Overview
Mom Rajawongse Adulakit Kitiyakara (; : November 2, 1930 – May 5, 2004), was the chief-president of the supreme judicature of Thailand, and former member of the Privy Council of Thailand. He was a member of the House of Kitiyakara, the Princely House descended from the Chakri dynasty. He was the elder brother of Queen Sirikit, consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) of Thailand.
Biography
Mom Rajawongse Adulakit was born on November 2, 1930, at Deves Palace. He was the second son of Prince (Mom Chao) Nakkhatra Mangkala (later the Prince of Chantaburi II, son of Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana, Prince of Chantaburi) and Mom Luang Bua Sanidvongs. His name was given by King Prajadhipok (Rama VII) of Siam. His name means The great honorary.
He had three siblings: one elder brother and two younger sisters:
Prof. Dr. Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara (born September 20, 1929, died May 15, 1987)
Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara (later Queen Sirikit of Thailand) (born August 12, 1932)
Mom Rajawongse Busba Kitiyakara (born August 2, 1934)
When he was 2, his father was created Charge d' affaires of Washington, D.C., after the 1932 Siamese Revolution. And Mom Luang Bua, his consort followed his husband to the United States after gave birth to the first daughter, Mom Rajawongse Sirikit. The couple moved to the United States with their first son Mom Rajawongse Kalyanakit Kitiyakara. He lived with his grandmother Princess (Mom Chao) Apsornsaman Kitiyakara and his aunt Mom Chao Chitbanchong Kitiyakara.
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