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Prajadhipok [a] (8 November 1893 – 30 May 1941) was the seventh king of Siam from the Chakri dynasty, titled Rama VII. His reign was a turbulent time for Siam due to political and social changes during the 1932 Siamese revolution.
May 26, 2024 · Prajadhipok (born Nov. 8, 1893, Bangkok, Siam [now Thailand]—died May 30, 1941, Cranleigh, Surrey, Eng.) was the last absolute king of Siam (1925–35), under whose rule the Thai revolution of 1932 instituted the constitutional monarchy. Prajadhipok never expected to succeed to the throne.
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Jan 3, 2012 · King Prajadhipok's historical role as the ‘founding father’ of Thai democracy, in particular, lies at the heart of the Chakri dynasty's claim to democratic legitimacy — a claim that is now widely questioned, both at home and abroad. This article re-examines King Prajadhipok's conduct in the early days of constitutional ...
Feb 22, 2014 · This article marks the coronation day of King Prajadhipok who ascended to the throne on Feb 25, 1926 and became the last absolute monarch of the Chakri Dynasty.
Prajadhipok, also known as Rama VII, was the king of Siam (now Thailand) from 1925 to 1935. He faced several coups and constitutional crises during his reign and abdicated in 1935.
May 3, 2019 · The 1926 coronation of King Prajadhipok in Thailand marked the first time such a ceremony had ever been captured on film. Not much of that rare footage has been seen by the public until now.
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Jan 28, 2020 · The abdication of Prajadhipok, King of Siam, in 1935 marked the end of the reign of the country's last absolute ruler and brought a young prince, Ananda Mahidol, to the throne in his place. Over the next decade, Ananda would rule in absentia as he grew up in Switzerland, leaving the regime considerable latitude to consolidate its ...
