Rangsit Prayurasakdi
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| Rangsit Prayurasakdi รังสิตประยูรศักดิ์ | |||||
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| Prince of Chai Nat | |||||
 Prince of Chainat | |||||
| President of the Regency Council | |||||
| In office | 16 June 1946 – 7 March 1951 | ||||
| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) | ||||
| President of the Privy Council | |||||
| In office | 25 March 1950 – 7 March 1951 | ||||
| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) | ||||
| Predecessor | Prince Dhani Nivat | ||||
| Successor | Prince Alongkot | ||||
| Born | 12 November 1885 Bangkok, Siam | ||||
| Died | 7 March 1951 (aged 65) Bangkok, Thailand | ||||
| Spouse | Elisabeth Rangsit na Ayudhaya (née Scharnberger) | ||||
| Issue | 3 sons and daughters | ||||
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| House | Rangsit (Chakri dynasty) | ||||
| Father | Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | ||||
| Mother | Chao Chom Manda Nueng | ||||
Rangsit Prayurasakdi, Prince of
Early life
Prince Rangsit was born as the 52nd child of King
- Prince Piyarangsit Rangsit (25 December 1913 - 1 February 1990)
- Prince Sanidh Prayurasakdi Rangsit (19 August 1917 - 10 September 1995)
- Princess Charulaksana Kalyani Rangsit (7 August 1924 - 3 August 2012). She relinquished her royal title to marry a commoner on 28 June 1945.
Life in Siam
After returning to Siam in 1913, during the reign of his elder brother King Vajiravudh, Prince Rangsit worked to improve Siam's health care system. Today, a statue of Prince Rangsit stands in front of Thailand's Ministry of Public Health, of which he is the founding father. He also worked to improve the nation's university system, serving as the first director-general of the University Affairs Department, and the chairman of the Committee on Planning and Development of Chulalongkorn University.[1]
Following the
Prince Rangsit is reputed to have had a significant role in ensuring the continuity of the Thai royal family in its transitory phase from the uncertainties which followed the
After King Ananda Mahidols mysterious death in the Grand Palace, Prince Bhumibol, the second child of Rangsit's half-brother Prince Mahidol, was appointed as the new king. Since the new king at first planned to finish his education abroad, Prince Rangsit was appointed Regent of Thailand on June 16, 1946, as well as chairman of the Supreme Council of State since 1947.
Honours
Knight of the Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
Recipient of the King Chulalongkorn's Royal Cypher Medal
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Foreign Honours
Baden:
Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion(1914)[2]
Death
In March 1951, Prince Rangsit died of a heart attack while in bed at Vidyu Palace on Wireless Road in Bangkok. At his death, he was the last surviving son of King Chulalongkorn, having lived 65 years and four months. He was also known to be a great collector of Thai antiques and art works.
The
References
- ^ About Chulalongkorn University: Prince Rangsit of Chainad. Retrieved December 24, 2008.
- ^ "Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 March 2016.
- Prince Rangsit Prayursak: First Trip Abroad 1899 (2005), edited by M. R. Priyananda Rangsit, Bangkok (ISBN 974-932231-2)
- Royal Family of Thailand
- Background to the Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
Further reading
- Brief history of pharmacy education in Thailand; Faculty of Pharmacy, Mahidol University
- Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University
- Distinguished contributors to the evolution of Chulalongkorn University [permanent dead link]
- Prince Rangsit of Chainad
- The coronation of the longest reigning monarch
- Postage stamps of historic Thai personalities