But the would be rescuers still faced certain death from a rescue attempt, because they were forbidden to touch the queen on pain of death. Had anyone touched her, even to save her life, they would have been put to death for their selfless efforts.The queen of Thailand, Sunandha Kumariratana, drowned at the young age of 19, carrying an unborn child, and succumbing to the depths with her daughter too, with plenty of people present that could have saved her life. After all, there’s little point helping if you are bound to become a victim yourself. As a male, he would stand to inherit the throne of Siam. Sunandha Kumariratana was the daughter of King Mongkut, and Princess Consort Piam, which means Princess Mother of Queen Sri Bajarindra. When the queen consort was 19, she was pregnant again and believed the child would be a boy. The queen, however, is remembered for her senseless death that could have easily been avoided. However, the Siamese believed that if you try to rescue a person who is drowning, then even if you survive, the river will come back and claim your life as a substitute for the one that you snatched from it. She, her daughter, and an unborn child – presumably a son – are memorialized at the Bang Pa-In Royal Palace in modern-day Bangkok, where a marble monument is dedicated to the young, tragic queen.Royals tend to have special laws relegated to them, many of which keep them from mixing with more common people. Despite not being alone, no one came to her aid.So you could probably understand someones objection to intervening if they weren’t a strong swimmer. She was a daughter of Siamese King Mongkut (Rama IV) and Princess Consort Piam. Sunandha Kumariratana was born on 10 November 1860 as the daughter of King Mongkut of Siam (Rama IV) and Princess Consort Piam. Yet Sunandha Kumariratana, the queen of Thailand drowned. The drowning death of Sunandha Kumariratana, the queen of Thailand. In 1880 when she was on her way to Bang Pa-In Royal Palace the boat which she was travelling in capsized. It was in the land of Siam, what is now known as Bangkok, Thailand. This law applied to Queen Sunandha and ultimately led to her untimely demise at the age of 19.The Siamese culture was full of many other traditions and superstitions, as well. She was the half-sister and first wife of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam (now Thailand). Rama V and Queen Sunandha Rama V married Princess Sunandha when she was still a teenager. While […] Princess Sunandha Kumariratana, born on November 10, 1860, was the daughter of Rama IV, or King Mongkut, and his princess consort, Piam. Think of it as celebrities not wanting the paparazzi touching them; their personal space is invaded enough with constant onlookers.An ancient Siamese law stated that no commoner was to touch a member of the royal family, under pain of immediate death. She was first Queen consort of King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of Siam and also his half-sister. Dozens stood and watched while she drowned, as touching a queen would have been a capital offense, even if they were to save her life.
It’s part of our basic instinct to help someone who is in imminent danger. At the time of her death, Sunandha Kumariratana already had one daughter and was expecting another child. All of his four wives were also his half-sisters. For example, there are strict protocols in the United Kingdom regarding that state if and under which circumstances someone may be permitted to touch a member of the royal family. This law may have been rooted in superstition, religious belief, or an ancient tradition whose origins are no longer known. If a royal person were drowning, he or she would undoubtedly be doomed; that is, if the river didn’t take the one who tried to save him or her, the law would mean that the potential savior would be killed.
It was in the land of Siam, what is now known as Bangkok, Thailand. Sunanda Pushkar Nath Dass (27 June 1962 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian businesswoman and the wife of Indian former diplomat and politician Shashi Tharoor.She was a sales director in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments, and a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World (RSW), a cricket franchise in the Indian Premier League Siamese kings typically kept large harems of wives and concubines, and as such, they tended to have dozens of children, as exemplified in the novel Anna and the King and the movie The King and I. And this happens to be just one of them. Some of them, such as poor Frank Hayes, defy belief.