Sirikit

Sirikit
Queen Mother of Thailand
Sirikit in 2007
Queen consort of Thailand
Tenure	28 April 1950 – 13 October 2016
Coronation	5 May 1950
Born	Sirikit Kitiyakara (1932-08-12) 12 August 1932 (age 91) Bangkok, Siam
Spouse	Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 2016)​
Issue Detail	Ubolratana Rajakanya Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) Sirindhorn, Princess Debaratana Rajasuda Chulabhorn, Princess Srisavangavadhana
House	Kitiyakara (by birth) Mahidol (by marriage) (Chakri dynasty)
Father	Nakkhatra Mangala
Mother	Bua Snidvongs
Religion	Theravada Buddhism
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Sirikit^[a][1] (born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara^[b]; 12 August 1932) is a member of the Thai royal family who was Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King Bhumibol (Rama IX). She is the mother of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X).

She met Bhumibol in Paris, where her father was Thai ambassador. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed queen regent in 1956, when the king entered the Buddhist monkhood for a period of time. Sirikit has one son and three daughters with the king. Consort of the monarch who was, at the time the world's longest-reigning head of state, she was also the world's longest-serving queen consort. Sirikit suffered a stroke in 2012 and has since refrained from public appearances.

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