Mahidol Adulyadej

  • Mahidol Adulyadej
  • มหิดลอดุลยเดช
Prince Father of Thailand
Mahidol Adulyadej, c. 1914–1929
Born(1892-01-01)1 January 1892
Bangkok, Siam
Died24 September 1929(1929-09-24) (aged 37)
Bangkok, Siam
Burial16 March 1930
Royal Crematorium, Sanam Luang, Bangkok
Spouse
(m. 1920)
Issue
Detail
Names
Mahidol Adulyadej Naresuan Maharajadhibodindra Chulalongkoranindravarangkun Sombunbenjabhon Sirisavati Khattiya Warophatosuchati Kunnasangkatkiatprakit Laksanavichit Phisitburut Chanuttamarat Phattanasak Akavorarajakumarn
Posthumous name
Mahitala Dhibesra Adulyadej Vikrom
HouseMahidol (Chakri dynasty)
FatherChulalongkorn (Rama V)
MotherSavang Vadhana
ReligionTheravada Buddhism
Signature
Military career
AllegianceKingdom of Siam
Service/branch
Years of service1908–1914
Rank
Styles of
  • Prince Mahidol Adulyadej
  • Prince Father of Thailand
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Mahitala Dhibesra Adulyadej Vikrom, the Prince Father[1] (Thai: สมเด็จพระมหิตลาธิเบศร อดุลยเดชวิกรม พระบรมราชชนก RTGSSomdet Phra Mahitalathibet Adunyadetwikrom Phra Borommaratchachanok, 1 January 1892 – 24 September 1929), formerly Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla (Thai: สมเด็จเจ้าฟ้ามหิดลอดุลยเดช กรมหลวงสงขลานครินทร์) or Mahidol Songkla, was the father of King Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) and King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand, and the paternal grandfather of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X). He was also regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand. He also founded the House of Mahidol or the present Royal Family of Thailand.[2] His two sons reigned for more than eight decades, longer than the Ibn Saud siblings of Saudi Arabia, and the Nahyan siblings of Abu Dhabi.

Prince Mahidol was the 69th child of King Chulalongkorn and the 7th of Queen Savang Vadhana. His mother also adopted four other royal princes whose commoner mother (Chao Chom Manda) had died; among them was Prince Rangsit Prayulsak, later Prince of Chainat, who became a very close friend of Prince Mahidol during his childhood. Later in their lives, Prince Rangsit would play a pivotal role in Mahidol's career, and would later be appointed regent to one of Mahidol's sons, Bhumibol.

  1. ^ "List of Royal Titles". Somdetch Phra Mahitala Dhibesra Adulyadej Vikrom the Prince Father Foundation. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. ^ Post Publishing PCL. "Prince Mahidol & medical education in Thailand". bangkokpost.com.

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