Chakrabongse Bhuvanath
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Chakrabongse Bhuvanath จักรพงษ์ภูวนาถ | |
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Prince of Siam Prince of Bishnulok | |
Born | Bangkok, Siam | 3 March 1883
Died | 13 June 1920 Singapore, Straits Settlements | (aged 37)
Spouse |
Princess Javalit Obhas Rabibadhana
(m. 1919; died 1920) |
Issue | Prince Chula Chakrabongse |
House | Chakrabongse family (Chakri Dynasty) |
Father | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
Mother | Saovabha Phongsri |
Military career | |
Service/ | Royal Siamese Army |
Rank | Field Marshal |
Chakrabongse Bhuvanath, Prince of Bishnulok, (Thai: จักรพงษ์ภูวนาถ; RTGS: Chakkraphong Phuwanat; 3 March 1883 – 13 June 1920), was the 40th child of King Chulalongkorn and the fourth child of Queen Sri Bajarindra.
The prince was sent to Russian Empire in his teens, where he studied at a Page Corps. He returned to Siam with a wife from Lutsk (at that time owned by Russian Empire), Catherine Na Phitsanulok (Ekaterina Desnitskaya; Russian: Екатерина Десницкая) and an honorary commission in a Hussar regiment. The prince and princess had one son, Prince Chula Chakrabongse. The Prince and his wife lived in Paruskavan Palace in Bangkok. Prince Chakrabongse served as Chief of Staff of the Royal Siamese Army until his death at the age of 37 in 1920.[1]
He and his brother Prince Purachatra, Commander of the Army Engineers, were instrumental in the development of aviation in the Kingdom. Prince Chakrabongse is best remembered today as the father of the army's Royal Aeronautical Service, a forerunner to the Royal Thai Air Force.
The prince was a favourite son of both the King and Queen. He represented his father on many foreign visits, such as to the wedding of Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie of Prussia, the funeral of King Umberto I of Italy, and the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary of Great Britain in 1911. Prince Chakrabongse died in 1920 at the young age of 37.
References
- ^ "Chakrabongse Collection of Thai Royal Letters". The British Library. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
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- Thai male Chao Fa
- Chakrabongse family
- Chulalongkorn family
- Field marshals of Thailand
- Knights of the Order of the Nine Gems
- Knights Grand Cordon of the Order of Chula Chom Klao
- Knights of the Ratana Varabhorn Order of Merit
- Knights Grand Commander (Senangapati) of the Order of Rama
- Recipients of the Dushdi Mala Medal, Pin of Arts and Science
- 1883 births
- 1920 deaths
- Deaths from pneumonia
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