongkut in the Grand Palace in Bangkok . After her, Samli gave birth to another daughter, Princess Napaborn. Through her father, she was a half-sister of King Chulalongkorn, whose royal wife she later became, and the queens Savang Vadhana and Saovabha .

Her father died when Sukhumala Marasri was seven years old (1868).

Consort of the king

Queen Sukhumala Marasri (1910)

In 1877, at the age of 16, Sukhumala Marasri was married to her half-brother Chulalongkorn, King Rama V, eight years her senior. The marriage had two children: Princess Suddha Dibyaratana (later Princess of Rattanakosin) and Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandh (later Prince of Nakhon Sawan), who received military training in Berlin and Potsdam between 1897 and 1903 . During her husband's reign she was his secretary and was addressed as the "princess-wife".

After her husband died, she moved to her son's palace, Bang Khun Prom Palace. Her nephew, King Vajiravudh , officially named her as his father's fourth queen consort and gave her the title of Her Majesty Queen Sukhumala . When King Prajadhipok succeeded Vajiravudh in 1925 , he made Sukhumala the "Queen Aunt".

Sukhumala Marasri died on July 9, 1927 in the arms of her son and younger sister Napaborn in Bang Khun Prom Palace.

title

  • 1861–1881: Her Royal Highness Sukhumala Marasri
  • 1881–1910: Her Royal Highness Sukhumala Marasri, princess-wife
  • 1910–1925: Her Majesty Queen Sukhumala Marasri, Royal Consort of Her Majesty King Chulalongkorn
  • 1925–1927: Her Majesty Queen Aunt

literature

  • Paul M. Handley: The King Never Smiles . Yale University Press 2006. ISBN 0-300-10682-3 .
  • Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Thailand: Lords Of Life, The Paternal Monarchy Of Bangkok. Alvin Redman Ltd., London 1960 (without ISBN)
personal data
SURNAME Sukhumala Marasri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES สุขุมาล มารศรี (Thai)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION royal consort of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangkok
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1927
Place of death Bangkok