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Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

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Kalyanakit Kitiyakara Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara ( th, กัลยาณกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 1929 - 1987) was a Thai cardiothoracic surgeon Adulakit Kitiyakara ''Mom Rajawongse'' Adulakit Kitiyakara ( th, อดุลกิติ์ กิติยากร; : November 2, 1930 – May 5, 2004), was the chief-president of the supreme judicature of Thailand, and former member of the Privy Council of T ...

Queen Sirikit Queen Sirikit ( th, สิริกิติ์; ; ); born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara ( th, สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร; ; 12 August 1932) is the queen mother of Thailand. She was Queen of Thailand as the wif ...

Busba Sathanaphong , relatives = , signature = Bua Kittiyakorn's Signature.png , website = , footnotes = ''Mom Luang'' Bua Kitiyakara ( th, บัว กิติยากร; ; 25 November 1909 – 19 September 1999), née ''Mom Luang'' Bua Snidvongs ( th, บัว สนิทวงศ์; ), stage-named Prathum Chitchuea (), was a Thai actress and the wife of Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi II and was the mother of

and the maternal grandmother of King

Vajiralongkorn Vajiralongkorn ( th, วชิราลงกรณ; , ; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand. He is the only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. In 1972, at the age of 20, he was made crown prince by his father. After his ...

Life

''Mom Luang'' Bua was the eldest child of ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sathan Snidvongs or ''Chaophraya'' Wongsanupraphat and his wife Bang Snidvongs na Ayudhya or ''Thao'' Wanida Phicharini. She has two full siblings, ''Mom Luang'' Chinda Snidvongs and ''Thanphuying'' Maniratana Bunnag. She attended Saipanya School and

Wattana Wittaya Academy Wattana Wittaya Academy (W.W.A; th, โรงเรียนวัฒนาวิทยาลัย; ) is Thailand's first boarding school for girls. It was established in 1878 at the palace of the Third King of the Chakri Dynasty. The origin ...

. In 1928 Bua entered the service of Queen

Rambhai Barni Queen Rambai Barni ( th, รำไพพรรณี, , ), formerly Princess Rambai Barni Svastivatana ( th, รำไพพรรณี สวัสดิวัตน์, ; born 20 December 1904 – 22 May 1984), was the wife and queen con ...

as a

lady-in-waiting A lady-in-waiting or court lady is a female personal assistant at a court, attending on a royal woman or a high-ranking noblewoman. Historically, in Europe, a lady-in-waiting was often a noblewoman but of lower rank than the woman to whom sh ...

. In 1929 she played Nang Phrai Nam, on the film ''Waen Wiset''. She served as a royal courtier and was active in charities until withdrawing from the social scene in the 1950s.

Marriage

In 1928 she married to Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi II, a Thai royal diplomat and produced the following children: # ''Mom Rajawongse''

(2 November 1930 – 5 May 2004) married Princess Bandhusavali Yugala. #

(12 August 1932) married

King Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

. # ''Thanphuying'' Busba Sathanaphong (2 August 1934) married ''Mom Luang'' Thawisan Ladawan, but they divorced. Busba married Surayudh Sathanaphong.

Death

Bua died in Siriraj Hospital in

on 19 September 1999, at the age of 89.

Issue

Ancestry

References

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20th-century Chakri dynasty Ladies-in-waiting