Sunandha Kumariratana

Sunandha Kumariratana
Princess Consort of Thailand
Spouse	Chulalongkorn
Issue
Kannabhorn Bejaratana
Full name
Sunandha Kumariratana
House	Chakri Dynasty
Father	Mongkut
Mother	Piam Sucharitakul
Born	(1860-11-10)10 November 1860 Bangkok, Siam
Died	31 May 1880(1880-05-31) (aged 19) Bang Pa In River, Siam

Sunandha Kumariratana (Thai: สุนันทากุมารีรัตน์; RTGS: Sunantha Kumarirat, 10 November 1860 – 31 May 1880) was a daughter of King Mongkut (Rama IV) and Princess Consort Piam. Her given name is Princess Sunandha Kumariratana (พระองค์เจ้าสุนันทากุมารีรัตน์). She was a half-sister and the first queen consort (พระบรมราชเทวี) and one of four queens of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V), two of which were her full-sibling younger sisters, Queen Savang Vadhana and Queen Saovabha Bhongsi.

The queen and her daughter drowned when the royal boat capsized while on the way to the Bang Pa-In Royal Palace (Summer palace). Despite the presence of many onlookers, they were forbidden on pain of death to touch the queen – not even to save her life.^[1] The grief-stricken Chulalongkorn later erected a memorial to her and his unborn child at the Bang Pa-In Palace.

References

External links

• Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University

The Four Consorts of King Chulalongkorn
Sunandha Kumariratana
Sukhumala Marasri
Savang Vadhana
Saovabha Phongsri

v t e Queens and consorts of the Chakri Dynasty First Reign Amarindra Second Reign Sri Suriyendra Kundala Dibayavadi Fourth Reign Somanass Waddhanawathy Debsirindra Pannarai Fifth Reign Sunandha Kumariratana Sukhumala Marasri Savang Vadhana Saovabha Bongsri Sixth Reign Laksamilawan Indrasakdi Sachi Suvadhana Seventh Reign Rambhai Barni Ninth Reign (current) Sirikit (current) Princess consorts are in italics. The others are queen consorts.