Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Chakri dynasty [a] is the current reigning dynasty of the Kingdom of Thailand.The head of the house is the king, who is head of state.The family has ruled Thailand since the founding of the Rattanakosin era and the city of Bangkok in 1782; following the end of Taksin's reign, when the capital of Siam shifted to Bangkok.
[8]: 197 [9]: 25 The dynasty is named after the Traiphum Phra Ruang, a Buddhist cosmology book written by Maha Thammaracha I. During his reign, the kingdom was invaded by Ayutthaya, a neighboring Thai state, becoming a tributary during the reign of Maha Thammaracha II. [8]: 222
Chakriwat was born on 26 February 1983 to then Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and then wife Sujarinee Vivacharawongse, He was third son of the King Vajiralongkorn. [3] He has 2 older brothers: Juthavachara (born 29 August 1979) and Vacharaesorn (born 27 May 1981); one younger brother, Vatcharawee (born 14 June 1985); and one younger sister, Sirivannavari ( born 8 January 1987).
When an estranged son of Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn turned up in the capital Bangkok earlier this month after a three decade-long absence, it caught many in the kingdom by surprise.
The two sons of Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn ended their first visit to Thailand in 27 years on Monday, without any comment on their surprise arrival from the palace. Vacharaeson Vivacharawongse ...
He is the second son of King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Sujarinee Vivacharawongse. When he was born, he had the rank of " Mom Chao " as Mom Chao Vacharaesorn Mahidol. He started his education at Churairat Kindergarten in Bangkok, before attending Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Elementary School from 1987 to 1989, and then Chitralada School.
Vajiralongkorn [c] (born 28 July 1952) is King of Thailand since 2016. He is the tenth monarch of Thailand from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama X.. The only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) and Queen Sirikit, he was made crown prince by his father in 1972, at the age of 20.
However, because of Vajiralongkorn's December 2014 divorce from Srirasmi Suwadee, Dipangkorn's position in the line of succession is uncertain. The 1924 Palace Law of Succession lists "the order in the line of succession", following the first-born son of the king to be "the first-born son of the said prince and his royal consort" followed by ...