Queen Savang Vadhana
| Savang Vadhana สว่างวัฒนา |
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| Queen consort of Siam | |
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| Born |
10 September 1862 Grand Palace, Bangkok, Siam |
| Died | 17 December 1955 (aged 93) Sra Pathum Palace, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Burial | 22 April 1956 Royal crematorium, Sanam Luang, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Spouse | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
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| House | Chakri Dynasty |
| Father | Mongkut (Rama IV) |
| Mother | Piam Sucharitakul |
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 Somdetch Phra Phan Vassa Ayika Chao (สมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า; rtgs: Somdet Phra Phan Watsa Ai-yika Chao; "the Queen Grandmother"), which means The Queen Grandmother because she was the grandmother of both King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej or Rama IX. All her children died before her death.
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:
All of her Biological children died before her. She saw two of her sons first-in-line to the throne, Vajirunhis and Mahidol.
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