To: NormsRevenge
Bhumibol was born in Cambridge, Mass. He became the ninth king of Thailand's Chakri dynasty on June 9, 1946, succeeding his older brother, Ananda, killed by an unexplained shooting. Stupid question, but is this the same line as the King in The King and I? (I think that was a truish story, but I could be wrong).
susie
94 posted on
09/19/2006 3:01:17 PM PDT by
brytlea
(amnesty--an act of clemency by an authority by which pardon is granted esp. to a group of individual)
To: brytlea
No. I believe this is his grandson.
To: brytlea
Yes, Mongkut was the King's name, and Thais still take offense at his depiction in the play and movie. In fact, he was a great king who built the foundation of modern Thailand. His son, Chulalongkorn the Great, ruled 43 years and is still revered. He was a modernizer and wise ruler who pursued the diplomacy that kept Thailand free while the rest of S.E. Asia was being colonized.
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