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| King Rama VI | |
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| King of Siam | |
| Reign | 23 October 1910 –26 November 1925 |
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| Predecessor | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
| Successor | Prajadhipok (Rama VII) |
| Regent | Prajadhipok (1925) |
| Regent of Siam | |
| Regency | 27 March 1907 –17 November 1907 |
| Monarch | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
| Born | (1881-01-01)1 January 1881 Bangkok,Siam |
| Died | 26 November 1925(1925-11-26) (aged 44) Bangkok, Siam |
| Spouses | |
| Issue | PrincessBejaratana |
| Dynasty | Chakri |
| Father | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
| Mother | Saovabha Phongsri |
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism |
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Vajiravudh[a] (1 January 1881 – 26 November 1925) was the sixthking of Siam from theChakri dynasty, titledRama VI. He reigned from 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts to create and promoteSiamese nationalism. His reign was characterized by Siam's further Westernization, minimalparticipation inWorld War I, and lavish spending on arts and culture. He had keen interests in Siamese history, archaeology, and literature, as well as economics, politics and world affairs, and founded the country's first university,Chulalongkorn University.
Vajiravudh was born on 1 January 1881 toChulalongkorn and one of his four queens andhalf sisterSaovabha Phongsri. In 1888, upon coming of age, Vajiravudh received the titleKromma KhunDebdvaravati (Prince of Ayutthaya).[1] Also in 1888, Vajiravudh began suffering from a severe illness and was brought toKo Sichang by his father to recover.[2]
Prince Vajiravudh was first educated in the royal palace in Thai and English. His full siblings wereBahurada Manimaya,Tribejrutama Dhamrong,Chakrabongse Bhuvanath,Siriraj Kakudhabhand,Asdang Dejavudh,Chudadhuj Dharadilok andPrajadhipok, who succeeded him as King Rama VII. In late 1893, his father, Rama V, sent Vajiravudh and his half-brotherAbhakara Kiartivongse to study military science in Britain.[3] The king's decision was motivated by the recent1893 Franco-Siamese crisis, and his consequent desire to modernise Siam's army and navy.[4]
In January 1895, his half-brother Crown PrinceVajirunhis died, and Vajiravudh was appointed the newCrown Prince of Siam. Vajiravudh and Abhakara continued their studies in Ascot under the tutelage ofSir Basil Thomson.[5][6] In 1895, Vajiravudh began his education in Britain at theRoyal Military College, Sandhurst and by 1898 was commissioned as a captain in theDurham Light Infantry, which he served with for three months of exercises in the south of England upon graduation. He studied law and history atChrist Church, Oxford in 1899, where, coming from a royal household, he was a member of the exclusiveBullingdon Club. However, he suffered fromappendicitis, which barred him from graduating in 1901. He visited other European countries while he lived in England, includingBelgium where he inspectedBlegny fort.[7] He went to Berlin in May 1902 and Copenhagen in September 1902.[8][9] He attended the 15 May 1902 enthronement ceremonies forKing Alfonso XIII of Spain in Madrid. On behalf of his father, King Chulalongkorn, he attended the coronation of KingEdward VII on 9 August 1902.[10]
Crown Prince Vajiravudh left England in October 1902 and returned to Siam in January 1903, traveling via US and Japan.[11] In 1904, he became a temporary monk in accordance with Siamese tradition. In 1907, his father Chulalongkorn travelled to Europe to seek treatment for his kidney disease, and Chulalongkorn made VajiravudhRegent of Siam. One of Crown Prince Vajiravudh's accomplishments during this regency was his supervision of the construction of theequestrian statue of King Chulalongkorn.
Chulalongkorn died on 23 October 1910, and Vajiravudh succeeded his father as king of Siam.
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Even before his coronation, Vajiravudh initiated several reforms. He organized Siam's defence and established military academies. He created the rank of "general" for the first time in Siam, with his uncle, PrinceBhanurangsi Savangwongse as the first SiameseField Marshal. On 11 November 1910, Vajiravudh underwent a provisionalcoronation ceremony, with a more lavish one planned for after the funerary rites of his father were complete.
His first act following his accession to the throne was to build the Royal Pages College, subsequently renamedVajiravudh College by King Prajadhipok to honour his brother. It was built as an all-boy's boarding school in the same tradition as English public schools such asEton andHarrow. The school was built instead of a royal monastery, formerly a custom of Thai kings, as King Vajiravudh deemed that there were already too many temples in Bangkok. In his own hand written letter, King Vajiravudh wrote that "In the Royal Pages College, what I want is not so much to turn out model boys, all of the same standard, all brilliant scholars with thousands of marks each, as to turn out efficient young men— young men who will be physically and morally clean, and who will be looking forward keenly to take up whatever burden the future of our state may lay upon them". Later he also raised the Civil Servant School to "Chulalongkorn Academy for Civil Officials", thenChulalongkorn University. Both Vajiravudh College and Chulalongkorn University still benefit from the funds that King Vajiravudh set aside for the use of the two elite institutions. He also improved Siamese healthcare systems and set up some of the earliest public hospitals in Siam,Vajira Hospital in 1912 andChulalongkorn Hospital in 1914.
In 1911, he established theWild Tiger Corps [เสือป่า]) a para-military corp outside of the established military hierarchy. Initially a ceremonial guard, it became a military force of 4,000 within its first year and consumed much of the King's time and energy. It became the source of deep dissatisfaction between the army and the King. A branch for children was also established known as (ลูกเสือTiger Cubs) which became theBoy Scouts.
On 28 November 1911 Vajiravudh's second and formal coronation was held with visiting royals from Europe and Japan as guests, a first for Siam, which festivities took 13 days. Later that year, the first airplane was flown in Siam.
The early years of Vajiravudh's administration were largely dominated by his two uncles, PrinceDamrong and PrinceDevawongse, both of them Chulalongkorn's right-hand men. However, the king disagreed with Prince Damrong, Minister of Interior, over Damrong's negotiation of theAnglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 that ceded four sultanates to the British Empire.[12]
Vajiravudh reformed his father'smonthon system by creating the "paks" (Thai:ภาค) or "regions" over the administrative monthons. Each pak was governed by anUparaja (viceroy) directly responsible to the king. TheUparaja presided over the intendants of monthons in the region—thus concentrating local administrative powers in his hands—much to the dismay of Prince Damrong.
| Monarchs of theChakri dynasty | |
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_Portrait.jpg) | Phutthayotfa Chulalok (Rama I) |
_Portrait.jpg) | Phutthaloetla Naphalai (Rama II) |
_Portrait_2.jpg) | Nangklao (Rama III) |
_Portrait.jpg) | Mongkut (Rama IV) |
_Portrait.jpg) | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) |
_Portrait.jpg) | Vajiravudh (Rama VI) |
_Portrait.jpg) | Prajadhipok (Rama VII) |
 | Ananda Mahidol (Rama VIII) |
.jpg) | Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) |
 | Vajiralongkorn (Rama X) |
Radicals expected a new constitution upon the coronation of Vajiravudh. However, no constitution was forthcoming. In 1911, theWuchang Uprising that led to the fall ofQing dynasty prompted Siamese radicals to act. For the first time in Siam, an attempt was made to overthrow the monarchy and establish democracy.
The immediate cause, however, occurred even before Vajiravudh's coronation. In 1909, Crown Prince Vajiravudh ordered aThai Royal Military Academy student who had had an argument with one of Vajiravudh's pages to be caned. Academy alumni were further provoked by Vajiravudh's creation of theWild Tiger Corps, seen by the army as a threat to their prerogatives.
The plotters were relatively young army and naval officers who had been students during the 1909 incident. The coup was planned for 1 April—the traditional SiameseNew Year's Day. They planned to elevate one of Vajiravudh's half brothers, PrinceRaphi Phatthanasak, to be the firstpresident of Siam. They believed that, if the absolute monarchy were removed, Siam would achieve modernization as in Japan underEmperor Taishō. The coup leaders accused the king of devoting his time to writing and acting in theatrical plays with his companions at the expense of the country governance. They also accused him of living a luxurious Western-style life, buildingSanam Chandra Palace andLumphini Park, and owning expensive horses from Australia, while preaching austerity and nationalism to his subjects. The counter-argument is that the assertions were political and his developments were for the good of the state, in terms of impressing visiting dignitaries, or developing assets for the nation. In 1925, Vajiravudh donated Lumphini Park, originally an exhibition ground on royal land, to the public in 1925 at his own expense.[13][14]
The coup plan was leaked. Captain Yut Kongyu, who was selected as the assassin bylottery, toldMom Chao Prawatpan, and then PrinceChakrabongse, of the intended coup. Prince Chakrabongse arrested all the conspirators. Their sentences were severe, ranging from execution to long-term imprisonment. However, Vajiravudh commuted the death sentence and released a number of the plotters, citing their youth and family background.
Rama VI inherited his father's plan of building a modern nation although he was more skeptical of outside methods. Disagreements occurred incessantly with "old aristocrats", many of whom were his relatives such as the celebratedPrince Damrong, his uncle, who took charge of the Ministry of Interior. As more and more corruption in the newly created provinces was reported, Rama VI created a viceroy system. Viceroys, appointed directly by the king, were sent to supervise provincial governors and local officials.
In 1912, Vajiravudh announced the change in thesolar calendar era from theRattanakosin Era (R.S.) designated by Chulalongkorn to theBuddhist Era with the year beginning 1 April 2455 BE (1912 CE).
In 1913, Siam faced a financial crisis as the Chinese-Siamese Bank went bankrupt.[15]
In 1914, Vajiravudh, having determined that the act providing for the invocation ofmartial law, first promulgated by his father in 1907, was not consistent with modernlaws of war nor convenient for the preservation of the external or internal security of the state, changed to the modern form that, with minor amendments, continues in force.[16]
Also in 1914, the construction ofDon Mueang Airport began. In the same year the Siamese government borrowed from theFederated Malay States to extend railways to the south. In 1915, Vajiravudh himself visited the southern provinces to oversee railway construction. The Bangkok railway station atHua Lamphong was then established as a center of Siamese railroads. Prince Damrong eventually left the Ministry of Interior in 1915. In 1916, Vajiravudh appointed his half-brother,Prince of Kamphang Phet, as the Head of the Railway Department.
The king continued his father'srice varieties competition. He also continued the overall royal encouragement ofdevelopment of rice varieties, founding the Rangsit Rice Experiment Station in 1916 (now calledPathum Thani Rice Research Center and run by the Ministry of Agriculture).[17][18]
In 1917, Vajiravudh established the Nakorn Sri Thammarat Regiment as his personal guard. In the same year Vajiravudh founded Chulalongkorn University, the first university in Siam, named in honor of his father. In 1918, Vajiravudh founded theDusit Thani nearDusit Palace as an experimental site for democracy. The democratic institutions were imitated including elections, parliament, and the press. Vajiravudh himself acted as one of the citizens of Dusit Thani, yet the city was criticized by others[who?] as another of Vajiravudh's theatrical conceits.
During 1918–1919 the price of rice soared. The government faced public criticism due to its tepid response. The major cause of the problem was the hoarding of rice. Chinese millers and rice merchants bought huge amounts of rice from farmers for export to Singapore, the largest rice market in the region. Price speculation was rampant. The government imposed a ban on rice exports. At the same time, public servants asked for higher wages due to the rising cost of living. The public, mainly the urban "middle-class", and Chinese traders became more and more unhappy with the government.
In 1923, Vajiravudh commissioned the construction ofMrigadayavan Palace to serve as a holiday villa. He appointedErcole Manfredi as the chief architect andChaophraya Yommarat to supervise construction. The palace consisted of sixteen teak buildings raised on concrete pillars and linked together by a series of walkways; construction took place during 1923–1924. Vajiravudh also issued a proclamation declaring the surrounding area a wildlife refuge.[19]
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On 22 July 1917 Vajiravudh declared war onGermany andAustria-Hungary.[20] He aligned Siam with theAllied Powers and expelled German and Austrian officials from the Railway Department and Siam Commercial Bank. He also put the properties of theCentral Powers under a Siamese government protectorate. Vajiravudh saw the war as an opportunity to create and promote Siamese nationalism. He changed theflag of Siam from the elephant banner to the tricolor banner. King Vajiravudh is considered by some writers to be the father ofThai nationalism, which was later built upon by Field MarshalPhibunsongkhram andSarit Thanarat. The alternative view is that the idea of nationalism by Rama VI was a later political construct. PrinceChula Chakrabongse classified him as a liberal.[21]
Vajiravudh wrote a letter (held in theGloucestershire Archives, England) to his friend Maynard Colchester Wemyss setting out his reasons for going to war, dated 18 September 1917.[22] Wemyss was guardian to King Bhumipol's father and two of his brothers. Vajiravudh described the presence of Imperial German spy activity in Bangkok, allying with business groups for economic arrangements after a German take-over of Siam. Wemyss and the King also corresponded aboutKaiser Wilhelm II's Asian aggression, on atrocities involving the Kaiser's army in Belgium (theRape of Belgium) and the killing of British civilians by naval bombardment during theraid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby. In 1921, Rama VI wrote to Wemyss that in avoiding the "German militaristic spirit . . . Thai people had been protected as free minds".[23]Vajiravudh introduced the practice of using the nameRama for the Chakri kings in deference to the dynasty and following western practice, being then himself Rama VI.[citation needed]
Other than 140,000Vietnamese colonial troops and workers drafted by theFrench, Siamese troops were the only Southeast Asians in the European theatre of World War I.[24] However, the Siamese troops did not see much action, as they arrived in Europe towards the end of the war. Participation in the war allowed Siam to later negotiate with the Western powers as a partner, albeit a junior one.[25] Although the Siamese pilots who trained in France did not see combat because the war ended, Siam's participation in the First World war led to the founding of theRoyal Thai Airforce and the airborne postal service. The Royal Siamese Transport Corps (Ror Yor) and Medical Corps did see front line action, but not in combat.[26] Nineteen soldiers died, some in accidents, but mainly from theSpanish Flu.[27]
In 1917, the price of silver rose and exceeded the face value of silver coins. The coins were then melted down and sold. The government solved this by changing the pure silver coin to alloy. Vajiravudh eventually forbade exports of Siamese coins. In 1918, the usage of 1-baht coins was nullified and 1-baht banknotes were introduced. Coins were recalled and kept as a national reserve. In 1919, Vajuravudh imposed a military-exemptation tax (Thai:เงินรัชชูปการ) nationwide including on the royal members. As the need for huge capital increased, a new bank, later known as the "Government Savings Bank", was founded in 1923.
Though the Siamese forces that joined the march atVersailles returned triumphant in 1919, the worldwide economic problems caused by World War I were serious. In the same year, drought hit Siam and rice shortages ensued. The government forbade the export of rice, the main Siamese export since theBowring Treaty. Queen MotherSaovabha, Vajiravudh's mother, died in 1919. Siamese participation in World War I opened the way to reconciliation, first with theUnited States in 1920, then to redress the unequal treaties imposed by Western powers in the 19th century.
In spite of the financial crisis, railway constructions continued. The railway reachedNarathiwat and was expanded north and east. The construction of theRama VI Bridge carrying the railway over theChao Phraya River in Bangkok began in 1922 and the same year the railway reachedChiang Mai. However, the treasury was in such straits that a large loan from Britain was negotiated. Also in 1922, an insurgency occurred inPattani over new taxation policies. It was readily suppressed by the Nakorn Sri Thammarat Regiment. In 1923, Vajiravudh announced his six principles in the governance of Pattani Province, emphasizing local freedom and tax measures.
King Vajiravudh was one of Thailand's most highly renowned artists, writing modern novels, short stories, newspaper articles, poems, plays, and journals. He translated many works ofEnglish andFrench literature into Thai, Among his works were translations of threeShakespeare plays:The Merchant of Venice,As You Like It, andRomeo and Juliet. He wrote many other pieces promoting Thainationalism, one of his nationalistic works is "The Honour of Tiger Soldier [th]" (Thai:เกียรติศักดิ์ทหารเสือ) based on ancient French chivalric rhyme "Mon âme à Dieu, Ma vie au Roi, Mon cœur aux Dames, L'honneur pour moi", and might also be influenced byAlexandre Dumas'sThe Three Musketeers. King Vajiravudh also composed nonfiction such as “The War of Polish Succession”, which he wrote while he was Crown Prince[28] (see also external links below).
The king was among those writers who introduced mysteries and detective stories to the Thai reading public. He translatedAgatha Christie'sHercule Poirot novels into Thai, and created the character "Nai Thong-In" (Thai:นักสืบนายทองอิน) as a Siamese consulting detective, usingSir Arthur Conan Doyle'sSherlock Holmes andEdgar Allan Poe'sDupin as an archetypes.[29][30] He translatedSax Rohmer'sThe Golden Scorpion.
The king was well-versed inSanskrit andHindu literature, including theRamayana and theMahabharata epics. He translated many stories from the two epics into Thai and also wrote plays inspired by Hindu literature. He was influenced byRama, the incarnation of LordVishnu and hero of the Ramayana epic, to the extent that he systemized and promoted the use of the nameRama as the (English) reign names of all Thai kings of the Bangkok (Rattanakosin) era. His own reign was dubbed as "Rama VI". (SeeRama (Kings of Thailand))
As a homage to his great, great, great-grandfather, Tao Sên-pom, King Vajiravudh published a fictional play in Thai, based on the Prince and designed for performance with musical accompaniment in 1913.[31] Prince Sên-pom was the father of Chao Praya Chakri,Rama I. The drama centres on a tale of Siamese courtly romance. It is absorbing fun and well-written. A copy of the play was given as a present to the Armstrong family inCragside House,Rothbury, where it remains in the library. On a trip to the EnglishLake District, Vajiravudh directed the performance of a play at the Stonehenge-like setting ofCastlerigg Stone Circle, in the mountains nearKeswick.
In 1914 King Vajiravudh published in a Thai newspaper an article titled "Jews of the Orient" (Thai:ยิวแห่งบูรพาทิศ).Vajiravudh explicitly adopted Western antisemitic tropes and applied them to Chinese in Siam.[32] The essay was written in the context of a recent strike by Chinese merchants and workers which had paralyzed Bangkok, and may also have been the product of Vajiravudh's exposure to Europeananti-Semitism.[33] The article describedChinese immigrants in Thailand as having excessive "racial loyalty and astuteness in financial matters." The king wrote, "Money is their God. Life itself is of little value compared with the leanest bank account."[34]
Vajiravudh had been a king without a queen for about ten years. In 1920, he metHer Serene Highness Princess Varnvimol at his theatre atPhayathai Palace. They were engaged and Princess Vanbimol was elevated to PrincessVallabhadevi. However, four months later in 1921, Vajiravudh nullified the engagement and pursued Princess Vallabha's sister,Princess Lakshamilavan, whom he engaged. However, the marriage was never held and the couple then separated. Princess Vallabha Devi was house-arrested in theGrand Palace from then on.
In 1921, Vajiravudh marriedPrueang Sucharitakul, who was a daughter of Lord Suthammamontri and elevated her to Lady Sucharitsuda. He then married Sucharitsuda's sister,Prabai Sucharitakul, with the title of Lady Indrani. In 1922, Lady Indrani was elevated to Princess and Queen Indrasakdisachi. However, the queen suffered two miscarriages. In 1924, Vajiravudh married Krueakaew Abhaiwongse, later renamedSuvadhana, a daughter of Lord Aphaiphubet. Queen Indrasakdisachi was then demoted to Princess Consort in 1925.
Vajiravudh had only one child, a daughter withSuvadhana,Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda. In his influential bookImagined Communities, Anglo-Irish political scientist and historianBenedict Anderson speculated that the king washomosexual and that this would have prevented him from accession if the law of succession had not been reformed.[35] Anderson was the first modern scholar to break the taboo and write about the king's personal preferences.[36]
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In 1924, Vajiravudh promulgated his Law of Succession, which has since become the code forChakri dynasty successions. According to the law, the throne would be passed to the king's sons and grandsons. However, in the case of Vajiravudh who had no sons, the throne would pass to his eldest "true" or full brother, that is, a brother who shared both the same father and mother, QueenSaovabha Phongsri. The law gave priority to the descendants of princes born to Queen Saovabha, then to QueenSavang Vadhana, and then to QueenSukhumala Marasri. The law also forbade princes whose mother was foreign from the throne. This referred to his brother, Prince Chakrabongse, who had married a Russian woman. His son, Prince Chula Chakrabongse, was therefore barred from the throne.
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In 1924, King Vajiravudh, accompanied by Suvadhana, visited the Federated Malay States. The reconciliation with European powers on unequal treaties progressed gradually; while the financial crisis was taking a great toll on Siam, as another loan was taken from Britain, and the firing of numerous government officials occurred. In 1925, Vajiravudh had to dissolve his Nakorn Sri Thammarat Regiment and merge provinces into larger units to lower maintenance costs.
In November 1925, it was announced that Vajiravudh fell ill.[37] Princess Consort Suvadhana was then pregnant. Vajiravudh then announced his succession instructions: if Princess Suvadhana gave birth to a son, the throne would go to him. If not, the throne would pass to his surviving brother, PrincePrajadhipok of Sukhothai. He barred Princess Indrasakdisachi from being interred with him in the future and instead granted that right to Princess Suvadhana. Vajiravudh also barred his uncle, Prince Damrong, from the government.
On the night of 25 November, Princess Suvadhana gave birth to a princess only two hours before Vajiravudh's death. Vajiravudh glimpsed his sole daughter for the first and only time before his demise on 26 November 1925. The throne passed to his brother, Prajadhipok, who named Vajiravudh's daughter as PrincessBejaratana.
The 1930 poem "Elegia do rei de Sião" ("Elegy to the King of Siam") by Brazilian modernist poetCarlos Drummond de Andrade is dedicated to Vajiravudh.
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Honorary Knight Grand Commander of the Most ExaltedOrder of the Star of India (GCSI),26 April 1918[50]
Honorary Grand Cross of theRoyal Victorian Order (GCVO),21 April 1902[c][51]
Knight of theOrder of Merit of the Prussian Crown,30 May 1902[d][8]
Knight of theHouse Order of Fidelity,1902[52]
Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Chrysanthemum,9 December 1902[53]
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