- Savang Vadhana
Infobox British Royalty|majesty|consort
name =Savang Vadhana
title =Queen Mother of Thailand, Queen Consort
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caption =
reign =
coronation =
spouse =King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)
issue =Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis
Isariyalongkorn
Vichitra Chiraprabha
Sommatiwongse Varodaya, Prince of Nakhon Si ThammaratValaya Alongkorn , Princess of Phetchaburi
Sirabhorn SobhonMahidol Adulyadej , Prince of Songkhla
full name =
titles ="HM" The Queen Mother
"HM" The Queen
"HRH" The Princess Consort
"HRH" Princess Savang Vaddhana
royal house =Chakri dynasty
father =King Mongkut (Rama IV)
mother =Piam , the High Consort of King Rama IV
date of birth =birth date|1862|9|10|df=y
place of birth =Grand Palace,Bangkok ,Thailand
date of christening =
date of death =death date and age|1955|12|17|1862|9|10|df=y
place of death =Bangkok ,Thailand
date of burial =
place of burial =|Savang Vadhana of Thailand (also known as Queen Sri Savarindira, born
10 September ,1862 as Princess Savang Vadhana (พระเจ้าลูกเธอ พระองค์เจ้าสว่างวัฒนา) – died17 December 1955 ) was one wife of King Chulalongkorn or Rama V (พระบาทสมเด็จพระจุลจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว รัชกาลที่ ๕). Her full name and title was Somdech Phra Sri Savarindira Boromma Raja Devi (or Somdej Phra Sri Savarindra Phra Boroma Raja Thevi) (สมเด็จพระศรีสวรินทีราบรมราชเทวี) - thus she was not the "Rajini" (queen) of her husband, but just a higher consort. Already long widowed, after her first grandson's accession in 1935 she became known as, Somdech Phra Phan Vasa Ayyika Chao (สมเด็จพระพันวสาอัยยิกาเจ้า), which means The Queen Grandmother because she was the grandmother of both KingAnanda Mahidol and the present king King Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX.She was the 27th daughter of King Rama IV (King Mongkut or Rama IV) and Princess ConsortPiam and thus her husband's half-sister. From her marriage to Chulalongkorn there were the following issue:*
Crown Prince MahaVajirunhis (b.27 June 1878 –4 January 1895 );
* Prince Isariyalongkorn (4 September 1879 –25 September 1879 );
* Princess Vichitra Chiraprabha (21 April 1881 –15 August 1881 );
* Prince Sommatiwongse Varodaya, Prince ofNakhon Si Thammarat (9 June 1882 –17 June 1899 );
* PrincessValaya Alongkorn , Princess ofPhetchaburi (16 April 1884 –15 February 1939 );
* Princess Sirabhorn Sobhon (19 July 1888 ) –28 May 1898 );
* PrinceMahidol Adulyadej , Prince ofSongkhla (1 January 1892 –24 September 1929 ).When King Prajadhipok (or Rama VII) abdicated in 1935, the son of Queen Savang Vadhana's youngest son, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla, acceded to the throne as King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII). She received the title of
Queen Grandmother , having been renamed Sri Savarindira by King Prajadhipok while she wasQueen Aunt .Queen Sri Savarindira was also the grandmother of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). Although her son, Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis did not survive to become king she lived to see two of her grandsons become king. She died on December 17th, 1955, at the age of 93. Her ashes are interred in the Royal Cemetery at Wat Ratchabophit, Bangkok.
A residence of the queen can be seen at the
Bang Pa-In Royal Palace . She resided in latter years atSa Pathum Palace , where a museum dedicated to her is being constructed at the Tamnak Yai Mansion.Queen Savang Vadhana Foundation was founded on 27 October 2005 under the aegis of HRH Princess
Maha Chakri Sirindhorn , her great granddaughter.References
* [http://kanchanapisek.or.th/queensavang/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=38&lang=en Biography of Her Majesty Queen Savang Vadhana]
External links
* [http://www.redcross.or.th/english/home/index.php4 The Thai Redcross Society]
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