Name Nibha Nobhadol Parents Chulalongkorn | House Chakri Dynasty | |
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Born 4 December 1886
Grand Palace
Bangkok, Thailand ( 1886-12-04 ) Father Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam Mother Princess Saisavalibhirom, the Princess Suddhasininat Piyamaharaj Padivarada Died January 29, 1935, West Java, Indonesia Cousins Subhadradis Diskul (M.C.), Kornnika Chitrabhongse Similar People Chulalongkorn, Suddha Dibyaratana, Adisaya Suriyabha, Yugala Dighambara, Vapi Busbakara | ||
Grandparents Mongkut, Debsirindra | ||
Princess Nibha Nobhadol, 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.
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After the Siamese Revolution of 1932, she decided moving to stay with her stepbrother's family, Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand, 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 three siblings; an elder brother, and two elder sisters:
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 religious study, for giving honour to her father and her grandmother, Queen Debsirindra.
On 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 died,she had lived alone since then. But she always visited her step-siblings and the other members of the royal family. She was close to her stepbrother and stepsister, Princess Suddha Dibyaratana, Princess of Rattanakosin, and her younger brother, Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand, 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. Her body was brought back to Bangkok, to perform the Royal Cremation at Sanam Luang.