Chulabhorn
Chulabhorn | |
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Princess of Thailand | |
Princess Chulabhorn in 2010 | |
Born |
Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall Dusit Palace, Bangkok, Thailand | 4 July 1957
Spouse |
Virayudh Tishyasarin (m. 1982; div. 1996) |
Issue |
Princess Siribhachudabhorn Princess Aditayadornkitikhun |
House | Mahidol (Chakri Dynasty) |
Father | Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) |
Mother | Sirikit Kitiyakara |
Religion | Buddhism |
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Princess Chulabhorn (Thai: จุฬาภรณ; Thai pronunciation: [tɕù.lāː.pʰɔ̄ːn]; RTGS: Chulaphon; born 4 July 1957, Bangkok) is a princess of Thailand, the youngest daughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. She is officially styled Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn, which corresponds to her full Thai title Somdet Phrachao Luk Thoe Chaofa Chulabhorn Walailak Agrarajakumari (Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าลูกเธอ เจ้าฟ้าจุฬาภรณวลัยลักษณ์ อัครราชกุมารี).[1]
Education
Princess Chulabhorn studied chemistry and graduated in 1979 from the Faculty of Science at Kasetsart University, with a Bachelor of Science, First Class Honours. She continued to study Science at Mahidol University, where she received her doctorate in 1985.
She is heavily involved in the promotion of scientific research, and regularly gives awards and prizes. She held the position of a guest lecturer in chemistry at the Mahidol University. She also serves as president of the Chulabhorn Research Institute. She was awarded the UNESCO Einstein Medal[2] for her efforts in promoting scientific collaboration in 1986 and was the first Asian to be invited to join the Royal Society of Chemistry in the United Kingdom as an Honorary Fellow.[3]
Marriage and issue
In 1981, Chulabhorn married Royal Thai Air Force officer Group Captain Virayudh Tishyasarin (Thai: วีระยุทธ ดิษยะศริน; RTGS: Wirayut Dityasarin), a commoner. According to royal custom, she would have lost her title upon marrying a man of lower rank. However, her father granted her special permission to keep the title Chao Fa even after her marriage.
From this marriage, which eventually ended in divorce, she has two daughters:
Titles, styles, honours and awards
Titles
- 4 July 1957 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn.
Honorary degrees
Military rank
Volunteer Defense Corps of Thailand rank
Academic rank
- Professor of Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Thai Air Force Academy (๋June 27, 1986 - October 1, 1986)[6][7]
- Professor of Mahidol University[8]
Awards
Year | Award | Awarder |
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1986 | Einstein Medal | UNESCO |
2002 | EMS-Hollaender International Fellow Award | Environment Mutagen Society |
2006 | Special Recognition Award | Intergovernmental Forum on Chemical Safety |
2006 | Nagoya Medal Special Award | Nagoya Medal Organizing Committee |
2009 | Adolf Windaus Medal | University of Göttingen, Germany |
Honours
The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri The Ancient and Auspicious of Order of the Nine Gems Dame Grand Cross (First Class) of The Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao Dame Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant Dame Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand Dame Grand Cross (First Class) of The Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn The Order of Symbolic Propitiousness Ramkeerati (Special Class) - Boy Scout Citation Medal King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal (First Class) Freeman Safeguarding Medal (First Class) Chakrabarti Mala Medal The Boy Scout Citation Medal (First Class) Red Cross Medal of Appreciation (First Class)
Foreign Honours
Japan: Paulownia Dame Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown Nepalese Royal Family: Member of the Most Glorious Order of Ojaswi Rajanya Netherlands: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Orange-Nassau[9] Peru: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit for Distinguished Services Spain: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic[10] Sweden: Member of the Royal Order of the Seraphim United Kingdom: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order[11]
Institutions associated with the Princess
Styles of Princess Chulabhorn | |
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Reference style | Her Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Ma'am |
There are many things and places named after HRH Princess Chulabhorn to commemorate her.
- Chulabhorn District of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
- Chulabhorn Dam on the Nam Phrom River in Khon San, Chaiyaphum Province
- Academic and institute
- Chulabhorn Research Institute in Bangkok
- Walailak University in Nakhon Si Thammarat Province
- Princess Chulabhorn's College group of schools
- HRH Princess Chulabhorn College of Medical Science
- Chulabhorn Graduate Institute
- Flora and fauna
- Fish Amblypharyngodon chulabhornae Vidthayanon & Kottelat, 1990
- Freshwater crab Thaipotamon chulabhorn (Naiyanetr, 1993)
- Orchid Phalaenopsis 'Princess Chulabhorn' = Phalaenopsis 'Rose Miva' x Phalaenopsis 'Kandy Queen' breeding by Botanical Garden of Peradeniya, Kandy in Sri Lanka.
Ancestry
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See also
References
- ↑ Finestone, Jeffrey. The Royal Family of Thailand: The Descendants of King Chulalongkorn. Bangkok : Phitsanulok Publishing, 1989, p. 273
- ↑ "Chulabhorn Research Institute". Cri.or.th. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ "Membership and professional community". Rsc.org. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
- ↑ http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2542/B/015/54.PDF
- ↑ http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/D/055/1.PDF
- ↑ http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2529/D/122/1.PDF
- ↑ http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2529/D/216/1.PDF
- ↑ http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/D/074/1.PDF
- ↑ Alamy
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
- ↑ "Photographic image" (JPG). Cdn.c.photoshelter.com. Retrieved 2016-03-31.
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Chulabhorn Born: 4 July 1957 | ||
Thai royalty | ||
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Preceded by The Princess Royal |
Line of succession to the Thai throne 5th position |
Succeeded by Princess Siribhachudabhorn |
Order of precedence | ||
Preceded by The Princess Royal |
The Royal Sister 5th position |
Succeeded by Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya |