Than Phu Ying Honorifics (linguistics), Honorifics are a class of words or grammatical morphemes that encode a wide variety of social relationships between interlocutors or between interlocutors and referents.Foley, William. ''Anthropological Linguistics: An In ...

'' Busba Kitiyakara Sathanapong (; , born 2 August 1934) is the daughter of

Mom Chao The precedence of Thai royalty follows a system of ranks known as ''thanandon'' (), which are accompanied by royal titles. The Sovereign There are two styles which can be used for a king in ordinary speech, depending on whether he has been crow ...

Nakkhatra Mangala Kitiyakara and younger sister of

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

's Queen Mother Sirikit Kitiyakara.

Early life and education

Like her elder sister Sirikit, Busba was educated at

Rajini School Rajini School (, , lit. "Queen's School") is a private girls' school in Thailand, and one of the oldest in the country. It was founded in 1904 by Queen Saovabha Phongsri as a replacement for the recently closed Sunanthalai School, which she had p ...

and St. Francis Xavier Convent. During her childhood, her

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was appointed Thai Ambassador to France, Denmark and the United Kingdom, and Busba continued her education in these countries with her sister,

Sirikit Sirikit (born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara; 12 August 1932) is a member of the Thai royal family who was List of Thai royal consorts#Rattanakosin Kingdom, Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King Bhum ...

. After Sirikit's marriage to King

Bhumibol Bhumibol Adulyadej (5 December 192713 October 2016), titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longest on record of any independent ...

in 1950, Busba became a palace fixture.

Family

Busba married

Thawisan Ladawan Thawisan Ladawan (; 26 January 1924 – 7 April 2006) was husband of Busba Kitiyakara (younger sister of Queen Sirikit), a member of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Privy Council, and for 26 years, Principal Private Secretary to King Bhumibol Adulyad ...

in 1958 and had a daughter, Suthawan Ladawan Sathirathai on 24 September 1958. They divorced soon afterwards. She later married Captain Surayud Sathanapong.

Honours

* Dame Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Noble

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(2003) * Dame Grand Commander (Second Class, upper grade) of the Most Illustrious

Order of Chula Chom Klao The Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (; ) was established on 16 November 1873 by King Rama V of The Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) to commemorate the 90th Jubilee of the Chakri Dynasty and bears his name (จุลจอมเกล� ...

(1982) * Dame Commander (Second Class) of the Most Exalted

Order of the White Elephant __NOTOC__ The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (; ) is an order (decoration), order of Thailand. It was established in 1861 by King Mongkut, Rama IV of the Thailand, Kingdom of Siam. Along with the Order of the Crown of Thailand, it is r ...

(1979) * Royal Cypher Medal of King Rama IX, Second Class (1993)

Ancestry

References

* Handley, Paul M. (2006). ''

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''. Yale University Press, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Kitiyakara, Busba 1934 births Living people Busba Kitiyakara Busba Kitiyakara