Savang Vadhana

  • Savang Vadhana
  • สว่างวัฒนา
  • Queen Sri Savarindira
  • Queen Aunt of Siam
  • Queen Grandmother of Thailand
Official photo of Savang Vadhana, c. 1879
Queen consort of Siam
Tenure17 February 1881 – 23 October 1910
Born(1862-09-10)10 September 1862
Bangkok, Siam
Died17 December 1955(1955-12-17) (aged 93)
Bangkok, Thailand
Burial22 April 1956
SpouseChulalongkorn (Rama V)
Issue
Detail
Names
Somdet Phra Nang Chao Savang Vadhana Phra Boromma Rajadevi
HouseChakri dynasty
FatherMongkut (Rama IV)
MotherPiam Sucharitakul
Signature

Sri Savarindira (Thai: ศรีสวรินทิรา; RTGSSi Sawarinthira, 10 September 1862 – 17 December 1955), also known as Savang Vadhana (Thai: สว่างวัฒนา; RTGSSawang Watthana). She was a half-sister and queen of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V). After her first grandson's accession to power in 1935, she became known as Her Majesty Queen Sri Savarindira, The Queen Grandmother of Thailand title in Thailand is Somdetch Phra Phan Vassa Ayika Chao (สมเด็จพระพันวัสสาอัยยิกาเจ้า; RTGSSomdet Phra Phan Watsa Ai-yika Chao; "the Queen Grandmother").[1] All her children died before her and she lived to see her grandsons Ananda Mahidol and Bhumibol Adulyadej take the throne.

  1. ^ Finestone, Jeffrey. The Royal Family of Thailand: The Descendants of King Chulalongkorn. Bangkok : Phitsanulok Publishing, 1989, p. 64