Sukumala
| Sukhumala Marasri สุขุมาลมารศรี |
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| Queen consort of Siam | |
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| Born |
10 May 1861 Grand Palace, Bangkok, Siam |
| Died | 9 July 1927 (aged 66) Bang Khun Phrom Palace, Bangkok, Siam |
| Spouse | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
| Issue |
Suddha Dibyaratana Paribatra Sukhumbhand |
| House | Chakri Dynasty |
| Father | Mongkut (Rama IV) |
| Mother | Samli Bunnag |
Sukhumala Marasri (Thai: สุขุมาลมารศรี; rtgs: Sukhumanmarasi; 10 May 1861 – 9 July 1927) was a daughter of King Mongkut (Rama IV) and his concubine, Samli (เจ้าคุณจอมมารดาสำลี). Her given name was Princess Sukhumala Marasri (พระองค์เจ้าสุขุมาลมารศรี). She was later one of the four consorts of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and was also his half-sister.
Sukumala was born in Royal Grand Palace on 10 May 1861. She was the 52nd child of King Mongkut. Her mother was consort Samli. She had 5 full siblings, including the famous Princess Napaborn, and from her father's side she was a half-sister to King Chulalongkorn (later her husband), Queens Sunandha Savang Vadhana, and Saovabha.
When she was ten years old, King Mongkut died and was succeeded by Sukhumala Marasri's half-brother, Prince Chulalongkorn.
Sometime in her teenage years, Sukhumala became a royal wife to King Chulalongkorn. The marriage produced two children; Princess Suddha Dibyaratana (later the Princess of Ratanakosin), who was also the first surviving Chao-Fah, a child of the sovereign which their mother is the Queen Consort or a Princess by blood, and Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand (later the Prince of Nakorn Sawan.) In her husband's reign she served as the King's secretary and was referred to as "the Princess Consort".
After her husband died, she moved to her son's palace, Bang Khun Prom. During the reign of King Vajiravudh, her nephew, he officially named her as his father's fourth queen consort, making her official title Her Majesty Queen Sukhumala. When Prajadhipok succeeded to the throne, he gave his father's two surviving queens consort, Savang Vadhana and Sukhumala, the title of "the Queen Aunt". In the same style Sukhumala was preceded by Savang Vadhana, reflecting the fact that Savang Vadhana was created queen consort by Chulalongkorn before Sukhumala.
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