Today, we introduce some of the past of Rama V Chulalongkorn, the first emperor of Thailand, on his harem beauties and heirs, and in contrast to the Kangxi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty of China.
In the Qing Dynasty in Chinese history, the Kangxi Emperor was also known as the Emperor, and his achievements were many, such as the pacification of San Francisco, the unification of Taiwan, the expulsion of Tsarist Russia, and the Northern Expedition to Mobei. Chulalongkorn's historical merits are also many, such as keen reform, learning from the West, avoiding becoming a Western colony, setting up a system of medals and honors for Thailand that has been passed down to the present day, building the famous Thai Grand Palace, and so on.
There are a total of 65 harem beauties of the Kangxi Emperor, namely 4 empresses, 3 imperial concubines, 1 noble concubine, 11 concubines, 10 concubines, 14 nobles, 4 concubines, 9 concubines, 9 concubines, and 9 low-ranking concubines such as niu promise and double promise, which do not appear at all in TV and movies such as "Kangxi Dynasty". The Kangxi Emperor gave birth to 35 princes and 20 princesses in his lifetime, and the number of heirs totaled 55.
King Chulalongkorn's harem was larger than that of the Kangxi Emperor, with a total of 154 concubines. Some domestic scholars believe that Chulalongkorn has a total of 4 queens, and the rest are princesses. However, foreign scholars believe that the harem of the Thai king is divided into only three classes, namely queen, princess and concubine, of which the queen and concubine belong to the "royal consort" and the concubine belongs to the "royal concubines". Among them, we can refer to the harem of the King of Thailand as the "princess".
Thailand's Chokri dynasty also paid attention to the purity of the royal bloodline, and for this reason it did not hesitate to visit relatives and marry. The top 5 princesses of Chulalongkorn are all the biological daughters of King Maha Mongku Pazongjo Choyok of Rama IV, the half-sister of Chulalongkorn. Rama V married these princesses as concubines, which naturally guaranteed the purity of the royal bloodline, and he also passed the throne to the prince born of the marriage of his close relatives.
The top 5 princesses of Rama V are Saovabha Phongsri, Sunanda Kumariratana, Savang Vadhana, Sukhumala Marasri, Daksinajar, We've arranged them in left-to-right order in the image above.
In total, these concubines bore Chulalongkorn 97 children. Among them, Rama VI Vaqila wu (Chinese name zheng bao) was the prince born to Zowapa Pengsi, who was not the eldest son of the king, ranking 32nd among all children, 11th among princes, and the second son in the order of teeth.
Rama VII Pachatipu was also the youngest prince born to Chulalongkorn and Showapa Phongsi, and also had the purest bloodline of Rama IV, so Rama VI issued a will to make him the heir to the throne, although he repeatedly resigned, but he was not approved, and he became the king of Thailand.
Prince Songkla, the grandfather of the current King of Thailand Vajiralongkorn, the father of King Rama IX Bhumibol, and the son of a close relative of Chulalongkorn and his sister Princess Savang Vadhana, also has the blood of The Pure Rama IV. This is why, after Rama VII abdicated in repeated restorations and coups, the Thai government asked Srinakarin, the princess of Prince Songkhla and the mother of Rama VIII Ananta Mahidun, whether she wanted her son to become the next king.
Due to the purity of the blood of prince Of Songkhla, his two sons became the kings of Thailand, and Bhumibol gained the honorific title of Emperor, which can also be regarded as the emperor of Chulalongkorn.
The thai king's tradition of paying attention to blood in the selection of concubines is also reflected in the last concubine of Chulalongkorn, Pradap Suriyakul ranked 154th in the ranking of queen concubines, but her father was also Prince Saptim Suriyakon.