of the royal palace. There is also a memorial park to her outside of Ayutthaya, featuring a large statue of the queen riding a war elephant at Tung Makham Yong in Ban Mai sub-district, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District in order to honor Queen Suriyothai and to mark the great occasion of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s 60th birthday anniversary in 1992. In 2001, a Thai movie about her life, The Legend of Suriyothai, was released. The film was directed by M.C. Chatrichalerm Yukol of the Thai Royal Family and financed by Queen Sirikit. In 2013 Opera Siam International premiered S. P. Somtow's ballet-opera called "Suriyothai" in honour of the birthday of Queen Sirikit. It starred Stacey Tappan and Winita Lohitkul, and was conducted by Trisdee na Patalung. Notes References External links Phra Chedi Sri Suriyothai information page Brief History of Ayutthaya Thai queens consort Women in 16th-century warfare 1511 births 1548 deaths Women in war in Southeast Asia Female wartime cross-dressers Military personnel killed in action Suphannaphum dynasty War-related deaths Deaths by blade weapons 16th-century Thai women