Ploypailin Jensen

Than Phu Ying Ploypailin Jensen (Thai: พลอยไพลิน เจนเซน; RTGS: Phloiphailin Chensen; born February 12, 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 offspring 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.

Than Phu Ying Ploypailin Jensen
Born	12 February 1981 San Diego, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, San Diego (BS) MIT Sloan School of Management (MBA)
Spouse(s)	David Wheeler ​ (m. 2009)​
Children	Maximus Wheeler Leonardo Wheeler Alexandra Wheeler
Parents	Peter Ladd Jensen (father) Princess Ubol Ratana (mother)

Early life and education

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, Poom Jensen (1983–2004), and has a younger sister, Sirikitiya Jensen (b. 1985).

Ploypailin graduated from the Purcell School, England. She received a bachelor's degree with honors in cognitive psychology from the University of California, San Diego in 2003 and an MBA degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2007.

Personal life

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 and a daughter, Maximus Wheeler, Leonardo Wheeler and Alexandra Wheeler.[2]

Royal decorations

• Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao.
• Knight Grand Cordon with Chain of the Order of the Crown, Special Class.
• King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal (First Class).
• King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal (Second Class).
• Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the Coronation of H.M. King Rama X.

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 Stuart 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 Mangala, 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".
2. คุณพลอยไพลิน เจนเซน อุ้มธิดาน้อย ร่วมชมงาน อุ่นไอรักคลายความหนาวฯ. Khao Sod (in Thai). 14 January 2019.