Prajadhipok

  • Prajadhipok
  • ประชาธิปก
King Rama VII
Formal portrait, c. 1930s
King of Siam
Reign26 November 1925 – 2 March 1935
Coronation25 February 1926
PredecessorVajiravudh (Rama VI)
SuccessorAnanda Mahidol (Rama VIII)
Born(1893-11-08)8 November 1893
Bangkok, Siam
Died30 May 1941(1941-05-30) (aged 47)
Surrey, England
Burial3 June 1941
Golders Green Crematorium, London, England
Spouse
(m. 1918)
HouseChakri dynasty
FatherChulalongkorn (Rama V)
MotherSaovabha Phongsri
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
Signature

Prajadhipok[a] (8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941) was the seventh king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VII. His reign was a turbulent time for Siam due to political and social changes during the 1932 Siamese revolution. He is to date the only Siamese monarch of the Chakri dynasty to abdicate.


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