Vapi Busbakara | |
Full Name: | Her Royal Highness Princess Vapi Busbakara |
House: | Chakri Dynasty |
Mother: | Chao Chom Manda Phrom |
Birth Date: | 25 June 1891 |
Birth Place: | Grand Palace Bangkok, Siam |
Death Place: | Bangkok, Thailand |
Vapi Busbakara (Thai: วาปีบุษบากร; ; 25 June 1891 - 15 December 1982) was the Princess of Siam (later Thailand). She was a member of Siamese Royal Family. She was a daughter of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and adoptive daughter of Queen Sri Savarindira. She was one of the longest-living personages in Thai history, behind three children of King Mongkut (Rama IV); Princess Nabhabhorn Prabha, who died at the age of 94 in 1958, Princess Praditha Sari, who died in 1962 at the age of 96, and Prince Krida Bhinihan, who died at the age of 97 in 1952.
Her mother was Chao Chom Manda Phrom (daughter of Phraya Phitsanuloka Thibodi), but her mother died while she was very young. Later, Queen Savang Vadhana took her in as her adopted daughter, along with her elder sister, Princess Prabha Bannabilaya, including also her full siblings Princess Yaovabha Bongsanid, and Prince Rangsit Prayurasakdi.
She had 3 full siblings; 2 elder sisters, and 1 elder brother;
Princess Vapi Busbakara was the only adopted daughter of Queen Sri Savarindira, who managed and took care of her stepmother's body at death, before traditional Buddhist Royal Cremation was observed. She died on 15 December 1982, at the age of 90. Royal crematorium was done on 26 March 1983, by King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Princess Vapi Busbakara | Father: Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam | Paternal Grandfather: Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam | Paternal Great-grandfather: Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, King Rama II of Siam |
Paternal Great-grandmother: Queen Sri Suriyendra | |||
Paternal Grandmother: Queen Debsirindra | Paternal Great-grandfather: Prince Sirivongse, the Prince Matayabidaksa | ||
Paternal Great-grandmother: Mom Noi Sirivongs na Ayudhya | |||
Mother: Chao Chom Manda Phrom | Maternal Grandfather: Phraya Phitsanuloka Thibodi | Maternal Great-grandfather: unknown | |
Maternal Great-grandmother: unknown | |||
Maternal Grandmother: unknown | Maternal Great-grandfather: unknown | ||
Maternal Great-grandmother: unknown |