Una cerimonia più popolare è prevista per sabato 15 allo stadio di Timphu dove sarà organizzato uno spettacolo con grandi scenografie.
Non è contemplata la presenza di teste coronate, solo gli ambasciatori accreditati potranno accedervi.
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(Incoronazione, 6 novembre 2008)
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BRIEF HISTORY
Until the beginning of the twentieth century, Bhutan was ruled by the dual system of administration known as chhosi, initiated by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1651. He instituted the office of the Druk Desi to look after the temporal administration of the country and the Je Khenpo to look after religious matters. This form of dual government continued until the dawn of the twentieth century. In 1907, a large gathering of nobles, officials, and governors agreed to establish a hereditary monarchy in the person of Ugyen Wangchuk, the son of the 51st Druk Desi, and perhaps the most powerful ruler in the kingdom. He became the first Maharaja of Bhutan. His grandson altered his title to Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) and assumed the title of Majesty in 1963.
STYLES & TITLES:
The Sovereign: Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, Druk Gyalpo, i.e. King of Bhutan, with the style of His Majesty.
Wives of the Sovereign: Gyalmo, i.e. Queen with the style of Her Majesty.
Mother of the Sovereign: Gyalyum, i.e. Queen Mother with the style of Her Majesty.
Sons of the Sovereign: Gyalsay Dasho, i.e. Prince with the style of His Royal Highness.
Daughters of the Sovereign: Ashi, i.e. Prince with the style of His Royal Highness.
Other male members of the Royal family: Dasho, i.e. Lord.
Other female members of the Royal family: Ashi, i.e. lady.
RULES OF SUCCESSION:
Male primogeniture amongst the legitimate descendants of Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk.
ORDERS AND DECORATIONS:
See link below.
GLOSSARY:
Ashi/Saymo: lady, title born by female nobles and members of the Royal family.
Dasho: lord, title borne by male nobles and members of the Royal family.
Debi Zimpon: Chief Secretary.
Desi: Regent.
Donyer: protocol office.
Druk Desai: Deb Raja, or secular ruler.
Druk Gyalpo: Dragon King.
Druk-yul: Bhutan.
Dzong: castle, fort.
Dzong-da: Commissioner.
Dzong-pon: governor.
Gyalmo: Queen.
Gyalpo: King.
Gyalsay: Prince.
Gyaltshab: Regent.
Gyalyum: Queen Mother.
Je Khenpo: Sangha Raja, ruler.
Jong: valley.
Kusung Mami: Royal Bodyguard.
Kutshab: representative, ambassador.
Lam-Thripa: Lama who holds the throne.
Lhengay: Minister.
Lodyo Tshogdu: Royal Advisory Council.
Lyongchhen: Prime Minister.
Magpon: Army commander.
Mahakala: the protector-God of the Wangchuk family, usually represented by a raven's head.
Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo: the Precious Master of Power, King of Bhutan.
Ponlop: governor.
Phodrang: palace.
Rinpoche: reincarnate Lama.
Sha-kya: noble lineage.
Thrimsung Gagpa: Royal Bhutan Police.
Thrimpon: judge.
Tshogdu: National Assembly.
Tsipon: finance officer.
Tulku: reincarnation.
Zhung Donyer: Chief of Protocol.
The Wangchuk Dynasty
GENEALOGY
Sum-phrang Chos-rje (b.1179; d. 1265)
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Zhig-po bKhra-shis Seng-ge (b.1237; d. 1322)
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Bajra 'Dus-pa (b.1262; d. 1296)
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bDe-pa'i dPal-byor (b.1291; d. 1359)
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dPal-den Seng-ge (b.1332; d. 1384)
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bsTan-pa'i Nyi-ma (b.1382)
(brother of Jam-dbyangs Grags-pa Od-zer, 1382-1442)
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Don-grub bZang-po
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Padma Gling-pa [Pemalingpa] (b.1450; d. 1521)
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mKho-chun Chos-rje (b.1505)
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Ngag-dbang (b.1539)
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rGyal-ba (b.1562)
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Dun-dkar Chos-rje [Dungkar Choji] (b.1578)
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bsTan-pa'i rGyal-mchan (b.1598; d. 1694)
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bsTan-pa'i Nyi-ma (b.1623; d. 1689)
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Zla-grags (b.1641)
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gTub-zhong (b.1674)
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Padma Rig-rgyas [Pemarigyas](b.1706; d. 1763)
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Rabgyas [Rab-rgyas] (b.1733)
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Padma
(with whom we treat)
Padma, son of Rabgyas, of the Dungkar Choji family. He had issue, two sons: •1) Dasho Pala Gyeltshen. m. a lady from the Tsendong in Paro. He had issue: •a) Dasho Sherpa Puchung [Shangpa Puenchog] Dzongpon. m. a lady from the Tsentong-pa in Paro. He had issue, one son and one daughter: •i) Raja Ugyen Dorji. Kazi 1902-1907, Governor of Ha, Gongzim and Deb Zimpon 1907-1916. Granted the personal title of Rai Bahadur 1st January 1907, and prom. to Raja 11th December 1911. Rcvd: Delhi Durbar medals (1903 and 1911). He d. at Mingyur Ngonpar Gawai Phodrang (the Palace of Unchangeable Joy), Kalimpong, India, 22nd June 1916, having had issue: •(1) Raja Sonam Tobgay Dorji, CIE (8.6.1944). b. 1896. Gongzim and Deb Zimpon 1917-1952, Agent for Foreign Relations for the King of Bhutan, and Governor of Ha 1917-1924. Granted the rank of a Deputy Minister (officer of the fourth rank) by the Dalai Lama of Tibet, 1918. Granted the personal titles of Rai Bahadur 1917, and Raja by King George V. m. at Mingyur Ngonpar Gawai Phodrang, Kalimpong, India, 5th April 1918, Rani Chuni Wangmo (b. at Gangtok, Sikkim, 1897; d. at Mingyur Ngonpar Gawai Phodrang, Kalimpong, India, 1994), youngest H.H. Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Thutob Namgyal [mThu-stobs rNam-rgyal], Maharaja of Sikkim, KCIE, by his third wife, H.H. Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Maharani Yeshay Dolma. He d. suddenly at Bhutan House, Kalimpong, India, September 1953, having had issue, three sons and two daughters: •(a) H.E. Dasho Jigme Palden Dorji. b. 1919. Governor of Ha 1924, Gongzim 1952-1958 and Lonchen (Prime Minister) of Bhutan 1958-1964, Regent April 1963. m. at Bhutan House, Kalimpong, India, 1942, Ashi Tsering Yangzom [Tessla] (b. in Tibet, 1924, m. second, 1965, Samchok, a Tibetan refugee in India), educ. Mount Hermon Sch, Darjeeling, India, teacher at the Central Sch. for Tibetans at Mussoorie, daughter of H.E. Namgang Dasang Damdul Tsarong Pola, sometime C-in-C of the Tibetan Army and Shap-pe, by his wife, Tsetan Dolkar, daughter of H.E. Tsarong Wangchuk Gyalpo, sometime Shap-pe. He was k. during a game of cards at the Phuntsoling Guesthouse, 5th April 1964, having had issue, three sons and one daughter, including: •(i) Dasho Paljor Jigme Dorji [Benji Dorji]. b. 1944, educ. St Joseph's Coll, Northpoint, Darjeeling, India, Oxford Univ, and RMA Sandhurst, UK. Chief Justice, Ambassador & Permanent Representative at the UN Geneva 1992-1994, Dep Minister for the Environment 1994-1998, Special Adviser to the National Environmental Cmsn. Founder of the Royal Soc for the Protection of Nature (RSPN) 1987. m. (first) (div.) Louise Bird [Ashi Louise Dorji], Anchorwoman with Radio Bhutan, Liaison Officer for the Norwegian Santai Mission in Thimphu, and Proof Edior with "Kuensel" newspaper, Mbr The Bhutan Soc, etc. m. (second) (div.) …He had issue, three sons: •1. Dasho Dasang Paljor Dorji (s/o Louise).
•2. Dasho Kalden Dorji [Kelly Dorji]. b. 4th January 1971 (s/o Louise), educ. St Paul's Sch, Darjeeling, India, and St Xavier's Coll, Mumbai (BA), and Delhi Univ. Photographic assist to Chien-Wien 1995-1997, model and actor.
•3. Dasho Tobgye Dorji. b. 1973.
•(ii) Dasho Kalden Dorji, educ. St Joseph's Coll, Northpoint, Darjeeling, India . m. (first) at Wangdu Choling, Bumthang, 1st August 1955 (div.), H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Pema Choden Wangchuck (b. 1949), third daughter of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, KCIE, by his second wife, H.M. Queen Pema Dechen, younger daughter of Dasho Jamyang, Chume Shengo. m. (second) … He has issue, one daughter by each wife.
•(iii) Dasho Tobgye Sonam Dorji, educ. St Joseph's Coll, Northpoint, Darjeeling, India . Ambassador & Permanent Representative to the UN in Geneva 1980-1992, and Ambassador to Kuwait. m. (first) (div.) The Hon Manjula Sinha (b. at Calcutta, 1946; d. 1996), daughter of the Rt Hon Sudhindro Prosanno (Sinha), 3rd Baron Sinha of Raipur, sometime Chair & MD McNeill & Barry Ltd, Calcutta, by his wife, The Rt. Hon. Madhabi, Baroness Sinha of Raipur, daughter of Monoranjan Chatterjee, of Calcutta. m. (second) 1973 (div. 1977) Brigitte Kindh (b. in Sweden, 1953; m. second, …Widell), daughter of Tage Kindh, by his wife, Maj. m. (third) 1977, Ashi Genzing Zam Dorji (b. 1952). He had issue, one son by his first wife, two sons by his second wife, and two daughters by his third: •1. Dasho Tobgye Dorji. b. 1967 (s/o Manjula).
•2. Dasho Tenzing Tage Dorji. b. 1973 (s/o Brigitte), educ. in Sweden.
•3. Dasho Jhurmie Topgye Dorji. b. 1977 (s/o Brigitte), educ. Sandaschool, Jönköping, and Univ of Nässjö, Sweden. m. (first) (div. 2002) Linda Ericsson (b.1977). m. (second) Sofia Nordh (b.1983). He has issue, three sons: •a. Oliver Jhurmie Dorji. b. 1998 (s/o Linda).
•b. Hampus Jigmie Dorji. b. 2000 (s/o Linda).
•c. Casper Palden Dorji b. 2009 (s/o Sofia).
•1. Ashi Khandu Om. b. 1977 (d/o Genzing Zam), educ. Woodstock Sch, Mussoorie, India, and Wooster Coll, Ohio, USA (BA). Assist Project Officer with UNICEF, Media co-ordinator of the Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (DPT) 2008.
•2. Ashi Chukie Om. b. 1979 (d/o Genzing Zam), educ. Woodstock Sch, Mussoorie, India, and Wooster Coll, Ohio, USA, and Bangkok, Thailand. Dir Gangtey Palace Expeditions.
•(b) Dasho Ugyen Dorji, Boedhay Rimpoche. b. at Bhutan House, Kalimpong, India, 1933, educ. Nyarongsha Sch, Lhasa, Tibet, and St Joseph's Sch, Darjeeling, India . Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Royal Bhutan Army 1953, attached Gurkha Training Centre, prom Capt 1957, Cdt Tashimakha Camp in Laya 1957-1959, resig 1959. Chair Lakhi Group Org & Tashi Group of Companies 1959-2006, Unit Trust of Bhutan, the Bhutan Lottery, Bhutan Carbide & Chemicals, and Bhutan Ferro Alloys Ltd. Presdt Bhutan Chamber of Commerce 1980-1992, SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry 2006, etc. Mbr Royal Thimpu Golf Club, etc. Granted the rank of Nig Kyalma. Rcvd: the Royal Red Scarf (1986). m. (first) at Bumthang, 1st August 1955 (div.) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Choki Ongmo Wangchuck (b. at Wangdu Choling Palace, Bumthang, 1937; m. second, 1968, Dasho Topga, Yulgyal Rimpoche, Dorje-Lopon Garchen-Thripa), eldest daughter of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, KCIE, by his second wife, H.M. Queen Pema Dechen, younger daughter of Dasho Jamyang, Chume Shengo. m. (second) Ashi Savitri Ugyen Dorji, a lady of Nepalese descent, sister of Madan Mohan Pradhan of Kalimpong. He d. at the Bengdubi Army Hospital, West Bengal, India, 25th March 2006 (cremated at Paro), having had issue, three sons, including: •(i) Dasho Tobgyal Dorji, educ. St Joseph's Sch, Darjeeling, India .
•(ii) Dasho Wangchuk Dorji, educ. St Augustine's Sch, Kalimpong, India. Vice-Chair Tashi Group of Companies.
•(c) Dasho Lhendup Dorji [Lenny Dorji]. b. at Bhutan House, Kalimpong, India, 6th October 1935, educ. St Joseph's Coll, Northpoint, Darjeeling, India, Choate Prep Sch, and Cornell Univ, Ithaca, New York, USA (BA 1959). Employed with the UN in New York in the 1950s. Land Surveyor, Postmaster-Gen, Paro Thrimpon, Sec-Gen for Development, Kazi Acting Prime Minister of Bhutan 1964. Went into voluntary exile in Nepal 1964, and later settled in Kalimpong. Racehorse owner and breeder. Mbr Royal Calcutta Turf Club. Rcvd: the Royal Red Scarf (1958). m. Ashi Glenda Dorji (b. 1946), a lady of Anglo-Burmese descent, daughter of Emma Wilkie, elder daughter of James Guy Gavin Wilkie. He d. at Lungtenphu, Thimphu, 15th April 2007, having had issue, two sons and two daughters: •(i) Dasho Palden Jigme Dorji.
•(ii) Dasho Lhendup Dorji.
•(i) Ashi Khendum Dorji, educ. at Katmandu, Nepal and Thimphu. Political Adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Conference Dvsn.), MD Chhundu Tours and Travels since 1986. m. (div.) and had issue, a daughter.
•(ii) Ashi Chuni [Glenda Anne Dorji]. b. 26th July 1964, educ. at Katmandu, Nepal and Thimphu. m. (div.) and had issue, four children.
•(b) Ashi Tashi Dorji. Governor of the Eastern Bhutan. Went into voluntary exile in Nepal 1964, and returned to Bhutan in 1972.
•(b) Ashi Kesang-la Choden Dorji [H.M. Queen Kesang Choden]. b. 21st May 1930. m. at Paro Dzong, 5th October 1951, H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, King of Bhutan. b. at Thuepang Palace, Tongsa, 2nd May 1929; d. at Nairobi, Kenya, 15th July 1972), eldest son of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, KCIE, by his first wife, H.M. Queen Phuntsho Choden, elder daughter of Dasho Jamyang, Chume Shengo. She had issue one son and two daughters - see below.
•i) Ayi Thubten Wangmo. She d. at Lhasa, Tibet, 1918.
•2) Dasho Pila Gonpo Wangyal [Pi-la mGon-po rNam-rgyal]. b. 1782, educ. privately. m. (first) … m. (second) Ashi Sonam Pedzom, of Jangsa. He had issue, five sons and one daughter: •a) H.H. Dasho Kitshelpa Dorji Namgyal (s/o the first wife). Gongzim 1872-1873, and 52nd Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan 1873-1879. :
•b) Dasho Dorji (s/o Sonam Pedzom). He had issue: Copyright© Christopher Buyers •i) Dasho Dawa Penjor. 23rd Paro Penlop 1883-1910. b. 1849. m. (first) Ashi Ugyen Zangmo (d.s.p.), a relative of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, GCIE, KCSI. m. (second) Ashi Rinchen Dolma, a widow from a village near Paro. m. (third) Ashi Tenyi, daughter of his second wife, Ashi Rinchen Dolma, by her first husband. He d. at the Gangtey Palace, Paro, 1910, having had issue, one son by his second wife: •(1) Dasho …, Paro Nyerchen. b. 1893 (s/o Rinchen Dolma). He had issue, a son: •(a) Dasho Wawel Wangdruk.
•i) Ashi …m. the Byagar Dzongpon (fl 1905). She had issue, a son: ■(1) Dasho …, Paro Donyer 1905.
•c) Dasho Dungkar Gyeltsen (s/o Sonam Pedzom). Tongsa Penlop 1866-1882 and Shemgang Dzongpon. He had issue: •i) Dasho Kunzang Trinley. Thimphu Dzongpon 1886 and Wangdu Phodrang Dzongpon. He had issue, one son and one daughter: •(1) Dasho …, Gangteng Tulku.
•(1) Ashi Tsendue Pem Lhamo Kurto Khoma Chukmo. b. at Kurto Khoma, ca. 1884. m. as his fourth wife, 1902, H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, GCIE, KCSI (b. 1861; at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, 26th August 1926), son of H.H. Dasho Samdrup Jigme Namgyal [rJigs-med rNam-rgyal], 51st Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan, by his wife, Ashi Pema Choki, daughter of Ugyen Phuntso Tamshing Choji of Bumthang. She d. at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, April 1922, having had issue - see below.
•d) H.H. Dasho Samdrup Jigme Namgyal [rJigs-med rNam-rgyal]. b. at Kurtyo under Lhuntsi, 1825 (s/o Sonam Pedzom), educ. privately. 11th Trongsa Penlop 1853-1870, and 51st Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan 1870-1873. m. Ashi Pema Choki (d. 1884), daughter of Ugyen Phuntso Tamshing Choji of Bumthang, by his wife, Rinchen Pemo, daughter of Sonam Drugyel, 30th Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan. He d. from a fall from a yak at Semtokha Dzong in the Thimphu Valley, 1881, having had issue: •i) Dasho Thinley Topgye. b. 1856. Wangdo Phodrang Dzogpon 1877-1883, Paro Penlop 1883-1884. He d. from a fall from a horse at Paro bridge, 1884, having had issue: •(1) Dasho Namgyal.
•ii) Dasho Ugyen Wangchuk [Urgyan dBan-phyug], who succeeded as H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan - see below.
•i) Ashi Yeshey Choden. m. her maternal first cousin, Dasho Chimi Dorji, Byagar Dzongpon later Thimphu Dzongpon, son of Dasho Pema Tenzing, Tongsa Penlop 1882. She had issue, two sons and three daughters: ■(1) Dasho Dorji Rabden. Sometime Byagar Dzongpon, Tongsa Zimpon (fl 1905), Deba Dronyer, and Minister for Foreign Affairs 1956. m. after 1900 and before 1905, Princess (Ashi) Pedron, eldest daughter of his maternal uncle, H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, GCIE, by his second wife, Ashi Rinchen Pem, daughter of Dasho Pema Tenzin, Byagar Dzongpon. He had issue, a son: ■(a) Dasho Tsering Paljor [Tshering Penjor]. b. 1902. Appointed as Heir Apparent by his grandfather. Wangdichholing Dronyer, 24th Paro Penlop 1918-1949. m. Ashi Beda. He d. at the Ugyenpelri Palace, Paro, 1949, having had issue, several children.
■(2) Ashi Decho. m. Dasho Jamyang, Chumed Zhalgno, of the Tamzhing Choeje family. She had issue, two daughters: : ■(a) H.M. Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude) Phuntsho Choden [Gayum Angay]. b. at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, 1911. m. 1923, as his first wife, H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk [Jigs-med dBang-phyug], Maharaja of Bhutan, KCIE (b. 1906; d. at Kunga Rabden Palace, Mangdelung, Bumthang, 30th March 1952), fifth and eldest surviving son of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, GCIE, KCSI, by his fourth wife, Ashi Tsendue Lhamo Kurto Khoma Chukmo, daughter of his first cousin, Dasho Kunzang Trinley, sometime Thimphu Dzongpon and Wangdu Phodrang Dzongpon. She d. at Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, 24th August 2003, having had issue, an only son - see below.
■(b) H.M. Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude) Pema Dechen. b. 1918. m. 1932, as his second wife, H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk [Jigs-med dBang-phyug], Maharaja of Bhutan, KCIE (b. 1906; d. at Kunga Rabden Palace, Mangdelung, Bumthang, 30th March 1952), fifth and eldest surviving son of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, GCIE, KCSI, by his fourth wife, Ashi Tsendue Lhamo Kurto Khoma Chukmo, daughter of his first cousin, Dasho Kunzang Trinley, sometime Thimphu Dzongpon and Wangdu Phodrang Dzongpon. She d. before 1978, having had issue, one son and three daughters - see below.
•e) Dasho Yodron.
•a) Ashi Tsering Droma (d/o Sonam Pedzom).
1907 - 1926 H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, GCIE (1.1.1921, KCIE 2.1.1905), KCSI (12.12.1911). b. at Bumthang, 1861, only surviving son of H.H. Dasho Samdrup Jigme Namgyal, 10th Tongsa Penlop and 51st Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan, by his wife, Ashi Pema Chokyi, daughter of Dasho Ugyen Puntso Tamshing, Choji of Bumthang, educ. privately. Installed as the Paro Penlop 1874, and as the 12th Trongsa Penlop at the Zimchung Nang of the Trongsa Dzong 1882. Gongzim 1886-1907. Unanimously elected by the clergy, the State Councillors, the Chillahs of all the districts, and the representatives of the people as the first hereditary ruler of Bhutan, 17th December 1907. Crowned at Punakha Dzong on the same day. Granted a salute of 15-guns, 27th December 1903 (made permanent, 3rd June 1911). Rcvd: Delhi Durbar gold medal (1911). m. (first) 1882 (div. 1886), Ashi Ludrong Dolma [Dechen Zangmo] (d. 1900), daughter of Kalon Ashang Wangya. m. (second) 1884, his first cousin, Ashi Rinchen Pem (d. 1902), daughter of his maternal uncle, Dasho Pema Tenzin, Byagar Dzongpon, sometime Tongsa Penlop. m. (third) Ashi Ngodrup Pemo. m. (fourth) at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, 1902, Ashi Tsendue Pem Lhamo Kurto Khoma Chukmo (b. at Kurto Khoma, ca. 1884; d. at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, April 1922), daughter of his first cousin, Dasho Kunzang Trinley, sometime Thimphu Dzongpon and Wangdu Phodrang Dzongpon, by his wife, a noble lady from Kurto Khoma. He d. at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, 26th August 1926, having had issue, seven sons and three daughters: •1) A son b. to Ludrong Dolma, who d. young.
•2) Another son b. to Ludrong Dolma, who d. young.
•3) A third son b. to Ludrong Dolma, who d. young.
•4) A son b. to Lhamo, who d. young.
•5) H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan (s/o Lhamo) - see below.
•6) Prince (Dasho) Gyurme Dorji. b. 1911 (s/o Lhamo). He d. unm. 1933.
•7) Prince (Dasho) Jigme Karma Trinley Lhundrub Wangchuk [Naku], Dronyer. b. 1917 (s/o Lhamo). He d. unm. 1949.
•1) Princess (Ashi) Pedron (d/o Rinchen Pem). m. after 1900 and before 1905, her first cousin, Dasho Dorji Rabden, Deba Dronyer, Minister for Foreign Affairs 1956, son of Dasho Chimi Dorji, Thimphu Dzongpon, by his wife, Ashi Yeshi Choden, daughter of H.H. Jigme Namgyal, 51st Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan. She had issue, an only son - see above.
•2) Princess (Ashi) Yangzom. b. ca. 1900 (d/o Rinchen Pem). m. and had issue, one son: ■a) Dasho Phuntso Wangdi. He had issue, a daughter: ■i) Ashi Kesang Dolkar. m. Dasho Karma Gayleg (b. at Tangsibi Dung, Bumthang, 1944; d. at Yungdungcholing Dzong, 16th January 2008), educ. Birla Public Sch., Nainital, India, IPS officer 1966, Presdt Bhutan Chamber of Commerce 1982 (Vice-Presdt 1980-1982), Royal Councillor 1993-1995, rcvd: Druk Thuksey Decoration (17.12.2007).
•3) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Kunchog Wangmo. b. 1914 (half-sister to Jigme Wangchuk). m. Brigadier Chabra Namgyal Bahadur (k. at Phuntchholing, 29th April 1964), sometime Chief of Operations and Dep. Cdr. Royal Bhutan Army and Mbr. Cncl. of Regency 1963-1964, who was executed for his part in the plot to kill Prime Minister Dorji in April 1964.
Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1926 - 1952 H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk [Jigs-med dBang-phyug], Maharaja of Bhutan, KCIE (3.6.1930, CIE 11.3.1927). b. 1906, fifth and eldest surviving son of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Ugyen Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, GCIE, KCSI, by his fourth wife, H.H. Gyalmo Tsendue Lhamo Kurto Khoma Chukmo, educ. privately. Appointed as Trongsa Dronyer 1921, and installed as 13th Trongsa Penlop 1923. Succeeded on the death of his father, 26th August 1926. Crowned at the Punakha Dzong, 14th March 1927. Concluded the Treaty of Punakha wih India 8th August 1949, by which Bhutan's exernal affairs were o be guided by that country. Rcvd: Ugyen Wangchuk (1909), Delhi Durbar silver (1911), Silver Jubilee (1935), and Coron (1937) medals. m. (first) 1923, H.M. Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude) Phuntsho Choden [Gayum Angay] (b. at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, 1911; d. at Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, 24th August 2003), elder daughter of Dasho Jamyang, Chumed Zhalgno, of the Tamzhing Choeje family, by his wife, Ashi Decho, daughter of Chimi Dorji, Thimphu Dzongpon, by his wife Ashi Yeshay Choden, daughter of H.H. Dasho Samdrup Jigme Namgyal, 10th Tongsa Penlop and 51st Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan. m. (second) 1932, H.M. Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude) Pema Dechen (b. 1918; d. before 1978), younger daughter of Dasho Jamyang, Chumed Zhalgno, of the Tamzhing Choeje family, by his wife, Ashi Decho, daughter of Chimi Dorji, Thimphu Dzongpon, by his wife Ashi Yeshay Choden, daughter of H.H. Dasho Samdrup Jigme Namgyal, 10th Tongsa Penlop and 51st Druk Desi (Deb Raja) of Bhutan. He d. at Kunga Rabden Palace, Mangdelung, Bumthang, 30th March 1952, having had issue: •1) H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk [Jigs-med rDo-rje dBang-phyug], Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan (s/o Chodon) - see below.
•2) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Namgyal Wangchuck. b. at Wangduchholing Palace, Bumthang, 23rd April 1943 (s/o Pema Dechen), educ. Royal Palace Sch, St Joseph's Coll, Darjeeling, and IAS Training Coll, Mussoorie, India. HM's Representative in the Army & COS 1964-1968, Paro Penlop, Minister for Trade, Industry & Forests 1968-1971, for Home Affairs in 1990, for Health and Education 1998, HM's Representative in the Ministry of Social Services. Chair Dairy & Forestry Project (DFP) Brd 1972-1978. Mbr Royal Civil Service Cmsn 1982-1991. m. Ashi Chan.
•1) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Choki Ongmo Wangchuck. b. at Wangdu Choling Palace, Bumthang, 1937 (d/o Pema Dechen). m. (first) at Bumthang, 1st August 1955 (div.) as his first wife, Dasho Ugyen Dorji, Phodrang Rimpoche (b. a Bhutan House, Kalimpong, Insia, 1933; d. at the Bengdubi Army Hospital, West Bengal, India, 25th March 2006), Chair Tashi Group of Companies, third son of Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, CIE, sometime Agent for Foreign Relations, Royal Chamberlain and Governor of Ha, by his wife, Rani Choying Wangmo, youngest H.H. Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Thutob Namgyal [mThu-stobs rNam-rgyal], Maharaja of Sikkim, KCIE - see above. m. (second) 1968, Dasho Topga, Yulgyal Rimpoche, Dorje-Lopon Garchen-Thripa (b. 1940; d. from cancer, at New Delhi, India, 15th September 1997), raised to the honorary rank of a Provincial Governor 1968, Hon. Zhanang Zodpa (Gen-Sec.) of the Karmapa Labring 1968-1981, and to the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa 1982-1997, Mbr Karmapa Charitable Trust 1968-1997, son of Ashi Yangchen, sister of H.H. Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Gyalwa Karmapa, and daughter of Tsewang Paljor, by her first husband.
•2) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Deki Yangzom Wangchuck. b. 1944 (d/o Pema Dechen). m. Dasho Ugyen Dhendup.
•3) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Pema Choden Wangchuck. b. 1949 (d/o Pema Dechen). m. (first) at Wangdu Choling, Bumthang, 1st August 1955 (div.), Dasho Kalden Dorji, son of Dasho Jigme Palden Dorji, sometime Prime Minister and Regent of Bhutan, by his wife, Ashi Tsering Yangdzom, of the Tsarong family of Lhasa. m. (second) 196x, Dasho Shenphen Dewa. She had issue, an only daughter by her first husband.
Copyright© Christopher Buyers 1952 - 1972 H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk [Jigs-med rDo-rje dBang-phyug], Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan. b. at Thupang Palace, Tongsa, 2nd May 1929, eldest son of H.H. Maharaja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Sir Jigme Wangchuk, Maharaja of Bhutan, KCIE, by his first wife, H.M. Queen Mother Puntsho Choden, educ privately. Appointed as Trongsa Dronyer 1944. Appointed as Heir Apparent by his father and formally installed as Paro Penlop 1946. Succeeded on the death of his father, 30th March 1952. Crowned by Je Samten Jamtsho, at the Punakha Dzong, 27th October 1952. Established the first unicameral National Assembly in 1953, the Royal Advisory Council in 1965, and the Council of Ministers in 1968, reorganised the judiciary, abolished serfdom and outlawed slavery. Removed the capital to Thimphu 1962. Altered his style and title from Maharaja and His Highness to His Majesty the Druk Gyalpo following the promulgation of a new constitution in 1963. m. at the Paro Dzong, 5th October 1951, H.M. Queen Kesang Choden Wangchuk (b. at Kalimpong, India, 21st May 1930), educ. St. Joseph’s Convent, Kalimpong, India, and the House of Citizenship, London, a great supporter and patroness of religious institutions and architecture, Patron The Bhutan Fndn, Hon Vice-Presdt Siam Soc (Bangkok), rcvd: the Order of Druk Gyalpo 1st class (16.11.2008), and Coron Medals (2.6.1974 & 6.11.2008), second daughter of Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji, CIE, sometime Bhutan Agent for Foreign Relations, Royal Chamberlain and Governor of Ha, by his wife, Rani Choying Wangmo, youngest daughter of H.H. Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Maharaja Sir Thutob Namgyal [mThu-stobs rNam-rgyal], Maharaja of Sikkim, KCIE. He d. at Nairobi, Kenya, 15th July 1972 (crem. in Bhutan), having had issue, one son and four daughters: •1) H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck [Jigs-med Seng-ge dBang-phyug], Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan - see below.
•1) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Sonam Choden Wangchuck. b. at Zurich, Switzerland, 26th July 1953. HM's Representative in the Ministry of Finance 1974-1989 & 1991-1996, and Agriculture 1991-1994 & 1997-1998, Special Adviser at the Ministry of Finance 1990-1991 and 1996-1997, Chair Council of Ministers 1998. Chair Royal Insurance Corp since 1975, Druk Air since 1980, Royal Civil Service Cmsn 1982-1991, and Royal Monetary Authority since 1982, Presdt National Womens' Assoc of Bhutan (NWAB) since 1981. m. at Deshenchholing, 15th October 1979 (div.), Dasho Tsewang Rinzin, sometime Dir Ministry of Foreign Affairs, son of H.E. Lyonpo Sangye Penjor, sometime Ambassador to India and Bangladesh and Minister for Communications & Tourism. She had issue.
•2) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Dechen Wangmo Wangchuck. b. 8th September 1954. Vice-Chair Planning Cmsn. 1971-1972, HM's Representative in the Ministry of Development 1976-1985, Agriculture 1985 & 1994-1997, Communications 1992-1998, Minister for Agriculture 1985-1992, Second Mbr of the Cabinet 1991-1992, Mbr Royal Civil Service Cmsn 1982-1991. m. Dasho Tshering Wangda, Joint Sec of the Ministry of Home & Cultural Affairs since 2000.
•3) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Pema Lhaden Pem Pem Wangchuck. b. 12th March 1959. HM's Representative in the National Council for Social & Cultural Promotion (NCSCP) 1980-1986, MD Bhutan Padma Osel Tours. m. Andee Barun Gurung.
•4) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Kesang Wangmo Wangchuck. b. 11th May 1961. HM's Representative for Special Projects.
H.M. King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, also had further issue, two sons and one daughter by a concubine, Yangki (b. ca. 1940; d. at Gelekphu, 1970), wife of Chiru Lamo, a Royal groom, and daughter of Kanaibhu, of Tibetan origin: •2) A son. b. ca. 1962.
•3) Another son. b. ca. 1964.
•5) A daughter.
1972 - 2006 H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck [Jigs-med Seng-ge dBang-phyug], Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan. b. at the Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, 11th November 1955, only son of H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan, by his wife, H.M. Queen Kesang Choden Wangchuk, educ. St Joseph's Sch, North Point, Darjeeling, in England and Wangchuk Acad., Paro. Chair Planning Cmsn 1971-1991. Installed as Heir Apparent and Crown Prince, 5th May 1972. Installed as the 15th Trongsa Penlop at the Zimchung Nang of the Trongsa Dzong 15th May 1972. Succeeded on the death of his father, 15th July 1972. Crowned by Je Ngawang Thinley Lhundub at the Tashiochu Dzong, Changlimithang, 2nd June 1974. Abdicated in favour of his eldest son and heir 9th December 2006, which took effect on 14th December 2006. Rcvd: Knt of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden (1994), Collar of the Orders of the Chrysanthemum of Japan (1987), and Mubarak the Great of Kuwait (1990), the Orders of Ojaswi Rajanya of Nepal (1988), and Al-Khalifa 1st class of Bahrain (1990). m. (first) at Nobgang, Punakha, 1979 (in private), and at Dechog Lhakhang, Punakha Dzong, 31st October 1988 (in public), H.M. Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 29th December 1955), educ. St Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St Helen's Sch, Kurseong, India, Founder and Presdt Tarayana Fndn since 2003, Hon Presdt Sherubtse College, etc, author 'Of Rainbows and Clouds' (1998), second daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. m. (second) at Nobgang, Punakha, 1979 (in private), and at Dechog Lhakhang, Punakha Dzong, 31st October 1988 (in public), H.M. Queen Ashi Tsering Pem Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 29th December 1957), educ. St Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St Helen's Sch, Kurseong, India, Co-Chair The Bhutan Fndn, and Presdt Youth Development Fund (YDF), third daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. m. (third) at Nobgang, Punakha, 1979 (in private), and at Dechog Lhakhang, Punakha Dzong, 31st October 1988 (in public), H.M. Queen Ashi Tsering Yangdon Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 21st June 1959), educ. St Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St Helen's Sch, Kurseong, India, Royal Patron Royal Soc for the Protection and Care of Animals, etc., fourth daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. m. (fourth) at Nobgang, Punakha, 1979 (in private), and at Dechog Lhakhang, Punakha Dzong, 31st October 1988 (in public), H.M. Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 11th May 1963), educ. St Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St Helen's Sch, Kurseong, India, UN FPA Ambassador since 1999, Royal Patron Bhutan Textile Musuem, etc, fifth daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. He has issue, five sons and five daughters: •1) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck , who succeeded as H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan(s/o Tsering Yangdon) - see below.
•2) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Jingyel Ugyen Wangchuk. b. 16th July 1984 (s/o Dorji Wangmo), educ. Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch., Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA, and St Peter's Coll., Oxford (BA 2007). Trustee Tarayana Fndn. 2003. Rcvd: the Royal Scarf (28.8.2007).
•3) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Khamsun Singye Wangchuk. b. 6th October 1985 (s/o Sangay Choden), educ. Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch., and RMA Sandhurst. Cmsnd. 2nd-Lieut. Royal Bhutan Army 16/12/2005.
•4) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Jigme Dorji Wangchuk. b. 14th April 1986 (s/o Tsering Yangdon).
•5) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Ugyen Jigme Wangchuk. b. 11th November 1994 (s/o Tsering Pem).
•1) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Chimi Yangzom Wangchuk. b. 10th January 1980 (d/o Queen Tsering Pem), educ. Luntenzampa Middle Secondary Sch and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, Dana Hall Sch and Wellesley Coll, Wellesley, Massachusetts (B. Econ.) and Columbia Univ, New York, USA (MPA). m. at Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, 13th October 2005, Dasho Sangay Wangchuk (b. at Thimphu, 1978), educ. St Stephen's Coll., Delhi Univ. (BA), and Columbia Univ, New York, USA, Sec Dzongkha Development Authority 2005, Dir of the Dratshang 2005-2006, Sec for Religious & Cultural Affairs at the Home Ministry 2006-2007, Adviser to the Dept of Cultural Affairs since 2007, eldest son of Kinley Wangchuk, by his wife, Sangay Om. She has issue, one son: ■a) Dasho … b. at Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, two weeks before 15th September 2006.
•2) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Sonam Dechen Wangchuk. b. 5th August 1981 (d/o Queen Dorji Wangmo), educ. Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, California (BA 1999), and Harvard Univ, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (LLM 2007). Advocate in San Francisco and at the High Court, Bhutan. Trustee Tarayana Fndn. 2003. Rcvd: KGC of the Crown of Tonga (with collar) and King George Tupou VI Coron Medal (31.7.2008). m. at Motithang Palace, 5th April 2009, Dasho Phub W. Dorji, educ. Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, George Washington Univ (BA) and Georgetown Univ (MA), Washington DC, USA , joined Ministry of Finance 2004, son of Dasho Wangchuk, from Takchu Gonpa, by his wife, Aum Ugyen Dolma, from Gaselo.
•3) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Dechen Yangzom Wangchuk. b. 2nd December 1981 (d/o Queen Tsering Yangdon). HM's Representative for people's welfare in Mongar since 2006.
•4) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Kesang Choden Wangchuk. b. 23rd January 1982 (d/o Queen Tsering Pem), educ. Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch., Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, and Stanford Univ, Palo Alto, California, USA (BA). HM’s Representative for people’s welfare in Bumthang since 2006. m. at Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, 11th November 2008, Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley, educ. Mahidol Univ, Thailand, son of Lyonchhoen Jigmi Yoeser Thinley, by his wife, Aum Rinsy Dem.
•5) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Euphelma Choden Wangchuk. b. 6th June 1993 (d/o Queen Sangay Choden).
2006 H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck [Jigs-med Khe-gsar rNam-rgyal dBang-phyug], Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan. b. 21st February 1980, eldest son of H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Mang-pos Bhur-ba'i rgyalpo, King of Bhutan, by his third wife, H.M. Queen Tsering Yangdon Wangchuk, educ. Lungtenzampa Primary Sch, Yanchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, Cushing Acad, Ashburnham, and Wheaton Coll, Norton, Massachucettes, USA, and Magdalen Coll, Oxford (M. Phil. 2003). Installed as Crown Prince at the Punakha Dechenphodrang Palace, 31st October 1988. Bhutanese Representaive to the 27th UN General Assembly at New York, USA 2002. Appointed as 16th Chhoetse Penlop 21st October 2004, and invested at the Zimchung Nang of the Trongsa Dzong 31st October 2004. Succeeded on the voluntary abdication of his father, 14th December 2006. Crowned by his father at the Dratshang Kuenra of the Tashiccho Dzong, Thimphu, 6th November 2008. Chancellor of the Royal Univ of Bhutan since 2003. Hon LLD Univ of New Brunswick, Canada (2005). Chief Patron Scout Assoc of Bhutan. Chair Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation. Presdt Bhutan-India Friendship Assoc. Patron of the Royal Soc for the Protection of Nature (RSPN), Bhutan Shooting Federation (BSF) since 1997, India Bhutan Foundation, European Convention of Bhutan Socs, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, etc. Rcvd: KGC of the Order of Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga (14.5.2010), etc. engaged to Jetsun Pema (b. at Thimphu, 4th June 1990), educ. Changangkha Lower Secondary Sch and Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary Sch, Thimphu, The Lawrence Sch, Sanawar, Himachal Pradesh, and St Joseph’s Convent, Kalimpong, India, and Regent’s Coll, London, daughter of Dhondup Gyaltshen (grandson of Trashigang Dzongpon Dopola), by his wife, Sonam Chuki, from the family of Bumthang Pangtey.
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