Sirikit
1932 – 2025 · aged 93
Queen Consort of Thailand from 1950 to 2016, since then Queen Mother (1932–2025)
- Born
- 12 Aug 1932 · Pathum Wan
- Died
- 24 Oct 2025 · King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 12 Aug 1932BornBorn in Pathum Wan
- 1950 – 2016RoleQueen Consort of Thailand
- 1950AwardGrand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao
- 1950AwardOrder of the Nine Gems
- 1950AwardOrder of the Royal House of Chakri
- 1954AwardBorder Service Medal
- 1956RoleRegent of Thailand
- 1960AwardKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
- 1960AwardGrand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- 1960AwardGrand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1960AwardKnight of the Order of the Elephant
- 1960AwardMilitary Order of Saint James of the Sword
- 1960AwardRoyal Order of the Seraphim
- 1961AwardBintang Mahaputera
- 1963AwardOrder of the Crown of the Realm
- 24 Oct 2025DiedDied in King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1932 – 2025).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
Sirikit (born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara; 12 August 1932 – 24 October 2025) was Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), her first cousin once removed.
Sirikit met Bhumibol in Paris where her father served as the Thai ambassador to France. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. In 1956, she was appointed queen regent during the King's temporary ordination as a Buddhist monk. The royal couple had four children: Ubol Ratana, Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), Sirindhorn, and Chulabhorn. As consort to the monarch who became one of the world's longest-reigning heads of state, she held the distinction of being the world's longest-serving queen consort.
Sirikit suffered a stroke in 2012 and subsequently withdrew from public life. She died on 24 October 2025 at the age of 93.
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