Chulalongkorn
Monarch
1853 – 1910
Who was Chulalongkorn?
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poraminthra Maha Chulalongkorn Phra Chunla Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua, or Rama V was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was known to the Siamese of his time as Phra Phuttha Chao Luang. He is considered one of the greatest kings of Siam. His reign was characterized by the modernization of Siam, immense government and social reforms, and territorial cessions to the British Empire and French Indochina. As Siam was threatened by Western expansionism, Chulalongkorn, through his policies and acts, managed to save Siam from being colonized. All his reforms were dedicated to Siam’s insurance of survival in the midst of Western colonialism, so that Chulalongkorn earned the epithet Phra Piya Maharat.
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- Born
- Sep 20, 1853
Bangkok - Also known as
- Rama V
- Phra Phuttha Chao Luang
- Phra Piya Maharat
- Krommamuen Pikhanesuan Surasangkat.
- Krommakhun Phinit Prachanat
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Sukhumala Marasri
(1878 - 1910/10/23) - Sunandha Kumariratana
(1878 - 1880/05/31) - Saovabha Phongsri
(1878 - 1910/10/23) - Savang Vadhana
(1878 - 1910/10/23) - Chao Chom Manda Uam
- Chao Chom Talab, consort to King Chulalongkorn
- Sukhumala Marasri
- Children
- Religion
- Theravada
- Buddhism
- Ethnicity
- Thai people
- Nationality
- Thailand
- Died
- Oct 23, 1910
Bangkok
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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