Princess Prabha Bannabilaya ( th, ประภาพรรณพิไลย; ; 13 August 1885 – 8 September 1948) was the Princess of Siam (later
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...
. She was a member of
Siamese Royal Family. She is a daughter of
Chulalongkorn, King Rama V of Siam.
Her mother was
Chao Chom Manda Phrom (daughter of Phraya Phitsanuloka Thibodi). She had 3 siblings; 1 elder sister, 1 younger brother and 1 younger sister;
*
Princess Prabai Bannabilas (13 August 1885 – 17 September 1886) Princess Prabha Bannabilaya' twin younger sister.
*
Prince Samaya Vudhirodom (13 September 1888 – 9 December 1889)
*
Princess Vapi Busbakara (25 June 1891 – 15 December 1982)
Princess Prabha Bannabilaya and Princess Prabai Bannabilas were the only twin couple of
King Chulalongkorn
Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร� ...
, and they were the 4th twin couple in
Chakri Dynasty. The three previous twin couple were:
* Prince and Princess twin of
Prince Boworn Maha Senanurak and Chao Chom Manda Sabaya, they died after birth in 1810
* Princess twins of
King Buddha Loetla Nabhalai and Chao Chom Manda Nhu Chin, died a week after birth in 1811
* Prince twins of
Prince Yodyingyos, the Prince Bowornwichaicharn and Chao Chom Manda Mom Luang Prik Chesdankura, died a year after birth in 1857.
Princess Prabha Bannabilaya died on 8 September 1948, at the age of 63. The Royal Cremation was created on 23 April 1950, in the same crematorium of
King Ananda Mahidol's crematorium. The Royal Cremation was performed by
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 ...
Ancestry
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1885 births
1948 deaths
19th-century Thai women
19th-century Chakri dynasty
20th-century Thai women
20th-century Chakri dynasty
Thai female Phra Ong Chao
Children of Chulalongkorn