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Sunanda Kumariratana
สุนันทากุมารีรัตน์

Queen consort of Siam

Tenure

1877 – 31 May 1880

Born

10 November 1860
Bangkok, Siam

Died

31 May 1880 (aged 19)
Pak Kret, Siam

Spouse

Chulalongkorn (Rama V)

Issue

Kannabhorn Bejaratana

Names
Phra Chao Luk Thoe Phra Ong Chao Sunanda Kumariratana
Posthumous name
Somdet Phra Nang Chao Sunanda Kumariratana Phra Boromma Rajadevi

House

Chakri dynasty

Father

Mongkut (Rama IV)

Mother

Piam Sucharitakul

Royal wives of Chulalongkorn

Sunanda Kumariratana^[1] (Thai: สุนันทากุมารีรัตน์, RTGS: Sunantha Kumarirat, Sunandākumārīratana; 10 November 1860 – 31 May 1880) was a queen consort of Siam.^[2] She was one of the four royal wives of King Chulalongkorn.^[2]

Background

She was a daughter and fiftieth child of Siamese King Mongkut (Rama IV) and Princess Consort Piam.^[3] She was the half-sister and first wife of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (now Thailand).^[3] The king's other two wives were her younger sisters, Their Majesty Queen Savang Vadhana and Queen Saovabha Phongsri.^[3]

The queen and her daughter Kannabhorn Bejaratana drowned when the steam boat Sorawan collided with their royal boat towed by the steam yacht Pan Marut on the way to the Bang Pa-In Royal Palace (Summer Palace).^[3]

There is an often repeated myth that the many witnesses to the accident did not dare to touch the queen, a capital offense—not even to save her life. However, this was not the case; the King's diary records that boatmen dived into the water, pulled the queen and her daughter from the entangling curtains, and carried them to another boat, where attendants worked in vain to resuscitate them.^[4] No one else died in the accident.^[3]

Funeral

The grief-stricken Chulalongkorn demanded a resplendent funeral for them. Preparations for the funeral took 10 months and the funeral ceremony did not begin until 10 March 1881. The bodies of the queen and princess were dried with injections of quicksilver and stored in golden urns while precious woods were collected for the construction of a funeral pyre; royal facilities where the king and entourage resided during the cremation ceremonies were also constructed in a location referred to as Pra Mane. The funeral pyre was reported to be 280 feet (85 m) tall and was built over an altar where the urns were placed for cremation.^[3]

The proceedings and celebrations were opulent, attended by many, and documented in great detail. Chulalongkorn lit the funeral pyre around 6:00 p.m. on 15 March to the sound of horns, and the pyre burned throughout the night.^[3] Celebrations ended on 20 March with a procession to the Grand Palace.^[3]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Sunanda Kumariratana

8. King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Rama I of Rattanakosin

4. King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, Rama II of Rattanakosin

9. Nak Na Bangxang

2. King Mongkut, Rama IV of Siam

10. Ngoen Sae-tan

5. Princess Bunrot of Rattanakosin

11. Princess Kaew, Princess Sri Sudarak

1. Queen Sunanda Kumariratana of Siam

12. Kaewkheak Norarak, Phraya Chindarangsan

6. Taeng Sucharitakul, Luang Asasamdaeng

3. Piam Sucharitakul

7. Nak, Thao Sucharitthamrong

References

^ Finestone, Jeffrey. The Royal Family of Thailand: The Descendants of King Chulalongkorn. Bangkok : Phitsanulok Publishing, 1989, p. 64
^ ^a ^b "ย้อนรอยโศกนาฏกรรม ตำนานเรื่องเล่าของ "สมเด็จพระนางเรือล่ม" อัครมเหสีในรัชกาลที่ 5" [Retrace the tragedy, Legend of "Wrecked Queen," the queen consort of King Rama V]. Art & Culture Magazine (in Thai). 2020-11-28. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h indochinoise, Société académique (1882). Bulletin de la Société académique indochinoise de France (in French).
^ The Palace Law of Ayutthaya and the Thammasat: Law and Kingship in Siam. APD SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. 2016. p. 63. ISBN 9780877277699.

v t e Queens and princesses consort of the Chakri dynasty
First Reign	Amarindra
Second Reign	Sri Suriyendra Kunthon Thipphayawadi
Fourth Reign	Somanass Waddhanawathy Debsirindra Phannarai
Fifth Reign	Sunanda Kumariratana Sukhumala Marasri Savang Vadhana Saovabha Phongsri Daksinajar Ubolratana Narinaga Saovabhark Nariratana Saisavali Bhiromya Dara Rasmi
Sixth Reign	Lakshamilavan Indrasakdi Sachi Suvadhana
Seventh Reign	Rambai Barni
Ninth Reign	Sirikit
Tenth Reign	Suthida Sineenat
Princess consorts and royal concubines are in italics. The others are queen consorts.

Thai princesses

The generations are numbered from the establishment of the Chakri dynasty from 1782

Rama I

Daughters	Chanthaburi
Nieces	Sri Suriyendra

Rama II

Great-great-granddaughters	Vibhavadi Rangsit

Rama III

Granddaughters	Somanass Waddhanawathy Debsirindra Phannarai Ubolratana Narinaga Saovabhark Nariratana Saisavali Bhiromya

Rama IV

Daughters	Chandrmondol Kannika Kaeo Sunanda Kumariratana Savang Vadhana Saovabha Phongsri Sukhumala Marasri Naphaphon Prapha Phakphimonphan Banchob Benchama Daksinajar Manyaphathon Somawati Sinak Sawat Kanokwan Lekha Khae Khai Duang Phuang Soi Sa-ang Orathai Thepkanya Kanchanakon Arunwadi Wani Rattanakanya Montha Noppharat Nari Rattana Charoenkamon Suksawat
Granddaughters	Dibyasambandh Abha Barni Chavi Vilaya Gagananga Dhasani Nonglaksana Svastivatana Bimbhaktra Bhani Svastivatana Nonglaksana Dhasani Svastivatana Rambai Barni Barabimalabanna Voravan Vallabha Devi Lakshamilavan Prabhavasit Narimol
Great-granddaughters	Uthaikanya Bhanubandhu

Rama V

Daughters	Bahurada Manimaya Kannabhorn Bejaratana Vichitra Chiraprabha Valaya Alongkorn Sirabhorn Sobhon Suddha Dibyaratana Yaovamalaya Narumala Chandra Saradavara Nabhachara Chamrassri Malini Nobhadara Nibha Nobhadol Vimolnaka Nabisi Srivilailaksana Suvabaktra Vilayabanna Bandhavanna Varobhas Adorndibyanibha Suchitra Bharani Oraongka Ankayuba Ajrabarni Rajkanya Orabindu Benyabhak Phongpraphai Yaovabha Bongsanid Praves Vorasamai Bismai Bimalasataya Sasibongse Prabai Prabha Bannabilaya Prabai Bannabilas Vapi Busbakara Komala Saovamala Lavad Voraong Abbhantripaja Dibyalangkarn Beatrice Bhadrayuvadi Charoensri Chanamayu Voralaksanavadi Chudharatana Rajakumari Hemvadi Oraprabandh Rambai Adisaya Suriyabha
Granddaughters	Galyani Vadhana Induratana Paribatra* Vimolchatra
Great-granddaughters	Marsi Paribatra Rangsinobhadol Yugala*
Great-great-granddaughters	Soamsawali

Rama VI

Daughter	Bejaratana Rajasuda

Rama VII

No Children

Rama VIII

No Children

Rama IX

Daughters	Ubolratana Rajakanya* Sirindhorn Debaratanasuda Chulabhorn Walailak
Granddaughters	Siribha Chudabhorn Aditayadorn Kitikhun

Rama X

Daughters	Bajrakitiyabha Sirivannavari

* relinquished royal titles

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