Vimolchatra

Thai princess (1921 - 2009)
Vimalachatra
Born27 June 1921
Bangkok, Siam
Died5 December 2009(2009-12-05) (aged 88)
Bangkok, Thailand
SpousePrince Udaya Chalermlabh Vudhijaya
IssueM.R. Chalermchatra Vudhijaya
M.R. Phromchatra Savastivatana
HouseChatrajaya family (by birth)
Vudhijaya family (by marriage)
(Chakri dynasty)
FatherPurachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaengphet
MotherPrincess Prabhavasit Narumon

Vimalachatra (Thai: วิมลฉัตร; RTGS: Wimonchat; 27 June 1921 – 5 December 2009), was a Princess of Thailand and member of the Thai royal family, a granddaughter of King Chulalongkorn. She was one of the longest-living royal personages in Thailand.

Biography

Princess Vimalachatra was born on 27 June 1921, in Bangkok, Thailand. She is the second daughter and youngest child of Prince Purachatra Jayakara, the Prince of Kamphaengphet (son of Chulalongkorn and Chao Chom Manda Wad). Her mother is Princess Prabhavasidhi Narumala of Siam (daughter of Prince Chaturanta Rasmi, the Prince Chakrabadibongse and Mom Rajawongse Savang Siriwongse. She is the direct granddaughter of King Chulalongkorn and also the great-granddaughter of Mongkut. She has 2 siblings; 1 elder sisters, and 1 elder brother:

  • Princess Mayurachatra (7 March 1906 – 11 August 1970), married Prince Sohbhana Bharadaya Savastivatana, has issue
  • Prince Prem Purachatra (12 August 1915 – 24 July 1981), married Ngamchit Sarasas, no issue

Marriage

Princess Vimalachatra married Prince Udaya Chalermlabh Vudhijaya, son of Prince Vudhijaya Chalermlabha, the Prince Singhavikrom Kriangkrai on 1 May 1939. The couple have a son and a daughter;

  • Mom Rajawongse Chalermchatra Vudhijaya (born 16 June 1942) married Aim-orn Busbonk, has a son and a daughter
    • Mom Luang Apichit Vudhijaya (born 15 July 1969)
    • Mom Luang Atitra Vudhijaya (born 17 September 1972)
  • Mom Rajawongse Phromchatra Vudhijaya (born 2 April 1948) married Mom Rajawongse Jisnusan Savastivatana, has 2 daughters
    • Mom Luang Sasibha Savastivatana (born 17 April 1975)
    • Mom Luang Chandrabha Savastivatana (born 20 May 1978)

Princess Vimalachatra performs many royal functions and many social duties on behalf of the King and Queen. She is the president of King Rama IX Park Foundation. She has shown keen interest in public affairs and education of the poor around the country.

She died in the early of 5 December 2009, at Praram 9 Hospital, Bangkok from renal failure. She died on King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday, before the royal birthday ceremony at the Grand Palace; seven days of Royal funeral were held at Wat Debsirin.

Royal decorations

Honorary degrees

  • 1993: Honorary Doctor of Fine and Applied Arts, Rajamangala University of Technology
  • 1997: Honorary Doctor of Arts, Siam University
  • 1999: Honorary Doctor of Arts, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

Ancestors

Ancestors of Vimolchatra
16. (=24.) Buddha Loetla Nabhalai
8. (=12.) Mongkut
17. (=25.) Sri Suriyendra
4. Chulalongkorn
18. (=26.-28.) Sririwong, Prince of Mattaya Phithak
9. (=13.) Debsirindra
19. (=27.) Noi
2. Purachatra Jayakara, Prince of Kamphaengphet
10. Lord Sathian Raksa (Thiang Kalyanamitra)
5. Wat Kalyanamitra
22. Lord Itsaranuphap
11. Prik Kalyanamitra
23. Kham
1. Vimalachatra Chatrajaya
24. (=16.) Buddha Loetla Nabhalai
12. (=8.) Mongkut
25. (=17.) Sri Suriyendra
6. Chaturanta Rasmi, Prince Chakrabadibongse
26. (=18.-28.) Sririwong, Prince of Mattaya Phithak
13. (=9.) Debsirindra
27. (=19.) Noi
3. Princess Prabhavasidhi Narumala
28. (=18.-26.) Sririwong, Prince of Mattaya Phithak
14. Prince Mongkhonloet
29. Phae
7. Sawang Siriwong
15. Phlop

References

  • Mom Rajawongse Biradej Anubongs Chakrabandhu, 150th Anniversary, Prince Chaturanta Rasmi, the Prince Chakrabadibongse, Ministry of Finance, Bangkok, 2005.

External links

  • http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~royalty/thailand/persons.html
  • Royal command - giving the royal decoration of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao - 5 May 1987
  • HH Princess Vimolchatra dies - Kom Chad Luek (Thai)
  • Princess Vimolchatra dies in the morning of the King's birthday - Daily News (Thai)
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