Bua Kitiyakara
Mom Luang Bua Kitiyakara (Thai: บัว กิติยากร; RTGS: Bua Kitiyakon; 25 November 1909 – 19 September 1999), née Mom Luang Bua Snidvongs (Thai: บัว สนิทวงศ์; RTGS: Bua Sanitwong), stage-named Prathum Chitchuea (Thai: ประทุม ชิดเชื้อ),[1] was a Thai actress. She was the wife of Prince Nakkhatra Mangala, the mother of Queen Sirikit, and the maternal grandmother of King Vajiralongkorn.[2][3] LifeMom Luang Bua was the eldest child of Mom Rajawongse Sathan Snidvongs or Chaophraya Wongsanupraphat and his wife Bang Snidvongs na Ayudhya or Thao Wanida Phicharini.[4] She has three full siblings, Mom Luang Sa-ngop Snidvongs, Mom Luang Chinda Snidvongs and Thanphuying Maniratana Bunnag.[5] She attended Saipanya School and Wattana Wittaya Academy. In 1928 Bua entered the service of Queen Rambhai Barni as a lady-in-waiting. In 1929 she played Nang Phrai Nam, on the film Waen Wiset.[4] She served as a royal courtier and was active in charities until withdrawing from the social scene in the 1950s.[6] MarriageIn 1928 she married Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi II, a Thai royal diplomat[6] and have the following children:
DeathBua died in Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on 19 September 1999, at the age of 89.[6] Issue
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