Chula, Prince of Siam
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| born on | 28 March 1908 at 23:58 (= 11:58 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Bangkok, Thailand, 13n45, 100e31 | ||||
| Timezone | LST m100e31 (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   07°38'   20°05 Asc. 29°12'
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Biography
Siamese (Thai) royalty. He was the only child of Prince Chakrabhongse Bhuvanath, The Prince of Phitsanulok, and his Ukrainian wife, Ekaterina (Catherine) Desnitskaya (later Mom Catherine Na Phitsanulok).
In 1938 he married Elizabeth Hunter, an English woman (known as Lisba). Their daughter, Mom Rajawongse Narisa Chakrabhongse, was born in 1956.
Prince Chula was the author of several books, including a history of the Chakri dynasty, "Lords of Life: the paternal monarchy of Bangkok, 1782–1932," a biography entitled "Dick Seaman: a racing champion" and his own autobiography published in 1957.
Prince Chula died of cancer on 30 December 1963.
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes "The twain have met: Or, an Eastern Prince Came West" by Prince Chula (Foulis, 1957), p. 63: "On Saturday, March 28, 1908, at 11.58 pm I was born."
Categories
- Vocation : Humanities+Social Sciences : Historian
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Notable : Famous : Royal family (House of Chakrabhongse)
