Somanass Waddhanawathy

  • Somanass Waddhanawathy
  • โสมนัสวัฒนาวดี
Queen consort of Siam
Tenure2 April 1851 – 10 October 1852
BornPrincess Somanass
(1834-12-21)21 December 1834
Bangkok, Siam
Died10 October 1852(1852-10-10) (aged 17)
Bangkok, Siam
SpouseMongkut (Rama IV)
IssuePrince Somanass
Posthumous name
Somdet Phra Nang Chao Somanass Waddhanawathy
HouseChakri dynasty
FatherPrince Lakkhananukhun
MotherNgiu Suvarnadat
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Somanass Waddhanawathy[1][2][3] (Thai: โสมนัสวัฒนาวดี; Thai pronunciation: [sǒː.má(ʔ).nát.wát.tʰà(ʔ).nāː.wá(ʔ).diː]; RTGSSomanat Watthanawadi; 1834–1852) was the first consort of Mongkut, the King of Siam, and the queen consort, though for only nine months.

Life

Princess Somanass was a daughter of Prince Lakkhananukhun (son of Nangklao) and Ngiu Suvarnadat. Since her father, as a son of the king and of a royal concubine, was Phra Ong Chao (second-rank prince), Somanass was destined to be Mom Chao (third-rank princess). However, King Nangklao (Rama III) who was her grandfather, specially granted her the title of Phra Ong Chao (second-rank princess).

In 1851, upon his coronation, Mongkut married Princess Somanass, making her the queen. In 1852, she gave birth to a prince, Somdet Chaofa Somanass, but he died shortly after he was born; Queen Somanass herself died two months later.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Somanass Waddhanawathy[4][5]
16. Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)
8. Buddha Loetla Nabhalai (Rama II)
17. Amarindra
4. Nangklao (Rama III)
18. Lord Nonthaburisrimahauthayan (Bunchan)
9. Princess Sri Sulalai
19. Pheng
2. Prince Lakkhananukhun
10. Muang
5. Bang
11.
1. Somanass Waddhanawathy
6. Thongsuk Suvarnadat
3. Ngiu Suvarnadat
7. Thongchan Suvarnadat

References

  1. ^ Wichitwathakan, Wibun. Satri sayam nai adit [Feminine Siamese in the past]. Bangkok : Sangsanbooks, 1999, p. 172 (in Thai)
  2. ^ Komatra Chuengsatiansup. Krom Luang Wongsa and the House of Snidvongs: Knowledge Transition and the Transformation of Medicine in Early Modern Siam. retrieved 25 August 2013
  3. ^ Cristo Raul. Mongkut Archived 2014-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. retrieved 25 August 2013
  4. ^ Phlainoi, Sombat. Phraborommarachini lae chaochommanda haeng ratchasamnaksayam [Queen and royal concubines of Siamese court]. Bangkok : Thanbooks, 2011, p. 76 (in Thai)
  5. ^ Phlainoi, Sombat. Phraborommarachini lae chaochommanda haeng ratchasamnaksayam [Queen and royal concubines of Siamese court]. Bangkok : Thanbooks, 2011, p. 274 (in Thai)