Ποιος παντρεύτηκε το Rama IV;

Mongkut (18 octobre 1804 – 1^er octobre 1868) fut roi du Siam (ancien nom de la Thaïlande) de 1851 à sa mort, sous le nom dynastique Rama IV (Phrabat Somdet Phra Pormen Maha Mongkut ; en thaï : พระบาทสมเด็จพระจอมเกล้าเจ้าอยู่หัว). Il ouvrit son pays à l'influence étrangère et le sauva de la colonisation en renonçant au Cambodge, au Laos et à la Malaisie.

Il a été mis à l'honneur dans le film Anna et le Roi (1946), adaptation cinématographique d'un roman américain de Margaret Landon publié en 1944 et basé sur les mémoires d'Anna Leonowens, gouvernante et professeur d'anglais à la cour de Siam de 1862 à 1867.

Au cours de son règne, la pression de l'expansionnisme occidental s'est fait sentir pour la première fois au Siam. Mongkut adopte les innovations occidentales et entame la modernisation de son pays, aussi bien dans le domaine de la technologie que celui de la culture, ce qui lui vaudra d'être surnommé dans son pays « Le Père de la science et de la technologie ».

Mongkut est également connu pour avoir désigné son frère, le prince Chutamani, comme second roi, couronné en 1851 en tant que roi Pinklao. Il a demandé à ses sujets de respecter Pinklao comme son égal.

Il est le père de Rama V (Chulalongkorn), qui aura parmi ses épouses sa demi-sœur Sunandha Kumariratana (1860-1880).

Il meurt le 1^er octobre 1868 du paludisme, à l'âge de 63 ans.

Somanass Waddhanawathy (Thai: โสมนัสวัฒนาวดี; Thai pronunciation: [sǒː.má(ʔ).nát.wát.tʰà(ʔ).nāː.wá(ʔ).diː]; RTGS: Somanat Watthanawadi; 1834–1852) was the first consort of Mongkut, the King of Siam, and the queen consort, though for only nine months.

Princess Piyamavadi Sri Bajarindra Mata (Thai: สมเด็จพระปิยมาวดี ศรีพัชรินทรมาตา; RTGS: Piyamawadi Siphatcharin Mata) or Chao Khun Chom Manda Piam (Thai: เจ้าคุณจอมมารดาเปี่ยม) née Piam Sucharitakul (Thai: เปี่ยม สุจริตกุล; RTGS: Piam Sucharitakun), was one of the royal wives of King Mongkut. All three of her daughters became queens.

Her father was the original caretaker of King Mongkut while he ordained, and he passed in the first year of the reign of King Mongkut. Thus the King patronized his family, bestowed the title Thao (Dame) to his wife, gave her the duties, and sponsored his children.

When her grandson, Crown Prince Maha Vajiravudh (Rama VI) acceded to the throne to be King Vajiravudh, he promoted her become to the princess of Thailand as Her Royal Highness Princess Piyamavadi Sri Bajarindra Mata (meaning: Piam, Princess Mother of Queen Sri Bajarindra). after she died.

She had six children with King Mongkut:

1. Prince Unakan Ananta Norajaya
2. Prince Devan Uthayawongse (Later Prince Devavongse Varoprakarn)
3. Princess Sunandha Kumariratana (Later Queen Sunandha Kumariratana)
4. Princess Savang Vadhana (Later Queen Sri Savarindira, the Queen Grandmother)
5. Princess Saovabha Bongsi (Later Queen Sri Bajarindra, the Queen Mother)
6. Prince Svasti Sobhana (Later Prince Svastivatana Visishta)

Debsirindra, in lingua thai เทพศิรินทร; RTGS: Thepsirin, nata principessa Ramphoei Siriwong (รำเพย ศิริวงศ์) e diventata regina Ramphoei (Bangkok, 17 luglio 1834 – Bangkok, 9 settembre 1861), fu la consorte del re del Siam Mongkut e regina-madre del successore Chulalongkorn, rispettivamente quarto e quinto sovrano della dinastia Chakri.

Phannarai (Thai: พรรณราย; 9 May 1838 – 22 June 1914), formerly Princess Chae Siriwong (แฉ่ ศิริวงศ์), was one of the consorts of Mongkut of Siam, fourth King of the Chakri dynasty.

Princess Chae Siriwongse was a daughter of Prince Siriwong, the Prince Mattayaphithak (a son of Nangklao) and Lady Kim. Princess Chae and her sister, Princess Ramphoei Siriwong, became the consorts of King Mongkut in 1851 (Princess Ramphoei later became Queen Debsirindra). When her sister died in 1861, she assumed the position as the senior consort of Mongkut.

Although she was not elevated to the rank of queen, she ruled over the court ladies and her position as a queen was observed during various banquets for foreign emissaries. The character of Lady Thiang in The King and I is loosely based on her. Anna Leonowens came to the royal court in 1862 and left in 1867, a period of six years in which she was in charge of Lady Phannarai's children and the other children of King Mongkut.

With Mongkut, Princess Phannarai bore:

• Princess Kannikakaew, Krom Khun Khattiyakanlaya (1855–1882)
• Prince Chitchareon, Krom Phraya Narisara Nuwattiwong (1863–1947)

As she was the aunt of Chulalongkorn (Rama V) (Queen Debsirindra's son), Mom Chao Chae was elevated to Phra Ong Chao Phannarai in 1900. She died in 1914.