Parents Mongkut, Piyamavadi House Chakri Dynasty | Name Savang Vadhana Mother Piam Sucharitakul | |
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Issue Crown Prince VajirunhisPrince IsariyalongkornPrincess Vichitra ChiraprabhaPrince Sommatiwongse VarodayaPrincess Valaya AlongkornPrincess Sirabhorn SobhonPrince Mahidol Adulyadej Children Mahidol Adulyadej, Valaya Alongkorn, Vajirunhis Similar People | ||
Hospital silence? Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital: incredibly noisy.
Queen Savang Vadhana of Siam (Thai: สว่างวัฒนา; rtgs: Sawang Watthana, 10 September 1862 – 17 December 1955) was a consort of King Chulalongkorn or Rama V and his half sister. Her full name and title was Queen Sri Savarindira (Thai: ศรีสวรินทิรา; rtgs: Si Sawarinthira) – thus she was not the Rajini (queen), she was the highest consort. After her first grandson's accession to power in 1935, she became known as Somdetch Phra Phan Vassa Ayika Chao (สมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า; rtgs: Somdet Phra Phan Watsa Ai-yika Chao; "the Queen Grandmother"), which means The Queen Grandmother because she was the grandmother of both King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX. All her children died before her death.
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- Hospital silence Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital incredibly noisy
- Mitsubishi Bed Lifts at Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital ChonburiAdministration Building
- Life
- Death
- Titles and Styles
- Thai Royal Decorations
- References
Mitsubishi Bed Lifts at Queen Savang Vadhana Memorial Hospital, Chonburi「Administration Building」
Life
She was the 27th daughter of King Rama IV (King Mongkut or Rama IV) and Princess Consort Piam and thus her husband's half-sister. Her marriage to Chulalongkorn produced the following children:
In addition, the queen also adopted several of her husband's children and raised them as her own children:
All of her Biological children died before her. She saw two of her sons first-in-line to the throne, Vajirunhis and Mahidol.
When King Prajadhipok (or Rama VII) abdicated in 1935, the son of Queen Savang Vadhana's youngest son, Prince Ananda Mahidol, 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 was Queen 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.
Death
She died on 17 December 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 at Sa 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.