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Ananda Mahidol

Ananda Mahidol
อานันทมหิดล
King Rama VIII
King Ananda Mahidol portrait photograph.jpg
King of Thailand
Reign 2 March 1935 – 9 June 1946
Predecessor Prajadhipok (Rama VII)
Successor Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX)
Regent Regency Council (1935–1944)
Pridi Banomyong (1944–1945)
Prime Ministers
Born (1925-09-20)20 September 1925
Heidelberg, Republic of Baden, Weimar Republic
Died 9 June 1946(1946-06-09) (aged 20)
Grand Palace, Phra Nakhon, Thailand
Burial 29 March 1950
House House of Mahidol
Chakri Dynasty
Father Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla
Mother Sirnagarindra, The Princess Mother
Religion Buddhism
Signature
Monarchs of
the Chakri dynasty
Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke portrait.jpg Phra Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke
(Rama I)
Buddha Loetla Nabhalai portrait.jpg Phra Buddha Loetla Nabhalai
(Rama II)
Nangklao portrait.jpg Nangklao
(Rama III)
Rama4 portrait (cropped).jpg Mongkut
(Rama IV)
King Chulalongkorn.jpg Chulalongkorn
(Rama V)
King Vajiravudh.jpg Vajiravudh
(Rama VI)
Prajadhipok portrait.jpg Prajadhipok
(Rama VII)
King Ananda Mahidol portrait photograph.jpg Ananda Mahidol
(Rama VIII)
Portrait painting of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.jpg Bhumibol Adulyadej
(Rama IX)
HRH Vajiralongkorn (Cropped).jpg Vajiralongkorn
(Rama X)
Styles of
King Ananda Mahidol
Rama VIII of Thailand
King's Standard of Thailand.svg
Reference style His Royal Majesty
Spoken style Your Royal Majesty
Alternative style Sir

Ananda Mahidol (Thai: อานันทมหิดล; rtgsAnanthamahidon; 20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946) was the eighth monarch of Thailand from the House of Chakri as Rama VIII. At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland. He returned to Thailand in December 1945, but six months later in June 1946, he was found shot dead in his bed. Although at first thought to have been an accident, his death was ruled a murder by medical examiners, and three royal pages were later executed following very irregular trials. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of much controversy.

"Ananda Mahidol" (Thai: อานันทมหิดล) is one word in Thai and is his given name. King Vajiravudh, his uncle, sent a telegram on 13 October 1925 giving him this name. It is pronounced "Ananta Mahidon" and means "the joy of Mahidol" (his father). When he held his birth rank of "mom chao—"the lowest rank of Thai princes—he used the surname "Mahidol", his father's given name. His full name and title was thus, "Mom Chao Ananda Mahidol Mahidol" (Thai: หม่อมเจ้าอานันทมหิดล มหิดล). His full royal name was "Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramenthra Maha Ananda Mahidol Phra Atthama Ramathibodindara" (Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาอานันทมหิดลฯ พระอัฐมรามาธิบดินทร); RTGS: —Ananthamahidon Phra Atthamaramathibodin), or "Rama VIII".


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