Somanass Waddhanawathy

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

Somanass Waddhanawathy
Queen consort of Siam
Tenure2 April 1851 – 10 October 1852
Coronation15 May 1851
BornMom Chao Somanass Lakkhananukhun
(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

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

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)
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