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This book examines two aspects of the abbreviated reign of King Ananda Mahidol (1935-1946), or King Rama VIII, of the current Chakri dynasty of Thailand. First, it discusses the royal family’s plot to thwart a romantic relationship between the young king, Ananda, and his Swiss girlfriend, Marileine Ferrari, a daughter of a famous pastor of ...
Jun 6, 2022 · PDF | Book Review: Love and Death of King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand By Pavin Chachavalpongpun. (Singapore: Palgrave MacMillan, 2021). | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
- Love and Death of King Ananda Mahidol of Thailand
- PreFace
- acKnowLedgmenTs
- The FinaL noTe
- conTenTs
- forbIdden love
- Suicide, AccidenT, Or regicide?
- Pre-Colonial interraCial MatriMony
- king norodom sihanouk of cambodia
- Conclusion
- oTheR cases of mixed-Race maRRiage
- have Times chaNged?
- thE dEAth REsuRREctEd
- The Succession
“The abbreviated reign of King Ananda Mahidol is as intriguing as tragic. Details of Ananda’s life are inaccessible and deemed too controversial. Pavin Chachavalpongpun excellently discusses two intertwining stories—the love and death—of Ananda. While Ananda’s demise has remained a mystery, his romance with a Swiss lady is unknown to Thais. Pavin e...
The death of King Ananda Mahidol, or King Rama VIII, in 1946, despite a tragic incident, has been forcedly hidden from the realm of curiosity among the Thai public. In Thailand, a country whose embodiment has been the monarchy, the untold story of the death of King Ananda unravels an oddity. Why has it long been a taboo to discuss the untimely deat...
It has been a long journey in the making of this book, almost a decade since I embarked on “Desperately Seeking Marylene.” At times, I lost hope of completing the project because everything seemed to work against me at every turn. There are many individuals and institutions, which have assisted me in different ways in completing this book. First o...
The underlining message in this book is: For centuries, the Thai monarchy had been forced to adapt itself to the changing domestic and international environments for its own survival. The tide of colonialism from the reign of King Mongkut, or Rama IV, onward, while resulting in the moderniza-tion of Thailand, served as a challenge for the well-bein...
Introduction Romance à Lausanne The Death of King Ananda Restriction on Interracial Matrimony Cases of Castigation Banned in Literature Conclusion Epilogue: Ananda’s Death Relived Appendix A Appendix B
The thriving relationship between Ananda and Marileine was destined to be cut short due to the centuries-old restriction on intermarriage between Thai royalty and Westerners. Being a modern mother, and in normal cir-cumstances, Sangwan might have been able to encourage Ananda to make his own choice of future wife. But Ananda was king of Thailand, a...
Fundamentally, there are two hypotheses explicating Ananda’s death: he killed himself, accidentally or intentionally, or, somebody killed him, either accidentally or intentionally. The typical account does not necessarily reflect the reality behind the tragedy, particularly if some of the witnesses intended to withhold the truth, either to protect ...
Long before Siam, and then Thailand, became a geopolitical entity, the policy on royal wedlock was already implemented. Intermarriage served to define Siam’s relationship with other kingdoms in mainland Southeast Asia. The mandala system of kingship is based on integration of outlying political settlements through the exchange of women/marriage, re...
In terms of cultural similarities, Thailand and Cambodia could have been called “twins” of Southeast Asia. Thailand imitated a myriad of practices, customs, and protocols from the old Khmer Empire, while adapting them to suit its own political and social condition. The Thai royal court had taken Khmer royal language, costumes, and architecture into...
The main purpose of this book is to demonstrate, in varying contexts, how the Thai royal family dealt with critical issues affecting its own survival. What kind of complications would have occurred when a royal tried or succeeded in marrying a commoner or foreigner? Specifically, it investi-gates the case of King Ananda whose relationship with Mari...
Three cases are selected to strengthen the argument on the restriction against interracial matrimony. Among the three cases, what happened to Prince Chakrabongse and Prince Chula Chakrabongse exemplified the harsh response to their marriage with Western women. But the choice of their bride was not the only significant factor here. The timing of the...
As Martin Stuart-Fox writes of the former monarchical system in Laos, there is a downside insofar that hereditary privilege reinforces social status and hierarchy and so imposes limits upon social mobility. “The very exis-tence of monarchy underwrote their hereditary position in a firmly entrenched social hierarchy which the unscrupulous and greedy...
One of the taboos long buried during the Bhumibol reign is the mysteri-ous death of his elder brother, Ananda. Since Ananda’s death in 1946, the mystery has never been solved. Long years of state propaganda airbrush-ing the monarchy effectively swept the issue of Ananda’s death under the rug. Furthermore, because of the overwhelming power of Bhumib...
in the first section, King vajiravudh states, “According to royal tradition, Siamese Kings have the sole power and prerogative to designate any descendant of the royal family as heir to the throne.” Explaining why this new law was needed, King vajiravudh wrote: But as it has been in the past, and could be in the future, the king cannot name his own...
Under his reign, King Rama III was also responsible for the writing of the Chindamanee textbook and also the revision of the Buddhist textbook the Tripitaka which was to be distributed throughout the kingdom.
Rama III (born March 31, 1788, Bangkok—died April 2, 1851, Bangkok) was the king of Siam (1824–51) who made Siam’s first tentative accommodations with the West, and under whom the country’s boundaries reached their maximum extent.
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During Rama III's reign, Siam became a military power. It repulsed Vietnamese invasions. He also made inroads into Cambodia—and the country was partitioned between Vietnam and Siam. Rama III also overran Laos and ordered the destruction of Vientiane in 1827-1828.
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