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| Prince of Phitsanulok | |
.jpg) Chakrabongse Bhuvanathc. 1910s | |
| Born | (1883-03-03)3 March 1883 Bangkok,Siam |
| Died | 13 June 1920(1920-06-13) (aged 37) Bangkok, Siam |
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| Issue | PrinceChula Chakrabongse |
| House | Chakrabongse (Chakri) |
| Father | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
| Mother | Saovabha Phongsri |
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| Allegiance | Kingdom of Siam |
| Branch | Royal Siamese Army |
| Rank | Field marshal |
Chakrabongse Bhuvanath (Thai:จักรพงษ์ภูวนาถ;RTGS: Chakkraphong Phuwanat; 3 March 1883 – 13 June 1920), was the 40th child of KingChulalongkorn and the fourth child of QueenSri Bajarindra.
The prince was sent to theRussian Empire in his teens, where he studied at thePage Corps and became an officer ofHis Majesty's Hussar Life Guards Regiment.
He returned to Siam with a wife,Catherine Desnitski fromLutsk (at that time part of theRussian Empire, nowadays part of Ukraine), whom he had married in 1906. The Prince and his wife lived with their son, PrinceChula Chakrabongse, inParuskavan Palace in Bangkok. They later divorced and he remarried the year before his death.
The prince was a favourite son of both the King and Queen. He travelled extensively, visiting among other countries the US and United Kingdom in 1902.[1] He also represented his father on foreign visits, such as for the funeral ofKing Umberto I of Italy in 1900, the wedding ofCrown Prince Wilhelm andCrown Princess Cecilie ofPrussia in 1905, and thecoronation ofKing George V andQueen Mary of the United Kingdom in 1911.
He and his brotherPrince Purachatra, Commander of the Army Engineers, were instrumental in the development of aviation in the Kingdom. Prince Chakrabongse is best remembered today as the father of the army's Royal Aeronautical Service, a forerunner to theRoyal Thai Air Force.
Prince Chakrabongse also served as Chief of Staff of theRoyal Siamese Army until his death.[2]
He died frompneumonia in 1920 at the age of 37.
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Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most IllustriousOrder of Chula Chom Klao (1900)
Member of theRatana Varabhorn Order of Merit (1911)
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King Rama VI Royal Cypher Medal, 1st Class (1910)
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Knight of theOrder of the Elephant (7 August 1911)
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