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Chulalongkorn [a] (20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910), posthumously honoured as King Chulalongkorn the Great, [b] was the fifth king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama V. Chulalongkorn was born as the son of Mongkut , the fourth king of Siam.
19 paź 2024 · Chulalongkorn was the king of Siam who avoided colonial domination and embarked upon far-reaching reforms. Chulalongkorn was the ninth son of King Mongkut, but since he was the first to be born to a royal queen, he was recognized as heir to the throne.
Chulalongkorn, also known as Phrachunlachomklao and Rama V, was the fifth king of Siam under the House of Chakri from 1868 to 1910. He was the son of King Mongkut and Queen Debsirindra.
Highly revered by his subjects, His Majesty King Chulalongkorn, the 5th monarch of the Chakri Dynasty, was given the honorific title of “Somdet Phra Piya Maharat,” or “the Beloved Great Monarch,” due to the people’s gratitude and reverence towards his clemency for the nation and the people of Thailand.
KING CHULALONGKORN [ RAMA V ] 1868 -1910. Also known as Phra Chula Chomklao Chaoyuhua, and the eldest son of King Rama IV, he was born in Bangkok on September 20, 1853 and was crowned King on October 1, 1868, following the death of his father. The first few years of his reign were under a regency.
King Rama V or King Chulalongkorn (1853 – 1910) was the monarch who steered Thailand clear of colonization and initiated the Chakri Reformation to put Thailand on the road to modernization.
21 paź 2020 · He was the first King to travel to the Western countries and avoided Thailand from being colonized through careful negotiations with the English, French and Portuguese. He was particularly closed to His Imperial Majesty Tzar Nicholas II of Russia, who visited Thailand once while he was the Tzarevich.
