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That same year, he published a biography of King Mongkut of Siam. [3] He died on April 17, 1996, at a retirement home in Hightstown, New Jersey, of cancer. [4] Ambassador Jay Pierrepont Moffat (1896–1943) was his brother, and Ambassador Jay Pierrepont Moffat Jr. (born 1932) is his nephew.
Brynner with Gertrude Lawrence in the original production of The King and I (1951) Brynner's role as King Mongkut in The King and I (4,625 times on stage) became his best known. He appeared in the original 1951 production and later touring productions, as well as a 1977 Broadway revival, a London production in 1979, and another Broadway revival ...
Mongkut [a] (18 October 1804 – 1 October 1868) was the fourth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama IV. [2] He reigned from 1851 until his death in 1868. The reign of Mongkut was marked by significant modernization initiatives and d
During the reign of King Mongkut, Prayurawongse officially held the post of both Samuha Kalahom and Kromma Tha. However, the de facto duties were already distributed to his sons. His son Chuang, who was made Chao Phraya Sri Suriyawongse (later Somdet Chao Phraya Sri Suriyawongse ), was the deputy of Kalahom .
Moffat noted in his biography of King Mongkut that Leonowens "carelessly leaves proof of her transposed plagiarism". [ 78 ] The fact that Leonowens's claimed birth in Caernarfon was fabricated was first uncovered by W. S. Bristowe , an arachnologist and frequent visitor to Thailand, who was researching a biography of her son Louis.
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King Mongkut invented a systematic regnal naming convention with the suffix -klao. Upon his ascension in 1851, King Mongkut took the regnal name Chomklao. [95] In 1852, King Mongkut assigned posthumous names to his predecessors. King Rama I was known as "Phuttha Yotfa Chulalok". King Rama II was known as "Phuttha Loetla Naphalai".
Debsirindra (Thai: เทพศิรินทรา, RTGS: Thepsirinthra, Devaśirindrā), formerly Ramphoei Phamaraphirom (Thai: รำเพยภมราภิรมย์), born Ramphoei Siriwong (Thai: รำเพย ศิริวงศ์; 17 July 1834 – 9 September 1862), was the second consort of King Mongkut, and mother of King Chulalongkorn.