Savang Vadhana

This article is about the Queen Consort of King Rama V of Siam. For the last King of the Kingdom of Laos, see Savang Vatthana.
Savang Vadhana
Queen consort of Siam
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
Spouse Chulalongkorn
Issue
House Chakri Dynasty
Father Mongkut
Mother Piam Sucharitakul
Queen Consort of
the Chakri Dynasty
Amarindra
(Rama I)
Sri Suriyendra
(Rama II)
Debsirindra
(Rama IV)
Saovabha Phongsri
(Rama V)
Indrasakdi Sachi
(Rama VI)
Rambai Barni
(Rama VII)
Sirikit
(Rama IX)

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 Somdech Phra Phan Vasa Ayyika Chao (สมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า; rtgs: Somdet Phra Phan Watsa Ai-yika Chao), which means The Queen Grandmother because she was the grandmother of both King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX.

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, this was included Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi who later became Regent of Siam.

When King Prajadhipok (or Rama VII) abdicated in 1935, the son of Queen Savang Vadhana's youngest son, Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, the Prince of Songkla, 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

Queen Savang Vadhana in 1938, with her grandchildren, King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and Prince Bhumibol Adulyadej (later King Rama IX). Photographed by Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of Chainat

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.

Titles and Styles

Thai Royal Decorations

Issue

NameBirthDeathSpouseChildren
Crown Prince Maha Vajirunhis27 June 18784 January 1895Never married
Prince Isariyalongkorn4 September 187925 September 1879Never married
Princess Vichitra Chiraprabha21 April 188115 August 1881Never married
Sommatiwongse Varodaya, Prince of Nakhonsridharmaraj9 June 1882 17 June 1899Never married
Valaya Alongkorn, Princess of Bejraburi16 April 188415 February 1938Never married
Princess Sirabhorn Sobhon19 July 188824 May 1898Never married
Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla1 January 189124 September 1929 Sangwan Talapat Galyani Vadhana, Princess of Naradhiwas
Ananda Mahidol
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Princess (Unnamed)9 November 189312 November 1893Never married

See also

References

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