His Highness Highness (abbreviation HH, oral address Your Highness) is a formal style used to address (in second person) or refer to (in third person) certain members of a reigning or formerly reigning dynasty. It is typically used with a possessive adject ...

Prince Devawongse Varodaya, formerly known as Traidos Prabandh (11 September 18835 February 1943) was a former Thai Minister of Foreign Affairs and privy councillor.

Biography

He was born the son of Prince Devawongse Varopakarn and Mom Lamai Devakula na Ayudhya, and was born as HSH Prince Traidos Prabandh Devakula. He served as the Siamese Minister to Washington D.C. between 1912 and 1913, then served as the Ambassador to Denmark between 1914 and 1921 while also concurrently acting as the Ambassador to Germany between 1913 and 1917. On 28 June 1919, he and Prince Jarunsakdi Kridakara were the Siamese representatives to Versailles at the end of the First World War. There, they signed the

Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles (french: Traité de Versailles; german: Versailler Vertrag, ) was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June ...

on behalf of Siam. During the reign of King

Rama VI Vajiravudh ( th, วชิราวุธ, , 1 January 188126 November 1925) was the sixth monarch of Siam under the Chakri dynasty as Rama VI. He ruled from 23 October 1910 until his death in 1925. King Vajiravudh is best known for his efforts ...

, he was elevated to ''His Highness'' ( Phra Ong Chao) Prince Traidos Prabandh on 11 November 1922. When his father the Prince Devawongse Varopakarn died, he took his place as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on 29 June 1923. He was further elevated to the rank of ''Kromma Muen'' on 8 November 1929 as the Prince ''Devawongse Varodaya'' with a

sakdina ''Sakdina'' ( th, ศักดินา) was a system of social hierarchy in use from the Ayutthaya to early Rattanakosin periods of Thai history. It assigned a numerical rank to each person depending on their status, and served to determine their ...

of 11000 ''rai'', and was made a privy councillor on 21 October 1931 He was removed from his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs following the Siamese Revolution of 1932. On 5 February 1943 he died at 59 years of age. He was granted a royal cremation at Wat Debsirin on 7 April 1943.

Marriage

Prince Devawongse Varodaya married Pian Bunnag. They had 12 children:ชมรมสายสกุลบุนนาค
/ref> * Mom Rajawongse Pantip Devakula, m. Chubhotbongs Paribatra, Prince of Nakhon Sawan * Mom Rajawongse Tuaythep Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Devathai Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Chandararat Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Theparit Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Chalermviman Devakula m. Mom Rajawongse Chidhin Kashemsri * Mom Rajawongse Chitrakup Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Subhakand Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Yanthep Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Ratritos Devakula m. HSH Yuthithian Svastivatana * Mom Rajawongse Chantas Tritos Devakula * Mom Rajawongse Patana Tritos Devakula

Ancestry

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Devawongse Varodaya 1883 births 1943 deaths Thai male Phra Ong Chao Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Thailand Devakula family 19th-century Chakri dynasty 20th-century Chakri dynasty