Bua Kitiyakara

Mom Luang Bua Kitiyakara (; ; 25 November 1909 – 19 September 1999), née Mom Luang Bua Snidvongs (; ), stage-named Prathum Chitchuea (), was a Thai actress. She was the wife of Prince Nakkhatra Mangala, the mother of Queen Sirikit, and the maternal grandmother of King Vajiralongkorn.

Life

Mom Luang Bua (lit. 'lotus') was the eldest child of Mom Rajawongse Sathan Snidvongs or Chaophraya Wongsanupraphat and his wife Bang Snidvongs na Ayudhya or Thao Wanida Phicharini. She has three full siblings, Mom Luang Sa-ngop Snidvongs, Mom Luang Chinda Snidvongs and Thanphuying Maniratana Bunnag.

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. She served as a royal courtier and was active in charities until withdrawing from the social scene in the 1950s.

Marriage

In 1928 she married Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi II, a Thai royal diplomat and have the following children:

1. Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara (20 September 1929 – 15 May 1987) married Arun Snidvongs na Ayudhya.
2. Mom Rajawongse Adulakit Kitiyakara (2 November 1930 – 5 May 2004) married Princess Bandhusavali Yugala.
3. Queen Sirikit (12 August 1932 – 24 October 2025) married King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
4. Thanphuying Busba Sathanaphong (2 August 1934) married Mom Luang Thawisan Ladawan, but they divorced. Busba married Surayudh Sathanaphong.

Death

Bua died in Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on 19 September 1999, at the age of 89.

Issue

Honours

• Dame Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao (1950)
• Dame Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (1991)
• Dame Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand (1996)
• Royal Cypher Medal of King Rama VII, 4th Class (1927)
• Royal Cypher Medal of King Rama IX, 1st Class (1953)

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