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Was
born on September 20,1925,the elder son and second child of
H.R.H. . He succeeded his uncle, , as King on March 2, 1935. King Ananda Mahidol
spent his early years in Switzerland, receiving his education
there and made occasional trips to Thailand. He returned to
after the end of World War II, but his life and his reign cam to
an abrupt end when he died, on June 9, 1946. King Ananda Mahidol
was never crowned and shortly after his death his younger
brother and successor, , post-humously altered his regnal title
and raised him from seven to nine levels of royal umbrella, as a
fully crowned and anointed sovereign. |