Na Bangxang

The Na Bangxang () family is one of Thailand’s lineages that have been traced back the farthest. It can currently (2009) be traced back to at least 21 generations.

The “Na Bangxang” lineage is one of the “Bangxang” collection of lineages of Her Majesty Queen Amarinthara (Queen Amarindra of Siam) , the wife of His Majesty King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great (King Rama I). In addition, the Na Bangxang lineage is one of the lineages of the Sukhothai dynasty of the Ayutthaya kingdom, the Phra Ruang dynasty (the Sukhothai dynasty) of the Sukhothai kingdom, and the Singhanawat dynasty (the Singhanavati dynasty) dynasty of the Yonok Chiang Saen region.

The Bangxang collection of queen’s lineages consists of the following three lineages: Xuto, Boonak and Na Bangxang. The father and the mother of Her Majesty Queen Amarinthara have the following 10 children:

  1. Chao Khun Ying Van (Ying means female.)
  2. Chao Khun Ying Thong Yoo
  3. Chao Khun Chai Xuto (Chai means male.)
  4. Her Majesty Queen Amarinthara
  5. Chao Khun Chai Tang
  6. Chao Khun Ying Chee Pho
  7. Chao Khun Chai Phoo
  8. Chao Khun Ying Same
  9. Chao Khun Ying Nuan
  10. Chao Khun Ying Kaew.

Three of the children are the origin of the Bangxang collection of queen’s lineages. They are

  1. Chao Khun Chai Xuto, the origin of the “Xuto” lineage
  2. Chao Khun Ying Nuan, who adopted her husband’s family name, Boonnak; and
  3. Chao Khun Ying Kaew, who married Phraya Samut Songkhram (Phraya Maeklong) – Sorn; or Phra Mae Klong – Sorn, according to the family-name bestowal certificate of the family name Na Bangxang which was bestowed by His Majesty King Mongkutklao (King Rama VI). Both Phraya Samut Songkhram and Chao Khun Ying Kaew (Chao Khun Bangxang) are descendants of Prince Plai and Prince Saen who are brothers, and sons of King Ekathotsarot of the Sukhothai dynasty of the Ayutthaya kingdom. The family name of the descendants of Phraya Samut Songkhram and Chao Khun Ying Kaew is Na Bangxang.

Prince Plai and Prince Saen escaped from royal danger to the Bangxang district of the Ratchaburi city and then settled there (Currently (2009), the district is the Samut Songkhram province. Formerly, it centered at the current Bangxang subdistrict of the current Amphawa district of the current Samut Songkhram province.). Since they were royalties, they had many servants and a great deal of property. They therefore conducted waterborne commerce, in the Bangxang district. They were very wealthy, so townspeople praised their lineage as the Bangxang wealthy lineage.

The Bangxang wealthy lineage was usually arrogant and pompous, and usually preserved their heredity as those born into the Kshatriya caste do (as the origin of Buddha’s Shakya lineage did). - Under the Hindu caste system, a Kshatriya is a ruler or warrior. The Bangxang wealthy lineage usually married one another. Their females had to marry within the same lineage. Their males could marry outsiders. Consequently, the origin of a patrilineage of the Bangxang wealthy lineage is either Prince Plai or Prince Saen.

Prince Plai and Prince Saen are sons of King Ekathotsarot whose progenitors can currently (2009) be traced back to at least eight generations, as the following: King Ekathotsarot is a son of

  1. King Maha Thammaracha (Khun Pirenthorathep) who is a son of
  2. King Maha Thammaracha Leuthai who is a son of
  3. King Maha Thammaracha Lithai who is a son of
  4. King Ram Khamhaeng the Great who is a son of
  5. King Sri Indraditya who is a son of
  6. King Sri Now Nam Thom who is a son of
  7. King Phrom the Great who is a son of
  8. King Phangkharat.

Therefore, the Na Bangxang lineage is one of those of the Sukhothai dynasty of the Ayutthaya kingdom, the Phra Ruang dynasty (the Sukhothai dynasty) of the Sukhothai kingdom, and the Singhanawat dynasty of the Yonok Chiang Saen region, and is a lineage of a queen of the Chakri dynasty. In addition, His Majesty King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke the Great is a descendant of the Sukhothai dynasty of the Ayutthaya kingdom as the Na Bangxang lineage is; however, His Majesty is a maternal descendant while the Na Bangxang lineage is paternal. The paternal grandmother of the patrilineal great-grandfather of His Majesty King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke is Princess Amphai (Chao Mae Wat Dusit, meaning the mother princess of the Dusit temple), a daughter of King Ekathotsarot and a sister of Prince Plai and Prince Saen. Princess Amphai married Phraya Kiat Phraram (Saming Phraram) who was a nobleman and is a descendant of a Mon military officer who followed King Naresuan the Great into the Ayutthaya kingdom. Princess Amphai has a son whose name is Chao Phraya Kosathibodi – Thong Pan (Pan) (“Kosa Pan” is commonly used in English.) who has a son whose name is Chao Phraya Voravongsathirat - Khun Thong who has a son whose name is Chao Phraya Ratchanikool - Thong Kham who has a son whose name is Luang Phinitaksorn - Thong Di who has a son whose name is Luang Aramruengrit - Thong Duang who was an official in the military procurement service of the Samut Songkhram city during the reign of King Ekathat and was subsequently an army leader trusted by King Taksin the Great during the Thonburi period (So Luang Aramruengrit - Thong Duang was conferred the names Chao Phraya Chakri (“Chao Phraya” is the title formerly used to indicate the second highest rank of the Thai nobility.) and Somdet Chao Phraya Maha Kasatsuek (“Somdet Chao Phraya” is the title formerly used to indicate the highest rank of the Thai nobility.) and then coronated in honor of his victory, with his new name King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke. Since His Majesty King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke established the Rattanakosin kingdom, His Majesty has the phrase “the Great” appended to His Majesty’s name.).

References

Butsakorn Na Bangxang, The “Na Bangxang” Queen’s Lineage (Bangkok: Amarin; September 29, 2004) 71 pages. This book is a funeral remembrance of Professor Erb Na Bangxang, M.D., Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand, Knight Commander (Second Class, lower grade) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao.

Thep Soonthornsaratoon, A History of the “Bangxang” Queen’s Lineage (Bangkok: Phra Narai, 1997) 232 pages.

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