Ploypailin Jensen

Ploypailin Jensen Born February 13, 1981 San Diego, California, U.S. Spouse David Wheeler (m. 2009) Issue Maximus Wheeler Leonardo Wheeler Full name Ploypailin Mahidol Jensen House Mahidol (Chakri Dynasty) Father Peter Ladd Jensen Mother Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya

Thai Royal Family HM The King HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha HRH Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana HRH Prince Dipangkorn Rasmijoti HM The Queen Dowager HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn HRH Princess Chulabhorn Walailak HRH Princess Siribhachudabhorn HRH Princess Aditayadornkitikhun Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Khun Ploypailin Jensen Khun Sirikitiya Jensen HRH Princess Soamsawali Thanphuying Dhasanawalaya Sornsongkram

Ploypailin Mahidol Jensen (Thai: พลอยไพลิน มหิดล เจนเซน; rtgs: Phloiphailin Mahidon Chensen; born February 13, 1981) is a member of the Thai Royal Family, a granddaughter of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand and a niece of King Vajiralongkorn of Thailand . She is the eldest daughter of Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya of Thailand. Ploypailin is not in the line of succession to the throne of Thailand as her mother relinquished her royal title when she married Ploypailin's American father, Peter Ladd Jensen.

Early life

Born in 1981 in San Diego, and known as Khun Ploypailin in Thailand, she is the grandchild of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit of Thailand and the eldest daughter of Princess Ubolratana. Her given name was proposed by her aunt, Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

Ploypailin had a younger brother, Bhumi Jensen (1983–2004), and has a younger sister, Sirikitiya Jensen (b. 1985).

Ploypailin graduated from the Purcell School, England. She received a BCP degree with honors from the University of California, San Diego with 1st honor in 2003 and a MBA degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2007.

Personal

As a pianist, she has given performances around the world, including at the Sydney Opera House, and other venues in Europe and Japan. She also has had occasional honorary starring roles in Thai soap operas, dramas, and musicals, including Nemiraj - Scenes from Ten Lives of the Buddha.^[1] A socialite, she has been an occasional model for Thai fashion magazines and society publications.

Ploypailin married her long-time boyfriend David Wheeler in Hawaii, United States on 25 August 2009. They have two sons, Maximus Wheeler and Leonardo Wheeler.

Royal decorations

• Dame Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
• King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal (First Class)

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ploypailin Jensen

16. Peter Ludwig Jensen               8. Peter Frederick Nicholas Jensen                       17. Marie Theresa Levine               4. George David Jensen                             18. Nils Carl Becker               9. Mary Jacobine Becker                       19. Carolyn Marie Jørgensen               2. Peter Ladd Jensen                                   20. Henry Manchester Ladd               10. William Whitehead Ladd                       21. Martha Williams Coit               5. Margaret Ann Ladd                             22. Samuel Alden Meeks               11. Helen Meeks                       23. Agnes S. Knight               1. Ploypailin Jensen                                         24. Chulalongkorn               12. Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla                       25. Savang Vadhana               6. Bhumibol Adulyadej                             26. Chu Chukramol               13. Sangwan Talapat                       27. Kham Chukramol               3. Ubolratana Rajakanya                                   28. Kitiyakara Voralaksana, Prince of Chanthaburi I               14. Nakkhatra Mangkala, Prince of Chanthaburi II                       29. Princess Apsarasaman Devakula               7. Sirikit Kitiyakara                             30. Lord Wongsanupraphan (Sadan Sanidvongs)               15. Bua Snidvongs                       31. Lady Wanida Phicharini (Bang Bunyathon)

References

1. Thailand, Nation Multimedia Group Public Company Limited, Nationmultimedia.com,. "Dozens of stars ready for opera - The Nation".