THAILAND
Reigning King:
HM KING BHUMIBOL ADULYADEJ, (King Rama IX)
b. 5 December 1927; succeeded to the throne 9 June 1946, on the death of his brother, King Ananda Mahidol; crowned 5 May 1950; married 28 April 1950, Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara (Queen Sirikit) (b. 12 August 1932).
Children of the King:
Princess Ubol Ratana, b. 5 April 1951; married August 1972, Peter Ladd Jensen (relinquished royal claim); daughter, Khun Ploypailin, b. 12 February 1981; son, Khun Poomi, b. 16 August 1983; daughter, Khun Sirikittiya, b. 18 March 1985.
HRH Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, b. 28 July 1952; proclaimed Crown Prince 28 December 1972; married 3 January 1977, Mom Luang Soamsawali Kitiyakara (b. 1957) (divorced); daughter, Princess Bajrakitiyabha, b. 7 December 1978; partner, Yuvadhida Polpraserth; four sons (no royal claim); daughter, HRH Princess Siriwanwari Nariratana, b. 8 January 1987 (elevated status by royal command 15 June 2005); married 10 February 2001, Mom Srirasmi Mahidol na Ayudhya (HRH Princess Srirasmi, The Royal Consort) (b. 9 December 1971); son, HRH Prince Teepangkorn Rasmichoti, b. 29 April 2005.
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, b. 2 April 1955.
HRH Princess Chulabhorn, b. 4 July 1957; married 7 January 1982, Flight Lieutenant Virayuth Didyasarin; daughter, Princess Siribhachudabhorn, b. 8 October 1982; daughter, Princess Aditayadornkitikhun, b. 5 May 1984.
Parents of the King:
Prince Mahidol Adulyadej of Songkla, b. 1 January 1892, died 24 September 1929; married 1920, Sangwal Talabhat (Princess Mahidol of Songkla) (b. 21 October 1900, died 18 July 1995).
Brother and Sister of the King:
Princess Galyani Vadhana Krom Luang Naradhiwas Rajanagarindra, b. 1923, died 2 January 2008.
King Ananda Mahidol, b. 20 September 1925, died 9 June 1946; elected to succeed to the throne 2 March 1935.
