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Ananda Mahidol [b] (20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946) was the eighth king of Siam (later Thailand) from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VIII. At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland.
Jun 5, 2024 · Ananda Mahidol (born Sept. 20, 1925, Heidelberg, Ger.—died June 9, 1946, Bangkok) was the eighth king of the Chakkri dynasty of Siam, whose mysterious death was one of the most traumatic events in the history of modern Thailand.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 11, 2022 · An exiled Thai academic explores the mysterious death of the elder brother of King Bhumibol Adulyadej in 1946 and the role of a Swiss girl in his life. The book challenges the official narrative and the taboo of discussing the royal secret.
- Sebastian Strangio
Ananda Mahidol was the eighth king of Siam, who ruled for only 20 days before he was shot in his bedroom in 1946. The circumstances of his killing remain unclear and controversial, as his brother Bhumibol ascended to the throne and became the longest-reigning monarch in the world.
Ananda Mahidol ( Thai: พระบาทสมเด็จพระปรเมนทรมหาอานันทมหิดล; RTGS: Ananthamahidon; 20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946), posthumous reigning title Phra Athamaramathibodin ( Thai: พระอัฐมรามาธิบดินทร ), was the eighth monarch of Siam from the Chakri dynasty as Rama VIII.
BANGKOK – A Thai court is holding hearings on a petition seeking to reopen one of the most controversial cases in the country’s modern history – the death of King Ananda Mahidol, who was found...
Jun 14, 2024 · Ananda Mahidol (20 September 1925 – 9 June 1946) was the eighth king of Siam (later Thailand) from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VIII. At the time he was recognised as king by the National Assembly in March 1935, he was a nine-year-old boy living in Switzerland.
