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Varananda Dhavaj
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<h2 id="marriage-and-family">Marriage and family</h2> <p>He married Mom Pamela Smee on June 10, 1950. Two children were born from this union: </p> <ul><li>Mom Rajawongse Dilok Nicholas Chudadhuj (1953), Married with Jane Bishop and Chulalaxana Chudadhuj.</li> <li>Mom Rajawongse Dara Jane Chudadhuj (1956)</li></ul> <p>On September 24, 1969, he married his cousin, <a href="/facts/Galyani_Vadhana/rsTrnj8a">Princess Galyani Vadhana</a>, King <a href="/facts/Bhumibol/0A2peCfN">Bhumibol</a>'s eldest sister. He also had two concubines, Princess Kokeaw Prakaykavil na Chiang Mai and Srisalai Suchatwut. </p> <h2 id="ancestry">Ancestry</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Ancestors of Varananda Dhavaj</th></tr><tr><td><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">8. (=10.) <a href="/facts/Mongkut/DXyPKM1R">King Mongkut, Rama IV of Siam</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">4. <a href="/facts/Chulalongkorn/URXolb9m">King Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">9. <a href="/facts/Debsirindra/M90219ls">Princess Ramphoei Sirivongse</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">2. <a href="/facts/Chudadhuj_Dharadilok/zAgpS33E">Prince Chudadhuj Dharadilok, Prince of Phetchabun</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">10. (=8.) <a href="/facts/Mongkut/DXyPKM1R">King Mongkut, Rama IV of Siam</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">5. <a href="/facts/Saovabha_Phongsri/qV8PDBdg">Princess Saovabha Phongsri of Siam</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">11. <a href="/facts/Piyamavadi/T64vlRlo">Piam Sucharitakul</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">1. Prince Varananda Dhavaj of Thailand</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="16" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4">3. Ravi Kayananda</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li></li></ul> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091026130908/http://geocities.com/thailandwwii/waranon.html">HH Prince Waranonthawat</a> at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a> (archived October 26, 2009) </p> <ul><li><a href="https://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~royalty/thailand/i47.html">HH Prince Varananda Dhavaj</a> His friend, Prince Karawijakraphan, recorded that Prince Varananda flew a Spitfire plane to shoot down ten German tanks and supply trains, blowing them up. Prince Varananda flew a plane to shoot down German tanks, causing them to explode, and the German crew may have died from the explosion. (There is no confirmed report of Prince Varananda shooting down a German tank.)</li></ul>