Somanass Waddhanawathy Explained

Consort:yes
Succession:Queen consort of Siam
Reign:2 April 1851 –
Birth Name:Princess Somanass
Birth Date:21 December 1834
Birth Place:Bangkok, Siam
Death Place:Bangkok, Siam
Spouse:Mongkut (Rama IV)
Issue:Prince Somanass
Posthumous Name:Somdet Phra Nang Chao Somanass Waddhanawathy
House:Chakri dynasty
Father:Prince Lakkhananukhun
Mother:Ngiu Suvarnadat
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Somanass Waddhanawathy[1] [2] [3] (Thai: โสมนัสวัฒนาวดี; in Thai pronounced as /sǒː.má(ʔ).nát.wát.tʰà(ʔ).nāː.wá(ʔ).diː/; ; 1834–1852) Her full title is Her Majesty Queen Somanass Waddhanawathy 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Wichitwathakan, Wibun. Satri sayam nai adit [Feminine Siamese in the past]. Bangkok : Sangsanbooks, 1999, p. 172
  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 . retrieved 25 August 2013