Nibha Nobhadol

Nibha Nobhadol
Princess of Siam the Princess of Uthong
Full name
- Her Royal Highness Princess Nibha Nobhadol: 4 December 1886 – 15 November 1925 - Her Royal Highness The Princess of Uthong: 15 November 1925 – 29 January 1935
House	Chakri Dynasty
Father	Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam
Mother	Princess Saisavalibhirom, the Princess Suddhasininat Piyamaharaj Padivarada
Born	4 December 1886(1886-12-04) Grand Palace Bangkok, Thailand
Died	29 January 1935(1935-01-29) (aged 48) West Java, Indonesia

Her Royal Highness Princess Nibha Nobhadol, the Princess of Uthong or Somdet Phra Chao Boromwongse Ther Chao Fa Nibha Nobhadol Vimolprabhavadi Krom Khun Uthong Khetkhatiyanari (RTGS: Nipha Nophadol) (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ เจ้าฟ้านิภานภดล วิมลประภาวดี กรมขุนอู่ทองเขตขัตติยนารี) (4 December 1886 – 29 January 1935), was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand. She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam. She served as the personal secretary of his father, King Chulalongkorn, while he did many royal duties. He always wrote the letters while visiting Europe to her, which are all collected in her novel called Klai Baan or Far from home.

After the Siamese Revolution of 1932, she decided moving to stay with her stepbrother's family, Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand, the Prince of Nakhon Sawan at Bandung, West Java, Indonesia, and died on 29 January 1935.

Birth

Princess Nibha Nobhadol is the third daughter and the last child of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V the Great) of Siam and Princess Saisavalibhirom, the Princess Suddhasininat Piyamaharaj Padivarada, daughter of Prince Ladavalya, the Prince Bhumindrabhakdi and Mom Chin Ladavalya na Ayudhya. She was born on 4 December 1886, at Grand Palace. She was called from her father as Ying Bha or Princess Bha. She was given full name by her father as Nibha Nobhadol Vimolprabhavadi (Thai: นิภานภดล วิมลประภาวดี)

She had 3 siblings; an elder brother, and 2 elder sisters:

• Prince Yugala Dighambara, the Prince of Lopburi (17 March 1883 – 8 April 1932)
• Princess Nabhachara Chamrassri (5 May 1884 – 31 August 1889)
• Princess Malini Nobhadara, the Princess of Srisatchanalai (31 July 1885 – 22 December 1924)

Royal duties

Princess Nibha Nobhadol was very trusted by her father. She served as her father's personal secretary, for managing his works and duties. While her father did his royal duty in visiting Europe in 1907, he always wrote letters to her while staying abroad. So after she got these royal letters, she collected and rewrote the detail about her father's journal trip to Europe in the Thai novel, Far from home or also called in Thai Klai Baan (Thai: ไกลบ้าน).

In 1911, she and her elder sister, Princess Malini Nobhadara donated their money to build the Yaovamalaya Uthis (Piyarajbobhit-Padivarada) building in Debsirin School. When she was 28 years old, she donated her own money to build the Nibha Nobhadol building in Wat Debsirin for the Buddhist school of religiuos study, for giving honour to her father and her grandmother, Queen Debsirindra.

In 15 November 1925, she was given the royal title from her stepbrother, King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) as Princess of Uthong, translated in Thai as Krom Khun Uthong Khetkhatiyanari (Thai: กรมขุนอู่ทองเขตขัตติยนารี). She was given the rank of Krom Khun, the 4th level of the Krom ranks.

Adult life

After her father's death in 1910, she moved from the compound of Grand Palace to Suan Sunandha Royal Villa, in the compound of Dusit Palace, with her mother and her elder sister, Princess Malini Nobhadara. But after her mother and her elder sister were all died. She had lived alone since then. But she always visited her step-siblings and the other members of the royal family. She was closed to her stepbrother and stepsister, Princess Suddha Dibyaratana, the Princess Sri Ratanakosindra, and her younger brother, Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand, the Prince of Nakhon Sawan with his family. She usually visited them almost every week in his residence, Bang Khunphrom Palace. She joined watching films with the Paribatra's family almost every weekends.

Later life

After the Siamese Revolution of 1932, she decided moving to Indonesia, she was requested by her stepbrother, Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand, to live with him and his family. So she moved to stay at Prince Paribatra's private residence in Bandung, West Java called Daha Pati House.

She lived there all her life, and died on 29 January 1935, at the age of 48. She body was brought back to Bangkok, to performed the Royal Cremation at Sanam Luang.

Royal decorations

• Dame of The Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems: received 20 November 1920
• Dame of The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri: received 15 January 1898
• Dame Cross of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (First class): received 22 November 1896
• King Rama V Royal Cypher Medal
• King Rama VI Royal Cypher Medal

Ancestry

Ancestor of Princess Nibha Nobhadol, the Princess of Uthong Khetkhatiyanari

Princess Nibha Nobhadol, the Princess of Uthong	Father: Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam	Paternal Grandfather: Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam	Paternal Great-grandfather: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra
		Paternal Grandmother: Queen Debsirindra	Paternal Great-grandfather: Prince Sirivongse, the Prince Matayabidaksa
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Mom Noi Sirivongs na Ayudhya
	Mother: Princess Saisavalibhirom, the Princess Suddhasininat Piyamaharaj Padivarada	Maternal Grandfather: Prince Ladavalya, the Prince Bhumindrabhakdi	Maternal Great-grandfather: Jessadabodindra, King Rama III of Siam
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Chao Chom Manda Emnoi
		Maternal Grandmother: Mom Chin Ladavalya na Ayudhya	Maternal Great-grandfother: unknown
			Maternal Great-grandmother: unknown

References

• Giving royal name ceremony at Grand Palace, Bangkok
• Prestigious royal title of HRH Princess Nibha Nobhadol
• HRH Princess Nibha Nobhadol, Krom Khun Uthong Khetkhatiyanari
• Klai Baan 100th European visiting anniversary of King Chulalongkorn
• HRH Princess Nibha Nobhadol, the Princess of Uthong - Debsirin School

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Name	Nibha Nobhadol
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	4 December 1886
Place of birth	Grand Palace Bangkok, Thailand
Date of death	29 January 1935
Place of death	West Java, Indonesia