Rangsit Prayurasakdi รังสิตประยูรศักดิ์ |
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Prince of Siam Prince of Chainat |
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HRH Prince of Chainat
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President of the Regency Council | |||||
In office | 16 June 1946 – 7 March 1951 | ||||
Successor | Prince Dhani Nivat | ||||
Born | November 12, 1885 Bangkok, Siam |
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Died | March 7, 1951 Bangkok, Thailand |
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Issue | 3 sons and daughters | ||||
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House | Rangsit family (Chakri Dynasty) | ||||
Father | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | ||||
Mother | Chao Chom Manda (Range of Royal Consort) Nueng |
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HRH Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of Chainat |
Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of Chainat (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้ารังสิตประยูรศักดิ์ กรมพระยาชัยนาทนเรนทร; rtgs: Somdet Phra Chao Borommawong Thoe Pra Ong Chao Rangsitprayurasak Krom Phraya Chainatnarenthon; 12 November 1885 - 7 March 1951) was the Thai Founder of the Public Health Ministry and as Regent of Thailand.
Prince Rangsit was born as the 52nd child of King Chulalongkorn and the second child of Chao Chom Manda Nueng (common name Mom Rajawongse Nueng Sanidvongs), the 22nd wife of Chulalongkorn. After the early death of his mother, Prince Rangsit and his elder sister Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid were adopted by Queen Savang Vadhana. As a result, he grew up as a half-brother and childhood friend of Prince Mahidol. He started his education at the Royal School in the Grand Palace. At the age of 14, he was sent to Germany for his education. At first the Martineum gymnasium in Halberstadt where he graduated with Abitur in 1905 and later Heidelberg-University in Heidelberg. Though he was more interested in medicine, his father insisted on an education in jurisprudence, which he completed at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. He additionally studied philosophy in 1908. It was during his study that he met his wife, Elisabeth Scharnberger (15 September 1892 - 29 September 1973), a German woman whom he married in London on 28 August 1912. The couple had two sons and one daughter: