Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh

Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh
Prince of Siam , Prince of Phitsanulok
HRH Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh
Spouse	Ekaterina Desnitskaya (m. 1906 dv. 1919) Princess Javalit Obhas Rabibadhana (m. 1919 wil. 1920)
Issue
Chula Chakrabongse
Father	King Chulalongkorn
Mother	Queen Sri Bajarindra
Born	3 March 1883(1883-03-03) Bangkok, Thailand
Died	13 June 1920(1920-06-13) (aged 37) Bangkok, Thailand

Field Marshal Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh, Prince of Phitsanulok, (3 March 1883 – 13 June 1920) (Thai: สมเด็จพระอนุชาธิราช เจ้าฟ้าจักรพงษ์ภูวนาถ กรมหลวงพิษณุโลกประชานาถ), was the fortieth child of King Chulalongkorn and the fourth child of Queen Sri Bajarindra.

The prince was sent to Czarist Russia in his teens, where he studied at a Page Corps. He returned to Siam with a Russian wife, Catherine Na Phitsanulok (Ekaterina Desnitskaya; Cyrillic: Екатерина Десницкая) and an honorary commission in a Hussar regiment. The prince and princess had one son, Prince Chula Chakrabongse. Prince Chakrabongse served as Chief of Staff of the Royal Siamese Army until his death at the age of 37 in 1920.

He and his brother Prince Purachatra, Commander of the Army Engineers, were instrumental in the development of aviation in the Kingdom. Prince Chakrabongse is best remembered today as the father of the army's Royal Aeronautical Service, a forerunner to the Royal Thai Air Force.

The prince was a favourite son of both the King and Queen. He represented his father on many foreign visits, such as to the wedding of Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, the funeral of King Umberto I of Italy, and the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain.

Prince Chakrabongse died in 1920 at the young age of 37.

References

Queen Saovabha and her sons, circa 1900 (from left to right: Prince Asdang, Crown Prince Maha Vajiravudh, Prince Chakrabongse, Queen Saovabha, Prince Prajadhipok, and Prince Chudadhut)

• His Royal Highness Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, Prince of Bisnulok

Military offices
New title Service established	Commander of the Royal Aeronautical Service 1913-1915	Succeeded by Phraya Chalerm Akas

Persondata
Name	Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	3 March 1883
Place of birth	Bangkok, Thailand
Date of death	13 June 1920
Place of death	Bangkok, Thailand