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{{Short description|Thai princess (born 1955)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox royalty
| title        = Princess Royal of Thailand
| image        = Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn 2016 (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Princess Sirindhorn in 2016
| name         = {{ubl|Sirindhorn|{{langn|th|สิรินธร}}}}
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1955|4|2|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Bangkok]], Thailand
| death_date   = 
| death_place  = 
| full name    = Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Maha Vajiralongkorn Vorarajbhakti Sirikitchakarini Birayabadhana Rathasima Gunakornpiyajat
| house        = [[House of Mahidol|Mahidol]] ([[Chakri dynasty]])
| father       = [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] (Rama IX)
| mother       = [[Sirikit Kitiyakara]]
| religion     = [[Theravada Buddhism]]
| signature    = Signature of sirindhorn.svg
}}
{{Thai Royal Family}}

'''Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess Royal'''{{efn|{{langx|th|มหาจักรีสิรินธร}}, {{IPA|th|mā.hǎː t͡ɕàk.krīː sì.rīn.tʰɔ̄ːn}}; {{RTGS|''Maha Chakkri Sirinthon''}}}} ({{Langx|th|มหาจักรีสิรินธร}}) (born 2 April 1955) is a member of the [[Chakri dynasty|Thai royal family]]. She is the second daughter of King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] and Queen [[Sirikit]], and the younger sister of King [[Vajiralongkorn]].<ref>{{Citation |first = Duncan |last = McCargo |title = Thailand |work = Regional Oulook: Southeast Asia 2010–2011 |publisher = Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |year = 2010 |page = 55 }}</ref>

== Early life ==
=== Birth ===
Sirindhorn was born on 2 April 1955, at [[Amphorn Sathan Residential Hall]], [[Dusit Palace]], the third child of King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej|Bhumibol]] and [[Sirikit|Queen Mother Sirikit]]. As the royal couple has only one son, the Thai constitution was altered in 1974 to allow for female succession. This made Princess Sirindhorn second-in-line to the throne (after Vajiralongkorn) until the birth of Princess [[Bajrakitiyabha]] in 1978.

=== Early education ===
Sirindhorn attended Kindergarten, Primary and Secondary at Thailand's most exclusive school: The Chitralada School which was established for the children of the Royal Family and Palace staff.<ref name="EE">Sut.ac, [http://www.sut.ac.th/radioSUT/HRHsirindh.htm education information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092806/http://www.sut.ac.th/radioSUT/HRHsirindh.htm |date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>

She ranked first in the National School Examinations in primary level (grade 7) in 1967, in upper secondary level (grade 12) in 1972, and fourth in the [[National Higher Education Entrance Examination|National University Entrance Examination]] in 1975.<ref name="EEF">Pattayamail, [http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/a-most-happy-birthday-to-her-royal-highness-princess-maha-chakri-sirindhorn-36213 more education information]</ref>

=== Higher education ===
In 1975 she enrolled in the faculty of arts at [[Chulalongkorn University]] and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, first-class honours and a gold medal in history in 1976.<ref name="EEF" />

From 1976 she continued her studies in two graduate programs concurrently, obtaining a Master of Arts in [[Epigraphy|Oriental Epigraphy]] ([[Sanskrit]] and [[Cambodian language|Cambodian]]) in 1980<ref name="EEF" /> and also [[archaeology]] from [[Silpakorn University]] in 1980. From October 1977, she studied Sanskrit in Bangkok for two years under the tutelage of renowned Sanskrit scholar [[Satya Vrat Shastri]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Wiriyapong|first1=Nareerat|title=Scholar for life|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1343243/scholar-for-life|access-date=October 17, 2017|work=Bangkok Post|date=October 16, 2017}}</ref> In 1978, she obtained a Master of Arts in [[Pali]] and [[Sanskrit]] from [[Chulalongkorn University]].<ref name="EE" />

In 1981 she enrolled in a doctoral program at [[Srinakharinwirot University]], and was awarded a PhD in developmental education in 1987.

In 1984 she earned a certificate from the Asian Regional Remote Sensing Training Centre at the [[Asian Institute of Technology]] where she studied for two months.<ref name="AIT">Asian Institute of Technology, [http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/archive/2006/News.2007-09-12.104134-4/#.ViFc-9m9Kc1 degree information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129023849/http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/archive/2006/News.2007-09-12.104134-4/#.ViFc-9m9Kc1 |date=November 29, 2016 }}</ref>

In April 2001 she won a scholarship in [[Chinese culture]] at [[Peking University]] in China where she studied the course for a month.<ref name="PKU">[[Peking University]], [http://english.pku.edu.cn/News_Events/News/Global/9260.htm scholarship and award information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202759/http://english.pku.edu.cn/News_Events/News/Global/9260.htm |date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref>

==Later life==
In December 2012, Sirindhorn was briefly hospitalised to remove calcium deposits.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/328136/princess-leaves-hospital |title = Princess Sirindhorn leaves hospital|date = December 27, 2012 |work = [[Bangkok Post]] |access-date = September 20, 2014}}</ref>

More popular among the Thai public than her brother, then-Crown Prince [[Vajiralongkorn]], Sirindhorn was long rumoured to be a potential successor to the Thai throne.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2038347/sibling-rivalry-thailands-crown-prince-poised-ascend-throne | title=Thailand's crown prince poised to ascend throne, dashing hopes of those who favour his sister | date=October 20, 2016 }}</ref> Upon Bhumibol's death in 2016, the crown passed to Vajiralongkorn, now King Rama X. In 2019, she was bestowed the highest of royal ranks by appointment, ''Krom Somdej Phra,'' by King Vajiralongkorn. She also received a first-class King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal.<ref>{{cite news |title=HM The King confers new royal titles on his family - PHOTOS |url=https://thethaiger.com/hot-news/events/hm-the-king-confers-new-royal-titles-on-his-family-photos |work=Thaiger |date=6 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In January 2021, Sirindhorn was hospitalized after breaking both her ankles.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2049155/princess-sirindhorn-in-hospital | title=Princess Sirindhorn in hospital | newspaper=Bangkok Post }}</ref> Thai media reported that she fell during a walk; however, Western sources alleged that her ankles were broken by [[Vajiralongkorn]] after an argument.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/king-of-thailand-reportedly-accused-of-breaking-sisters-ankles-after-she-questions-plan-to-name-second-queen | title=King of Thailand Reportedly Accused of Breaking Sister's Ankles After She Questions Plan to Name Second Queen | newspaper=The Daily Beast | date=January 26, 2021 | last1=Sykes | first1=Tom }}</ref>

== Works and interests ==
[[File:นายกรัฐมนตรี กราบบังคลทูลรายงาน สมเด็จพระเทพรัตนราชสุด - Flickr - Abhisit Vejjajiva.jpg|thumb|right|Princess Sirindhorn in 2011]]
Aside from her passion for technology, she holds degrees in history and a doctorate in educational development. She teaches at the history department of the [[Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy]], where she is the nominal head of the department. In addition to [[Thai language|Thai]], she speaks fluent English, French and Mandarin Chinese, and is currently studying German and [[Latin]]. She translates Chinese literature into Thai.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Plush/Story/A1Story20130401-412771.html| title = Thai Princess translates Chinese novels}}</ref>

She is also a skilled performer and avid promoter of Thai traditional music.

Like her father [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]], Princess Sirindhorn holds a certificate as a radio amateur, with her [[call sign]] being HS1D.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dx-qsl.com/famous-ham-radio-operators.html|title=Famous Ham Radio Operators and their Callsigns|access-date=November 2, 2016|archive-date=October 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010144400/http://www.dx-qsl.com/famous-ham-radio-operators.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Scholarship ==
The [[University of Liverpool]] introduced a scholarship in honour of Sirindhorn. One full scholarship will be awarded annually to enable a Thai student to study at [[Liverpool]] to complete a one-year taught Masters programme. The scholarship is open to all subjects in which a one-year taught Masters programme is offered; however, priority will be given to those students who wish to study in a subject area associated with Princess Sirindhorn such as science, information technology, medicine, [[the arts]], [[geography]], history and [[languages]]. To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must be a [[Thai people|Thai]] national and already hold an offer to study a one-year taught Masters programme at the [[University of Liverpool]].

== Honours and awards ==
===Military rank===
* General, [[Admiral]] and [[Air Chief Marshal]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/B/006/1.PDF| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111060327/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2539/B/006/1.PDF| url-status=dead| archive-date=2011-11-11| title=ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานพระยศทหาร | language=th | trans-title=Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office on the Granting of Military Ranks}}</ref>

===Volunteer Defense Corps of Thailand rank===
* [[Volunteer Defense Corps (Thailand)|Volunteer Defense Corps General]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/D/055/1.PDF| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930123524/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2535/D/055/1.PDF| url-status=dead| archive-date=2015-09-30| title=ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานพระยศกองอาสารักษาดินแดน | language=th | trans-title=Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office on the granting of ranks to the Volunteer Defense Corps}}</ref>

===Academic rank===
* Professor of [[Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2529/D/103/1.PDF | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111071146/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2529/D/103/1.PDF | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-11-11 | title=ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง แต่งตั้งศาสตราจารย์โรงเรียนทหาร | language=th | trans-title=Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office regarding the appointment of professors at the Military Academy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2543/D/082/12.PDF | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111052829/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2543/D/082/12.PDF | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-11-11 | title=ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง ให้นายทหารรับราชการ | language=th | trans-title=Announcement from the Prime Minister's Office regarding military officers' service}}</ref>
* Professor of [[Srinakharinwirot University]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2534/D/050/2593.PDF | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111062026/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2534/D/050/2593.PDF | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-11-11 | title=ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง แต่งตั้งศาสตราจารย์พิเศษ | language=th | trans-title=Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office regarding the appointment of a special professor}}</ref>
* Honorary Degree of Doctor from [[University of Singapore]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=BERNAMA |date=2025-08-01 |title=Singapore's NUS Awards Honorary Degree To Thai Princess Sirindhorn |url=https://bernama.com/en/world/news.php?id=2380464#:~:text=The%20Honorary%20Degree%20is%20the,impact,%20both%20locally%20and%20globally. |access-date=2025-01-13 |website=BERNAMA |language=en}}</ref>

====Foreign honours====
* {{Flag|Austria}}: Grand Cross of the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria|Order of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.parlament.gv.at/PAKT/VHG/XXIV/AB/AB_10542/imfname_251156.pdf |title = Reply to a parliamentary question about the Decoration of Honour|language=de |page = 1124|access-date = September 20, 2014}}</ref>
* {{Flag|China}}: Recipient of the [[Order of Friendship (China)|Order of Friendship]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/17/c_138399163.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190918050037/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/17/c_138399163.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 18, 2019|title=China Focus: 42 individuals awarded national medals, honorary titles – Xinhua {{!}} English.news.cn|website=www.xinhuanet.com|access-date=September 29, 2019}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Denmark}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Dannebrog]]<ref>[https://image.mfa.go.th/mfa/0/KtuhuNsqq1/400_years/the_royal_families.jpg The Thai and Danish Royal Families]</ref>
* {{Flag|India}}: [[Padma Bhushan]]<ref>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157675 Print Release]</ref>
* {{Flag|South Korea}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Diplomatic Service Merit]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.kanchanapisek.or.th/biography/sirindhorn/part1.htm#Decorations |title = Biography of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Malaysia}}: Honorary Grand Commander of the [[Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia]]<ref>{{cite web
 |url = http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/ |title = Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan.}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Mongolia}}: Grand Cross of the [[Order of Sukhbaatar|Order of the Polar Star]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.president.mn/eng/newsCenter/viewNews.php?newsId=445 |title = PRESIDENT.MN |access-date = February 23, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051627/http://www.president.mn/eng/newsCenter/viewNews.php?newsId=445 |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Pakistan}}: Grand Cross of the [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|Order of the Crescent of Pakistan]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/352887/hilal-e-pakistan-thai-princess-honoured/ |title = Hilal-E-Pakistan: Thai princess honoured|date = March 21, 2012 |work = The Express Tribune |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://ppinewsagency.com/21415/president-confers-hilal-e-pakistan-upon-princess-maha-chakri-sirindhorn-of-thailand-urges-for-taking-pak-thai-bilateral-ties-to-new-heights/ |title = President confers hilal-e-pakistan upon princess maha chakri sirindhorn of Thailand urges for taking pak- thai bilateral ties to new heights – Pakistan Press International |access-date = February 23, 2016 }} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Spain}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1987/11/17/pdfs/A34218-34218.pdf|title=Boletín Oficial del Estado}}</ref>
* {{flag|Sweden}}: Member Grand Cross of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]]
* {{flag|United Kingdom}}: Honorary Grand Cross of the [[Royal Victorian Order]]
*{{flag|Tonga}}: Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown of Tonga|Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-08-01 |title=Royal orders presented at Palace |url=https://matangitonga.to/2008/08/01/royal-orders-presented-palace |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=Matangi Tonga |language=en}}</ref>

=== Awards ===
* {{Flag|Austria}}: [[International Union of Nutritional Sciences|International Union of Nutritional Sciences Award]]<ref name="MCA">Word doc, [http://www.cad.go.th/cadweb_eng/download/pratep_24.pdf award and position information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507104228/https://www.cad.go.th/cadweb_eng/download/pratep_24.pdf |date=May 7, 2021 }}</ref>
* {{Flag|China}}: [[Friendship Award (China)|Chinese Language and Culture Friendship Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.china.org.cn/world/2015-04/05/content_35247880.htm |title = Thai princess visits China publishing house |author = 张锐 |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|China}} [[China Writers Association|Chinese Literature Foundation of Chinese Writers Association]]: Understanding and Friendship International Literature Award<ref name="PKU" />
* {{Flag|India}}: [[Indira Gandhi Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112007421000.htm |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160118043703/http://www.thehindu.com/2005/11/20/stories/2005112007421000.htm |url-status = dead |archive-date = January 18, 2016 |work = [[The Hindu]] |title = National : Kalam presents Indira Gandhi peace prize to Thai princess |date = 2005-11-20 |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Philippines}}: [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Public Service<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation |title=1991 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographySirindhornMah.htm |website=rmaf.org.ph |access-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611042916/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographySirindhornMah.htm |archive-date=June 11, 2011}}</ref>

==== Honorary degrees ====
; National
* {{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Chiang Mai University]]: [[Geography]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.cmu.ac.th/hotnews_extra_detail_eng.php?act_id=67 |title = CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY, THAILAND |access-date = February 23, 2016 |archive-date = October 18, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161018232251/http://www.cmu.ac.th/hotnews_extra_detail_eng.php?act_id=67 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Chiang Mai University]]: [[Thai language]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lowe|first=Kenna L.|url=https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2006/celentano-honorary|title=Celentano Awarded with Honorary Doctorate|date=January 7, 2013|website=Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health|access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref>
* {{Flagicon|Thailand}} [[Asian Institute of Technology]]: Technology<ref name="AIT" /><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ait.ac.th/news-and-events/2010/news/hrh-princess-maha-chakri-sirindhorn-to-preside-over-ait-day-2010#.ViFf9tm9Kc1 |title = HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn to preside over AIT Day 2010 |work = Asian Institute of Technology|access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>

; Foreign
* {{Flag|China}}:
** {{Flag|Hong Kong}} – [[Lingnan University]]: [[Doctor of Letters]]<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.ln.edu.hk/occbga/honorary-graduates-fellows-court-members/graduates-honoris-causa |title = Honorary Graduates |access-date = December 14, 2024}}</ref>
** {{Flag|Hong Kong}} – [[The University of Hong Kong]]: [[Doctor of Letters]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www4.hku.hk/hongrads/index.php/archive/graduate_detail/167 |title = HKU Honorary Graduates – Graduate Detail |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
** [[Peking University]]: Chinese language<ref>{{cite web |url = http://english.pku.edu.cn/News_Events/News/Global/5314.htm |title = Princess of Thailand Visited Peking University_Peking University |access-date = February 23, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101616/http://english.pku.edu.cn/News_Events/News/Global/5314.htm |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Japan}} – [[Tokai University]]: Engineering<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.u-tokai.ac.jp/english/news/2009/0902_01.html |title = TOKAI News – Tokai Univ. |access-date = February 23, 2016 |archive-date = March 4, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304102456/http://www.u-tokai.ac.jp/english/news/2009/0902_01.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>
* {{Flag|Philippines}} – [[University of the Philippines Los Baños]]: [[Law degree|Law]]
* Singapore - National University of Singapore<ref>{{Cite web |title=Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand awarded NUS Honorary Degree |url=https://news.nus.edu.sg/princess-maha-chakri-sirindhorn-of-thailand-awarded-nus-honorary-degree/ |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand awarded NUS Honorary Degree |language=en-sg}}</ref>
* {{Flag|United States}}:
** {{Flag|California}} – [[Pomona College]]: [[Doctor of Humane Letters]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.pomona.edu/news/2014/02/04-princess-maha-chakri-sirindhorn-thailand-receives-honorary-degree-pomona-college |title = Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand Receives Honorary Degree From Pomona College |work = Pomona College in Claremont, California – Pomona College |access-date = February 23, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314163816/https://www.pomona.edu/news/2014/02/04-princess-maha-chakri-sirindhorn-thailand-receives-honorary-degree-pomona-college |archive-date = March 14, 2016 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
** {{Flag|Indiana}} – [[Indiana University Bloomington]]: Doctor of Humane Letters<ref>{{cite web |url = http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/16611.html |title = IU to present honorary degrees to Thai princess and surgeon general of the Navy |publisher = IU News Room: Indiana University|access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
** {{Flag|Illinois}} – [[Northern Illinois University]]: Doctor of Humane Letters<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/HRH-Princess-Sirindhorn-gets-royal-NIU-welcome-30215283.html |title = HRH Princess Sirindhorn gets royal NIU welcome |date = September 19, 2013 |work = The Nation |access-date = February 23, 2016 |archive-date = October 15, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161015045800/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/HRH-Princess-Sirindhorn-gets-royal-NIU-welcome-30215283.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>
** {{Flag|Maryland}} – [[Johns Hopkins University]]: Doctor of Humane Letters<ref name="JHUhonorary">{{cite web |title = JHU Honorary Degrees Awarded |url = http://web.jhu.edu/commencement/honorees/alpha.html |access-date = April 7, 2011}}</ref>
** {{Flag|Massachusetts}} – [[Bay Path University]]: Doctor of Humane Letters<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/05/bay_path_college_graduates_tol.html |title = Bay Path College graduates told to accept change |work = masslive.com |date = May 16, 2011 |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>

==== Honorary titles ====
* {{Flag|China}}: ''People’s Friendship Ambassador''<ref>{{cite web |url = http://m.xuehuile.com/blog/0a83a7a1573e44cd89e7a3901c04fe14.html |title = Thai Princess Sirindhorn ReceivesTitle of Friendship Ambassador_学汇乐手机网博客 |access-date = February 23, 2016 |archive-date = October 18, 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161018205644/http://m.xuehuile.com/blog/0a83a7a1573e44cd89e7a3901c04fe14.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>
* {{Flag|United Nations}}: ''Special Ambassador of the [[World Food Programme|World Food Programme for School Feeding]]''<ref name="MCA" />
* {{Flag|UNESCO}}: ''[[UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador]] for "Empowerment of Minority Children through Education and through the Preservation of Their Intangible Cultural Heritage"''<ref name="MCA" />

==Titles and Symbols==
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[[File:Royal Monogram of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.svg|thumb|250px|Royal Monogram of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn]]
[[File:Royal Flag of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.png|thumb|250px|Royal Flag of Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn]]

== Eponyms ==
=== Institutions ===
==== National ====
A number of academic and research institutions in Thailand are named after her:
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084032/http://www.psc.ac.th/academic/PSC%20English/about_us.html Princess Sirindhorn's College], [[Amphoe Mueang Nakhon Pathom|Mueang Nakhon Pathom]], Nakhon Pathom Province.
* [[Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.sac.or.th/en/ |title = Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
* Mahachakri Sirindhorn and Boromrajkumari Building, [[Faculty of Arts]], [[Chulalongkorn University]], Bangkok.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/06about/tour-en.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214103803/http://www.arts.chula.ac.th/06about/tour-en.html |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |title=:: Faculty of Arts, Chulalongkorn University - Tour ::}}</ref>
* Somdech Phra Debaratana Medical Center, [[Ramathibodi Hospital]], Bangkok.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://med.mahidol.ac.th/sdmc/en |title = Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University – Somdech Phra Debaratana Medical Center |access-date = February 23, 2016}}</ref>
* Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Music Library, [[Mahidol University]], Bangkok
* [[Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology]] (SIIT), [[Thammasat University]], Bangkok.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.siit.tu.ac.th/home_en.php?html5 |title = Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology}}</ref>
* [http://tggs.kmutnb.ac.th Sirindhorn International Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering (TGGS)], [[King Mongkut's Institute of Technology North Bangkok]].
* [[Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Natural History Museum]], [[natural history museum]], Faculty of Science, [[Prince of Songkla University]], [[Hat Yai]] Campus, [[Amphoe Hat Yai|Hat Yai]], Songkhla Province.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091025114921/http://www.science.cmu.ac.th/observatory/ Sirindhorn Observatory], [[Chiang Mai University]], [[Doi Suthep]], Chiang Mai Province.
* [http://neutronm.bartol.udel.edu/stations/doi/doi.html Princess Sirindhorn Neutron Monitor], a [[Galactic cosmic ray]] detector at [[Thailand]]'s highest mountain, [[Doi Inthanon]], Chiang Mai Province.
* [http://www.hospitaldirectoryasia.com/HospitalPage.aspx?id=17368 Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608063651/http://hospitaldirectoryasia.com/HospitalPage.aspx?id=17368 |date=June 8, 2016 }}, [[Srinakharinwirot University]], Onkarak Campus, [[Nakhon Nayok Province]]
* Sirindhorn Chinese Language and Culture Center at [[Mae Fah Luang University]], which was a gift from China and named in honor of Sirindhorn's role in Thailand-China cultural exchange.<ref name=":Han">{{Cite book |last=Han |first=Enze |title=The Ripple Effect: China's Complex Presence in Southeast Asia |date=2024 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |isbn=978-0-19-769659-0 |location=New York, NY |pages=61}}</ref>

==== Foreign ====
* Sirindhorn Technology and Culture Exchange Center, [[Peking University]], [[Haidian District]], Beijing, China.<ref name="PKU" />
* [http://www.xflxx.com Mianyang Xianfenglu Sirindhorn Primary School], [[Mianyang]], Sichuan, China.

=== Places ===
* [[Sirindhorn MRT station]] of the Bangkok [[MRT Blue Line]]
* [[Amphoe Sirindhorn]] of [[Ubon Ratchathani Province]]
* [[Sirindhorn Dam]] stops the [[Dom Noi River]] in [[Amphoe Sirindhorn|Sirindhorn]], Ubon Ratchathani Province.
* [http://www.dmr.go.th/main.php?filename=Museum4_en Sirindhorn Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031004/http://www.dmr.go.th/main.php?filename=Museum4_en |date=March 4, 2016 }} (Phu Kum Khao Dinosaur Museum), Phu Kum Khao Dinosaur Research Center, [[Amphoe Sahatsakhan|Sahatsakhan]], Kalasin Province.
* [[Sirindhorn Observatory]], Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, [[Chiang Mai University]]
* [[Princess Sirindhorn Stadium]], is a sports stadium in [[Si Racha]], Chonburi Province.
* [[Princess Sirindhorn Wildlife Sanctuary]], the largest protected [[peat swamp forest]] in Thailand is located in Narathiwat Province.

=== Fauna ===
Several fauna species are named after her, including:
* ''[[White-eyed river martin|Eurochelidon sirintarae]]'' (Princess Sirindhorn bird or [[white-eyed river martin]]), a critically endangered [[swallow]] first described in 1968.
* ''Phricotelphusa sirindhorn'' (panda crab). It was described in ''[[Crustaceana]]'' in 1989.
* ''[[Phuwiangosaurus sirindhornae]]'', a [[sauropod]] herbivore dinosaur from the Early [[Cretaceous]] period. It was described in 1994.
* ''[[Sirindhorna]] khoratensis'', a [[Hadrosauroidea|hadrosauroid]] dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous. It was described in 2015.
* ''[[Acanthosquilla sirindhorn]]'' (panda [[mantis shrimp]]). It was described in ''Crustaceana'' in 1995.<ref name="Naiyanetr, 1995">{{cite journal |last1=Naiyanetr |first1=Phaibul |title=''Acanthosquilla sirindhorn'' n. sp., a New Mantis Shrimp From Thailand (Stomatopoda, Nannosquillidae) |journal=Crustaceana |date=1995 |volume=68 |issue=4 |pages=409–417 |doi=10.1163/156854095X00629 |jstor=20105069|s2cid=85213533 }}</ref>
* ''[[Tarsius sirindhornae]]'', an ancient primate.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Chaimanee|first1=Y.|last2=Lebrun|first2=R.|last3=Yamee|first3=C.|last4=Jaeger|first4=J.-J.|title=A new Middle Miocene tarsier from Thailand and the reconstruction of its orbital morphology using a geometric-morphometric method|journal=Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences|date=2010|volume=278|issue=1714|pages=1956–1963|doi=10.1098/rspb.2010.2062|pmid=21123264|pmc=3107645}}</ref>
* ''[[Streptocephalus]] sirindhornae'', a freshwater [[fairy shrimp]]. It was described in the ''[[Journal of Crustacean Biology]]'' in 2000.
* ''[[Macrobrachium]] sirindhorn'', a freshwater [[prawn]]. It was described in ''Crustaceana'' in 2001.
* ''[[Trigona (genus)|Trigona]] sirindhornae'', a [[bee]].
* ''Sirindhorn thailandiensis'' (princess [[moth]]).
* ''Loxosomatoides sirindhornae'', a freshwater [[kamptozoan]]. It was described in ''[[Hydrobiologia]]'' in 2005.
* ''[[Aenictus shilintongae]]'' <small>Jaitrong & Schultz, 2016</small><ref>{{cite journal | author = Weeyawat Jaitrong and Ted Schultz | year = 2016 | title = Aenictus shilintongae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae), An Army Ant of the Aenictus laeviceps Species Group from China | journal = The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal | volume = 10 | issue = 2 | pages = 67–74| url = | doi = }}</ref>)
* ''[[Oligoaeschna sirindhornae]]'' <small>Ngiam & Orr, 2017</small><ref>{{cite journal | author = Robin W. J. Ngiam and Albert G. Orr | year = 2017 | title = Oligoaeschna sirindhornae sp. nov., A New Dragonfly Species from Thailand (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 4353 | issue = 1 | pages = 195–200| url = | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.13 | pmid = 29245533 }}</ref>
* ''[[Chironephthya sirindhornae]]'' <small>Imahara, Chavanich, Viyakarn, Kushida, Reimer & Fujita, 2020</small><ref>{{cite journal | author = Yukimitsu Imahara, Suchana Chavanich, Voranop Viyakarn, Yuka Kushida, James D. Reimer and Toshihiko Fujita | year = 2020 | title = Two New Species of the Genus Chironephthya (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea, Nidaliidae, Siphonogorgiinae) from the Gulf of Thailand | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 4780 | issue = 2 | pages = 324–340| url = | doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.2.6 | pmid = 33055747 | s2cid = 219734609 }}</ref>

=== Flora ===
Numerous plant species have been named after her:
* ''[[Sirindhornia (plant)|Sirindhornia]]'' [[spp.]], [[orchid]]s:
** ''[[Sirindhornia pulchella]]'' can only be seen in [[Chiang Dao National Park|Doi Chiang Dao National Park]], blooming from April to June.
** ''Sirindhornia mirabilis'' can only be seen in [[Amphoe Umphang#Places|Doi Hua Mot]] in Tak Province, blooming during May and June.
** ''Sirindhornia monophyla'' can be seen in [[Amphoe Umphang#Places|Doi Hua Mot]] in Tak Province from March to June, as well in [[Myanmar]] and China.
* Other plant species include:
** ''[[Bauhinia]] sirindhorniae'' (''sam sip song pra dong''), a vine of the [[Leguminosae|pea family]]. It was described in the ''[[Nordic Journal of Botany]]'' in 1997.
** ''Magnolia sirindhorniae'' (Princess Sirindhorn's [[magnolia]])
** ''[[Thepparatia|Thepparatia scandens]]'' Phuph. or ''Khruea thepparat [[malvaceae]]''. Thepparat is a part of her [[Thai royal ranks and titles|royal title]]. It was described in the ''Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany)'' in 2006.<ref>[http://www.dnp.go.th/Botany/pdf/Thai%20Forest%20Bulletin/TFB34.pdf Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227011729/http://www.dnp.go.th/Botany/pdf/Thai%20Forest%20Bulletin/TFB34.pdf |date=February 27, 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=''Thepparatia'' Phuph. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77080305-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=17 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
** ''[[Impatiens]] sirindhorniae'' Triboun & Suksathan, 2009. It was described in ''Gardens' Bulletin Singapore''.
**''[[Chayamaritia]] sirindhorniana'' D. J. Middleton, Tetsana & Suddee. The species is [[endemic]] to Loei Province.

==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Princess Royal'''
|2= 2. [[Bhumibol Adulyadej|King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX of Thailand]]
|3= 3. [[Sirikit|Sirikit Kitiyakara]]
|4= 4. [[Mahidol Adulyadej|Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkla]]
|5= 5. [[Srinagarindra|Sangwan Talapat]]
|6= 6. [[Nakkhatra Mangala|Prince Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi II]]
|7= 7. [[Bua Kitiyakara|Bua Snidvongs]]
|8= 8. [[Chulalongkorn|King Chulalongkorn, Rama V of Siam]]
|9= 9. [[Savang Vadhana|Princess Savang Vadhana of Siam]]
|10= 10. Chu Chukramol
|11= 11. Kham
|12= 12. [[Kitiyakara Voralaksana|Prince Kitiyakara Voralaksana, Prince of Chanthaburi I]]
|13= 13. Princess Apsarasaman Devakula
|14= 14. Sathan Snidvongs, Chaophraya Wongsanupraphat
|15= 15. Bang Bunyathon, Thao Wanida Phicharini
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090503035152/http://www.sirindhorn.net/index.en.html Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn’s Personal Affairs Division]
* "[http://kanchanapisek.or.th/biography/sirindhorn/index.en.html Biography of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn]", at Kanchanapisek Network
* [http://www.cs.ait.ac.th/wutt/pthep/pthep.html Maha Chakri Sirindhorn and Thai Heritage Conservation]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060818213440/http://www.dnp.go.th/Botany/Web_Plant/plantdetail.aspx?monthno=200109&smonthname=September The Forest Herbarium]
* [http://www.liv.ac.uk/international/money-and-scholarships/princess-sirindhorn.htm=September Scholarship Website Information] {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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