# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ananda-mahidol
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:01:18.008Z

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name: "Ananda Mahidol"
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description: "Thailand's boy-king, crowned at nine and sent to Switzerland, who returned at twenty only to be found shot dead in his palace bedroom six months later — a death ruled murder, still unsolved, that sent three aides to execution."
tagline: "Eighth monarch of Siam from the Chakri dynasty as Rama VIII"
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gender: "male"
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birthDate: "1925-09-20"
deathDate: "1946-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ananda Mahidol became Siam's eighth Chakri king in March 1935 when the National Assembly recognised him at nine years old, then promptly left for Switzerland. He spent a decade abroad before returning to Thailand in December 1945, now twenty and facing a country he barely knew. Six months later, on 9 June 1946, he was discovered shot dead in his bed. What seemed at first an accident was ruled murder by medical examiners, though the circumstances remained murky and fiercely debated. Three royal aides were executed after trials widely considered irregular, but the truth of what happened that morning never solidified into certainty.