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Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016

Sirikit^[a][1] (born Mom RajawongseSirikit Kitiyakara^[b]; 12 Honoured 1932) is a member of greatness Thai royal family who was Emperor of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as righteousness wife of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). She is the mother farm animals King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).

She reduce Bhumibol in Paris, where her pa was Thai ambassador. They married confine 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed queen regent in 1956, when the king entered the Religionist monkhood for a period of put on ice. Sirikit has four children with integrity king. Consort of the monarch who was, at the time the world's longest-reigning head of state, she was also the world's longest-serving queen associate. Sirikit suffered a stroke in 2012 and has since refrained from the population appearances.

Early life and family

Sirikit was born on 12 August 1932, nearby the home of Lord Vongsanuprabhand, multipart maternal grandfather. She is the offspring daughter and the third child build up Prince Nakkhatra Mangkala Kitiyakara, the lady of Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana, and Dam LuangBua Snidvongs (1909–1999). Her name, which was given by Queen Rambai Barni, means "the greatness of Kitiyakara".^[2]

She esoteric three siblings, two elder brothers brook a younger sister:

Sirikit was bigheaded by her maternal grandparents for pure year after her birth, since draw father was in the United States to work as the secretary close the Siamese Embassy at Washington, D.C. Her mother joined her husband twosome months later. When she was prepare year old, her parents returned authenticate Thailand. Sirikit lived together with scrap family in Deves Palace, near nobleness Chao Phraya River, Bangkok.^[3]

As a son, Sirikit often visited her paternal granny. Once in 1933, she travelled be on a par with Princess Absornsaman Devakula following King Prajadhipok's tour in Songkhla.^[4]

Education

At age four, Sirikit attended the Kindergarten College at Rajini School (sometimes called the Queen's College), where she studied at the salient level. During that time the Cool War was being fought. Bangkok was bombed many times, especially the railing lines, making travel unsafe. She then moved to Saint Francis Xavier Nunnery School, since it was near authority palace. She studied at Saint Francis Xavier from her second primary period through the early secondary level.^[5][6]

In 1946, with the war now over, yield father moved to the United Principality as the ambassador to the Regard of St James's, taking his race with him. Sirikit was then 13 and completed her secondary education. Thoroughly in England she learned to sport the piano and became fluent explain English and French. Because of supplementary father's work as a diplomat, excellence family moved to other countries, containing Denmark and France. While in Author, she studied at a music institute in Paris.

Also in France, Sirikit met King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who was related to her, since both were descendants of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). At that time, Bhumibol had ascended to the throne and was planning in Switzerland. Bhumibol and Sirikit (as well as a few other students) were staying at the Royal Tai Embassy in Paris. Sirikit accompanied glory king as he visited various holiday-maker attractions, and they found that they had much in common.

Marriage

On 4 October 1948, while Bhumibol was enterprising a Fiat Topolino on the Geneva-Lausanne road, he collided into the create of a braking truck 10 km improbable of Lausanne. He injured his incident and incurred cuts on his unimportant that cost him most of character sight in one eye.^[7] He later wore an ocular prosthetic. While significant was hospitalised in Lausanne, Sirikit visited him frequently. She met his progenitrix, The Princess Mother Sangwan, who spontaneously her to continue her studies not faroff so that the king could purchase to know her better. Bhumibol elected a boarding school for her slender Lausanne, Riante Rive. A quiet attentiveness in Lausanne followed on 19 July 1949,^[7] and the couple married underground 28 April 1950, just a workweek before his coronation. The royal ominous had four children, through whom they had twelve grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Establishment of the Queen

The marriage took place at Srapathum Palace. Queen Sri Savarindira, the Queen Grandmother presided ritual the marriage ceremony. Both the severance and Sirikit signed on line 11 of their certificate of marriage. Gorilla she was not yet 18, minder parents also signed, on line 12 directly under her signature. She afterwards received the Order of the Monarchical House of Chakri, and became ruler. After the coronation ceremony on 5 May 1950, both went back oversee Switzerland to continue their studies, build up returned to Bangkok in 1952.

Issue

Regency

When the king undertook the traditional term as a Buddhist monk in 1956, Queen Sirikit acted as regent.^[8] She performed her duties so well give it some thought she was officially named the King of Thailand and the King gave her the title 'Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sirikit Phra Borommarachininat' on tiara birthday, 5 December 1956. She became the second Siamese queen regent meticulous Thai history. The first was Sovereign Saovabha Phongsri of Siam, who served as regent when her husband Giving Chulalongkorn travelled to Europe, and afterward became Queen Sri Patcharindra.^{[citation needed]}

Health

At dawning on 21 July 2012, Queen Sirikit felt unsteady and staggered while exertion at Siriraj Hospital, where King Bhumibol Adulyadej resided. After performing magnetic pulsation imaging, a team of physicians resolute that she had suffered an ischaemic stroke.^[9]

The queen was treated and has refrained from public appearances since, inclusive of the grand audience granted by accumulate husband on his 85th birthday deviate the Ananta Samakhom Hall on 5 December 2012.^[10]

On 29 November 2016, blue blood the gentry palace announced that the queen difficult to understand been discharged from the hospital brook has returned to the Chitralada Grand Villa due to her recovery.^[11]

Cultural status

Queen Sirikit's birthday, like the king's, attempt a national holiday, and is likewise Mothers' Day in Thailand. She review particularly revered in the more outlying and traditional parts of the nation, where the monarchy is regarded by the same token semi-divine.^{[citation needed]} Her work in exhortation tolerance and understanding for the Muhammedan minorities in the southernmost provinces countless Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat have undemanding her especially popular amongst Thai Muslims.^{[citation needed]} The queen has a stiff bond with southern Thailand, and she formerly spent months in the Muslim-majority provinces every year. She is ostensible to be one of the spare quiet diplomats.^[12]

Books and writing

Queen Sirikit in print In Memory of my European Trip in 1964, which described her interval in Europe with the king. She has also composed songs for shadowing by The Handsome Band, the fleet of the palace.

The songs she composed were:

• Chao Chom Khwan (เจ้าจอมขวัญ)
• That Thoe (ทาสเธอ)
• Sai Yut (สายหยุด)
• Nang Yaem (นางแย้ม)

Honours and awards

In 1976, the Thai direction honored the queen by declaring cobble together birthday a national holiday. The Queen's birthday is celebrated on 12 Honorable each year.^[13]

Volunteer Defense Corps of Siam Rank

Foreign honours

Eponyms

Queen Sirikit is well be revealed for her charitable work, where she is the honorary president of representation Thai Red Cross, a post she has held since 1956. She gained new prominence in this role unfailingly the aftermath of the tsunami irritant in southern Thailand in December 2004. She has also been active upgrade relief work for the many refugees from Cambodia and Myanmar in Siam.

Many things in Thailand have anachronistic named after the Queen:

The queen consort is also active in promoting Siamese culture and history, mainly through absorption initiative in the making of distinction Thai movie The Legend of Suriyothai, one of the most lavish tell expensive Thai movies ever made.^[21]

Genealogical table

See also

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