Tengku Zubaidah Tengku Norudin

Tengku Zubaidah
تڠکو زبيدة‎
Tengku Ampuan Mahkota of Kelantan
Tenure15 November 2004 – 2008
Predecessor Tengku Anis binti Almarhum Tengku Abdul Hamid (as Tengku Ampuan Mahkota)
Successor Che Puan Sofie Louise Johansson Petra (as Che Puan Mahkota)
BornKangsadal Pipitpakdee
1979 (age 45–46)
Jering Royal Palace, Pattani, Thailand
Spouse
Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra
(later Sultan Muhammad V)
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(m. 2004; div. 2008)​
HouseSultanate of Patani
FatherWairot Phiphitphakdee (Tengku Norudin bin Tengku Muda)
MotherYaowalak Phiphiphakdi (Cik Jamilah binti Cik Abdullah)
ReligionSunni Islam

Tengku Zubaidah binti Tengku Norudin (Jawi: تڠکو زبيدة بنت تڠکو نورالدين‎; née Kangsadal Pipitpakdee (Thai: กังสดาล พิพิธภักดี)) is a Thai woman of Malay descent and member of Pattani royal family. She was the former wife of Sultan Muhammad V (then Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra), the 29th Sultan of Kelantan.

Early life

Tengku Zubaidah is the third child of Wairot Phiphitphakdi (Tengku Norudin bin Tengku Muda) and Yaowalak Phiphitphakdi (Cik Jamilah binti Cik Abdullah). Her father, Wairot was a former Thai politician from the Thai Rak Thai Party and a member of Parliament for Pattani for five terms. She was born in 1979 at the Jering Royal Palace, Pattani, Thailand.[1]

Tengku Zubaidah's family is a descendant of the royal family of Pattani who once led Pattani before it was conquered by Thailand in 1902. Her father, Wairot was the son of Phra Phiphitphakdi (Tengku Muda Abdul Putra) and his third wife, Sawas (formerly Darachat), who was a Thai citizen of Chinese descent from Bangkok.[2]

Tengku Zubaidah is the cousin of Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis, the mother of Sultan Muhammad V. Her father, Wairot is a half-brother of Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis's father, Tengku Abdul Hamid bin Tengku Muda Abdul Putra.[3]

Education

Tengku Zubaidah studied at the Demonstration School of Prince of Songkla University, Pattani and obtained a Bachelor’s Degree of Science from Mahidol University, Bangkok in 2003.[4][5]

Personal life

On 15 November 2004, Tengku Zubaidah married Tengku Muhammad Faris Petra (now Sultan Muhammad V), the eldest son of Sultan Ismail Petra and Raja Perempuan Tengku Anis. After their marriage, her official title became Yang Teramat Mulia (Her Highness) Tengku Zubaidah binti Tengku Norudin, the Tengku Ampuan Mahkota (Crown Princess) of Kelantan. The marriage ended in divorce in 2008.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Anak ahli parlimen berkahwin dengan Putera Mahkota Kelantan". Dailynews Thailand (in Thai). เดลินิวส์. Archived from the original on 14 November 2004. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Kangsadal Pipitpakdee @ Tengku Zubaidah". Archived from the original on 2009-12-28. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  3. ^ Chureerat Buakaew. Wang 7 Hua Muang (Pattani) (PDF) (PDF). Kampus Pattani: Pattani: Prince of Songkla University. p. 92.
  4. ^ "Kelantan abuzz with talk of royal wedding". The Star. 22 October 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Last single Malaysian crown prince gets hitched". Taipei Times. November 17, 2004. Retrieved 2010-08-22.
  6. ^ เรื่องราวดุจเทพนิยายของ "เจ้าหญิง" กังสดาล แห่งรัฐกลันตัน
  7. ^ "Marriage on the cards for Sultan Kelantan". New Straits Times. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2011-05-13.