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===Marriages=== Vajiravudh had been a king without a queen for about ten years. In 1920, he met ''Her Serene Highness'' Princess Varnvimol at his theatre at [[Phayathai Palace]]. They were engaged and Princess Vanbimol was elevated to Princess [[Vallabhadevi]]. However, four months later in 1921, Vajiravudh nullified the engagement and pursued Princess Vallabha's sister, [[Lakshamilavan|Princess Lakshamilavan]], whom he engaged. However, the marriage was never held and the couple then separated. Princess Vallabha Devi was house-arrested in the [[Grand Palace]] from then on. In 1921, Vajiravudh married [[Sucharit Suda|Prueang Sucharitakul]], who was a daughter of Lord Suthammamontri and elevated her to Lady Sucharitsuda. He then married Sucharitsuda's sister, [[Indrasakdi Sachi|Prabai Sucharitakul]], with the title of Lady Indrani. In 1922, Lady Indrani was elevated to Princess and Queen Indrasakdisachi. However, the queen suffered two miscarriages. In 1924, Vajiravudh married Krueakaew Abhaiwongse, later renamed [[Suvadhana]], a daughter of Lord Aphaiphubet. Queen Indrasakdisachi was then demoted to Princess Consort in 1925. Vajiravudh had only one child, a daughter with [[Suvadhana]], [[Bejaratana Rajasuda|Princess Bejaratana Rajasuda]] ({{langx|th|เพชรรัตนราชสุดา}}; 1925–2011). In his influential book ''[[Imagined Communities]]'', Anglo-Irish political scientist and historian [[Benedict Anderson]] speculated that the king was [[homosexuality|homosexual]] and that this would have prevented him from accession if the law of succession had not been reformed.<ref name="Anderson">{{cite book |author1= [[Benedict Anderson]] |date=1991 |title=Imagined Communities |page=21 |url= |location=[[New York City|New York]] & [[London]] |publisher=[[Verso Books]] |isbn=0-86091-329-5}}</ref> Anderson was the first modern scholar to break the taboo and write about the king's personal preferences.<ref name="Reynolds">{{cite journal |last=Reynolds |first=Craig J. |date=2014 |title=Homosociality in modern Thai political culture |journal=[[Journal of Southeast Asian Studies]] |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=258–277 |doi=10.1017/S0022463414000095 |s2cid=159778879 |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463414000095 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> <gallery class="center"> File:Lashamilavan.jpg| [[Lakshamilavan]] File:SucharitSuda and King Vajiravudh (Rama VI).jpg| [[Sucharit Suda]] File:HM Queen Indrasakdi Sachi.jpg| [[Indrasakdi Sachi]] File:Queen Suvadhana in Rama VI.jpg| [[Suvadhana]] </gallery>
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