Somdet Phra Sri Suriyendra Boroma Rachini or Queen Sri Suriyendra (1767 - 1836) was the queen of Siam, wife of Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, who was her own cousin, and mother of Mongkut and Pinklao. She was later named upon the coronation of her son Mongkut as Krom Somdet Phra Sri Suriyendramataya.
Princess Bunreod was a daughter of Princess Sri Sudarak (เจ้าฟ้ากรมพระศรีสุดารักษ์) (sister of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke) and her Chinese husband Chao Krua Ng...
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Somdet Phra Sri Suriyendra Boroma Rachini or Queen Sri Suriyendra (1767 - 1836) was the queen of Siam, wife of Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, who was her own cousin, and mother of Mongkut and Pinklao. She was later named upon the coronation of her son Mongkut as Krom Somdet Phra Sri Suriyendramataya.
Princess Bunreod was a daughter of Princess Sri Sudarak (เจ้าฟ้ากรมพระศรีสุดารักษ์) (sister of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke) and her Chinese husband Chao Krua Ngern (เจ้าขรัวเงิน). Princess Bunreod lived with her mother in the Grand Palace and became acquainted to the daughters of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (therefore her cousins).
Princess Bunreod then had an affair with her cousin Prince Isarasundhorn, a son and heir apparent of King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke. The King found out her 4-month pregnancy in 1801 and banished her out of the Grand Palace to live with her brother Prince Thepharirak. Prince Isarasundhorn then pledged his father to return the princess to the palace. The couple eventually settled...
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