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Queen Savang Vadhana

Savang Vadhana
สว่างวัฒนา
Queen consort of Siam
Queen Savang Vadhana in 1879.jpg
Born (1862-09-10)10 September 1862
Grand Palace, Bangkok, Siam
Died 17 December 1955(1955-12-17) (aged 93)
Sra Pathum Palace, Bangkok, Thailand
Burial 22 April 1956
Royal crematorium, Sanam Luang, Bangkok, Thailand
Spouse Chulalongkorn (Rama V)
Issue
House Chakri Dynasty
Father Mongkut (Rama IV)
Mother Piam Sucharitakul

Queen Savang Vadhana of Siam (Thai: สว่างวัฒนา; rtgsSawang 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; rtgsSi 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; rtgsSomdet 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.

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.


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