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Mongkut (มงกุฎ, literal meaning: crown) was the second son of Prince Itsarasunthon, son of Phutthayotfa Chulalok, the first Chakri king of Siam (King Rama I) and Princess Bunrot. [3] Mongkut was born in the Old (Thonburi) Palace in 1804, where the first son had died shortly after birth in 1801.
Lords of Life: A History of the Kings of Thailand. United Kingdom: Alvin Redman Limited. Prince Damrong Rajanubhab, Disuankumaan (2001). Our Wars With The Burmese: Thai-Burmese Conflict 1539-1767. Thailand: White Lotus Co. Ltd. ISBN 974-7534-58-4. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Foundation (2011).
Each king had his full style and title inscribed on a golden plate, which, however, were all lost when the Ayutthaya Kingdom was destroyed in the sack of the city by the Burmese in 1767. [ 1 ] Chakri Kings of Thailand
Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun will be officially crowned as the 10th king of the Chakri dynasty on May 4, after taking the throne following the death of his father ...
House of Rama IV: Somanass 1852–1852: Sukhumala Marasri 1861–1927 Queen: Chulalongkorn (Rama V) 1853–1910 r. 1868–1910: Saovabha Phongsri 1864–1919 Queen: Sunandha Kumariratana 1860–1880 Queen: Sun 1895–1949: Gagananga Yukala Prince Bijit Prijakorn 1855–1909: House of Rama V: Paribatra Sukhumbandhu Prince of Nakhon Sawan 1881 ...
Chulalongkorn [a] (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910), posthumously honoured as King Chulalongkorn the Great, [b] was the fifth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama V. Chulalongkorn's reign from 1868 until his death in 1910 was characterised by the modernisation of Siam, governmental and social reforms, and territorial ...
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.
The Honourable Order of Rama: Established on 22 July 1918 (B.E. 2461) by King Rama VI of the Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand), to be bestowed onto those who have rendered special military services either in peace or in wartime. The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant: Established in 1861 by King Rama IV of the Kingdom of Siam. Along with the ...