Soamanas Vadhanavadi

Soamanas Vadhnavadi
Princess Consort of Siam
Spouse Mongkut (Rama IV)
Issue
Prince Soamanas
House Chakri Dynasty
Father Prince Lakhananukun
Mother Ngiu Suvarnnadat
Born 21 December 1834(1834-12-21)
Bangkok, Siam
Died 10 October 1852(1852-10-10) (aged 17)
Bangkok, Siam

Somdet Phranangchao Soamanat Vadhanavadi, or Queen Soamanat (1834–1851), was the first queen of Mongkut, though for only nine months. Princess Soamanas was a daughter of Prince Lakhananukun (son of Jessadabodindra) and Ngiu Suvarnnadat. Since her father was Phra Ong Chao, Somanat was destined to be Mom Chao. However, Jessadabodindra specially granted her the title of Phra Ong Chao i.e. princess. In 1851, upon his coronation, Mongkut married Princess Somanat, them she became the queen. In the same year she gave birth to a prince: Somdet Chaofa Soamanas, but the prince shortly died. Queen Soamanat herself died two months after.

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