Thailand - Chakri Dynasty - Line of Decent

The Kings of Siam and Thailand

King Buddha Yodfa (Rama I) 1782 - 1809 King of Siam - King Buddha Yodfa Chulalok the Great (Rama I) - Reigned 6th April 1782 to 7th September 1809

Full birth name - Thong Duang

Titles - Chao Phraya Chakri (pre-reign military title)

Born - 20th March 1737 at Ayutthaya, Siam

Died - 7th September 1809 (aged 72)

Predecessor - King Taksin of Thonburi

Consort - Queen Amarindra

Over 40 sons and daughters

King Buddha Loetla (Rama II) 1809 - 1824 King of Siam - King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II) - Reigned 7th September 1809 - 21st July 1824

Full birth name - Chim

Titles - Prince Issara Sundhorn

Born - 24th February 1767 at Amphawa, Samut Songkhram Province, Siam

Died 21st July 1824 - aged 57

Consort - Queen Srisuriyendra (Phra Phanwasa)

Father to over 70 sons and daughters

Chakri Dynasty

Father - King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)

Mother - Queen Amarindra

King of Siam - King Jessadabodindra or Nangklao (Rama III) - Reigned 21st July 1824 – 2nd April 1851

Coronation - 21st July 1824

Born - 31st March 1788

Died - 2nd April 1851 - aged 63

Over 50 sons and daughters

Chakri Dynasty

Father - King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II)

Mother - Queen Srisuralai

King of Siam - King Mongkut (Rama IV) - Reigned from 2nd April 1851 to 1st October 1868

Born - 18th October 1804

Died - 1st October 1868 - aged 63

Consort - Queen Somanas Vadhanavadi to 1851 and Queen Debsirindra from 1851 onward

Over 80 sons and daughters

Chakri Dynasty

Father - Buddha Loetla Nabhalai

Mother - Queen Srisuriyendra

The elder half-brother of King Rama III

King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) 1868 - 1910 King of Siam - King Chulalongkorn the Great (Rama V) - Reigned from 1st October 1868 to 23rd October 1910

Born - 30th September 1853

Died - 23rd October 1910 - aged 57

Consort - Queen Saovabha Bhongsi
Queens - Queen Savang Vadhana - Queen Sunandha Kumariratana
- Sukumalmarsri

Over 30 sons and 40 daughters

Chakri Dynasty

Father - King Mongkut - King Rama IV

Mother - Queen Debsirindra

King of Siam - King Vajiravudh (Rama VI) - Reigned from 23rd October 1910 to 25th November 1925

Born- 1st January 1881

Died - November 25, 1925 - aged 44

Consort - Four queens and princesses consort

One child - Bejaratana
Chakri Dynasty

Father - King Chulalongkorn (Rama V)

Mother - Queen Saovabha

King of Siam - King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) - Reigned from 25th November 1925 to 2nd March 1935

Born - 8th November 1893 in Bangkok, Thailand ( then Siam)

Died - 30th May 1941 - aged 47 in Surrey, England, UK

Consort Queen Ramphaiphanni

Issue none

Chakri Dynasty

Father - King Chulalongkorn

Mother - Queen Saovabha

King of Thailand - King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) - Reigned from 2nd March 1935 to 9th June 1946

Born - 20th September 1925 in Heidelberg, Germany

Died - 9th June 1946 - aged 20 in Bangkok, Thailand

Issue none

Chakri Dynasty

Father - Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla

Mother - Sangwal, the Princess Mother

The King of Thailand - King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (Rama IX) King of Thailand - King Bhumibol Adulyadej the Great (Rama IX) - 9th June 1946 - Present

Coronation - 5th May 1950

Born - 5th December 1927 at Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Consort - Queen Sirikit

Father to - Princess Ubol Ratana, HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and HRH Princess Chulabhorn Walailak

Younger brother of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII)

Father - Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla

Mother - Sangwal - The Princess Mother

King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) 1946 -

Heir-Apparent HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn

Full name - Maha Vajiralongkorn

Titles - HRH The Crown Prince of Thailand - HRH Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn of Thailand

Born - 28th July 1952 in Bangkok, Thailand

Wife/wives - Princess Srirasmi (2001-) - Yuvadhida Polpraserth (1994-1996) - Soamsavali Kitiyakara (1977-1991)

Issue - Princess Bajrakitiyabha, Siriwannawari Nariratana, Dipangkorn Rasmijoti, Prince Chudhavajra, Prince Vajaresra, Prince Chakrivajra and Prince Vajravira

Royal House House of Chakri

Father - Rama IX

Mother - Queen Sirikit

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