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The Wangchuk Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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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, 11^th November 1955, only son of H.M. Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, King of Bhutan, by his wife, H.M. Queen Kesang-la Choden Wangchuk, educ. St Joseph’s Sch, North Point, Darjeeling, in England, and Wangchuk Acad, Paro. Chair National Planning Cmsn 1971-1991. Appointed as Heir Apparent and Crown Prince by his father, 5^th May 1972. Installed as the 15^thTrongsa Penlop at the Zimchung Nang of the Trongsa Choekor Rabtentse Dzong, 15^th May 1972. Succeeded on the death of his father, 15^th July 1972. Crowned by Je Ngawang Thinley Lhundub at the Tashiochu Dzong, Changlimithang, 2^nd June 1974. Abdicated in favour of his eldest son and heir 9^th December 2006 (with effect on 14^th December 2006). Rcvd: Knt of the Order of the Seraphim of Sweden (1994), Collar of the Orders of the Chrysanthemum of Japan (16.3.1987), and Mubarak the Great of Kuwait (1990), the Orders of Ojaswi Rajanya of Nepal (5.10.1988), and Khalifa 1^st class of Bahrain (1990), rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008), etc. m. four sisters in 1979 (privately) and at Dechog Lhakhang, at the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, 31^st October 1988 (in public ceremony), (first) H.M. Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 29^thDecember 1955), educ. St Joseph’s Convent, Kalimpong, and St Helen’s Sch, Kurseong, India, Chief Patron to Ministry of Agriculture since 1999, Hon Presdt Sherubtse Coll since 2000, Presdt Tarayana Fndn since 2003, Patron National Folk Heritage Museum (Phelchey Toenkhyim) since 2001, etc, author ‘Of Rainbows and Clouds’ (1998), rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008), former wife of Kuenlay Wangdi, and second daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. m. (second) H.M. Queen Ashi Tsering Pem Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 29^th December 1957), educ. St Joseph’s Convent, Kalimpong, and St Helen’s Sch, Kurseong, India, Co-Chair The Bhutan Fndn, and Presdt Bhutan Youth Development Fund (YDF), rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008), third daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. m. (third) H.M. Queen Ashi Tsering Yangdon Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 21^st June 1959), educ. St Joseph’s Convent, Kalimpong, and St Helen’s Sch, Kurseong, India, Royal Patron Royal Soc for theProtection and Care of Animals, etc, rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008), fourth daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. m. (fourth) H.M. Queen Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuk (b. at Nobgang, Punakha, 11^th 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, Chair Royal Textile Acad, etc, rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008), fifth daughter of Yab Ugyen Dorji Shabdrung, by his wife, Yum Thuiji Zam, daughter of Lopen Duba. He had 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. 16^th July 1984 (s/o Dorji Wangmo), educ. Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary Sch, Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, USA, and St Peter’s Coll, Oxford (BA 2007). Appointed as Heir Apparent to his elder brother, 14^th December 2006. HM’s Representative & Presdt Bhutan Olympic Cttee (BOC) since 2009. Mbr Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Standing Cttee since 2011. Trustee Tarayana Fndn since 2003. Rcvd: the Royal Scarf (28.8.2007), King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008).

3) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Kumsum Singye Wangchuk. b. 6^th October 1985 (s/o Sangay Choden), educ. Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary Sch, Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, and RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut Royal Bhutan Army 16/12/2005. Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008).

4) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Jigme Dorji Wangchuk. b. 14^th April 1986 (s/o Tsering Yangdon), educ. Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary Sch, and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, and Menlo Coll, Atherton, California, USA. King’s Representative (Gyaltshab) for the six eastern districts of Bhutan since 2014. Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008).m. at the Domkhar Dzong, Chumey, Bumthang, 17^th October 2013, H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Yeatso Lhamo (b. 1988), educ. UWC at Wellesley Coll, Wellesley, Massachusettes, USA, eldest sister of of H.M. Queen Jetsun Pema, and daughter of Captain Dhondup Gyaltsen, of Trashigang, a commercial airline pilot with Bahrain Airways, by his wife, Aum Sonam Choki, daughter of Dasho Thinley Namgyal, of Pangtoe Goemba, Bumthang. He has issue, a daughter:

a) Ashi Decho Pema Wangchuck. b. at Gyalposhing, Mongar, 2014.

5) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Ugyen Jigme Wangchuk. b. 11^th November 1994 (s/o Tsering Pem), educ. Early Learning Center in Thimphu, Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland, and at Central Saint Martin’s Coll of Art & Design, London (BA). Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008).

1) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Chimi Yangzom Wangchuk. b. 10^th January 1980 (d/o Queen Tsering Pem), educ. Luntenzampa Middle Secondary Sch and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, Dana Hall Sch, and Wellesley Coll (B. Econ.), Wellesley, Massachusetts, and Columbia Univ (MPA), New York, USA. Royal Patron Bhutan Ecological Soc since 2010. Vice-Presdt Bhutan Youth Development Fndn (YDF). Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008). m. at Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, 13^th 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 Dept of Cultural Affairs since 2007, eldest son of Kinley Wangchuk, by his wife, Sangay Om. She has issue, two sons:

a) Dasho Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck. b. at Samitivej Sukhumvit Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, two weeks before 15^thSeptember 2006.

b) Dasho Jamyang Singye Wangchuck. b. 2009.

2) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Sonam Dechen Wangchuk. b. 5^th August 1981 (d/o Queen Dorji Wangmo), educ. Yangchenphug Higher Secondary Sch, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, Stanford Univ (BA 1999), Palo Alto, California, and Harvard Univ (LLM 2007), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Advocate in San Francisco and at the High Court of Bhutan. Trustee Tarayana Fndn since 2003. Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008), KGC of the Crown of Tonga (with collar) and King George Tupou VI Coron Medal (31.7.2008). m. at Mothithang Palace, 5^th 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, Dir Bank of Bhutan Ltd, son of Dasho Wangchuk, from Takchu Gonpa, by his wife, Aum Ugyen Dolma, from Gaselo. She has issue, two sons:

a) Dasho Jigje Singye Wangchuck.

b) Dasho Jigme Jigten Wangchuck [Tulku Vairotsana]. b. 23^rd June 2013. Recognized as the reincarnation of the Great Lotsawa Vairotsana.

3) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Dechen Yangzom Wangchuk. b. 2^nd December 1981 (d/o Queen Tsering Yangdon). HM’s Representative for people’s welfare in Mongar since 2006. Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008). m. at the Dechencholing Palace, Gonpa, 29^th October 2009, Dasho Tandin Namgyel, son of Dasho Kipchu Dorji, sometime Auditor-Gen of the Kingdom, by his wife, Aum Chimi Wangmo.She has issue, two sons and one daughter:

a) Dasho Ugyen Dorji.

b) Dasho Jigme Singye.

a) Ashi Dechan Yuidem Yangzom.

4) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Kesang Choden Wangchuk. b. 23^rd 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. Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008). m. at Dechenchholing Palace, Gonpa, 11^thNovember 2008, Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley, educ. Mahidol Univ, Thailand, son of Lyonchhoen Jigmi Y Thinley, by his wife, Aum Rinsy Dem. She has issue, two sons and one daughter:

a) Dasho Jamgyel Singye Thinley.

b) Dasho Ugyen Junay Thinley.

a) Ashi ... Thinley. b. before 23^rd January 2019.

5) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Euphelma Choden Wangchuk. b. 6^th June 1993 (d/o Queen Sangay Choden), educ. Tencholing RBA, Wangduephodrang, and Georgetown Univ (B.Soc. 2016), Washington DC, USA. Presdt Bhutan Paralympic Cttee. Rcvd: King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Coron Medal 1^st class (6.11.2008). m. at Dechencholing Palace, Thimphu, 29^th October 2020, Dasho Thinlay Norbu (b. 1991), educ. St Joseph’s Sch, North Point, Darjeeling, and St Stephen’s Coll, Delhi Univ, Delhi, India, Trainee Pilot (Airbus) with Drukair Corp Ltd 2018-2019, First Officer since 2019, younger brother of H.M. Queen Jetsun Pema, and elder son of Captain Dhondup Gyaltsen, of Trashigang, a commercial airline pilot with Bahrain Airways, by his wife, Aum Sonam Choki, daughter of Dasho Thinley Namgyal, of Pangtoe Goemba, Bumthang.

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. 21^st 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, educ. Lungtenzampa Primary Sch, Yangchenphug 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 Dechenphodrang Palace, Punakha, 31^st October 1988. Represenaive to the 27^th UN General Assembly a New York 2002. Appointed as 16^th Chhoetse Penlop 21^st October 2004, and invested at the Zimchung Nang of the Trongsa Choekor Rabtentse Dzong, 31^st October 2004. Succeeded on the abdication of his father, 14^th December 2006. Crowned by his father at the Dratshang Kuenra, Tashiccho Dzong, 6^th November 2008. Chancellor of the Royal Univ of Bhutan since 2003. Hon LLD (Univ of New Brunswick, Canada 2005, and Calcutta Univ, India 2010), Hon Dr PPE (Rangsit Univ, Thailand, 2006). 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) 1997, India Bhutan Fndn, European Convention of Bhutan Socs, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, and Bhutan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, etc. Rcvd: KGC of the Order of Queen Salote Tupou III of Tonga (14.5.2010). m. the Pungtang Dechen Phodrang Dzong, Punakha, 13^th October 2011, H.M. Queen Jetsun Pema (b. at Thimphu Hospital, 4^th June 1990), educ. Little Dragon Montessori Sch, Sunshine Sch, 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, crowned by her husband following the marriage ceremony 13^th October 2011, daughter of Dhondup Gyaltshen, of Trashigang, a commercial airline pilot with Bahrain Airways, by his wife, Aum Sonam Choki, daughter of Dasho Thinley Namgyal, of Pangtoe Goemba, Bumthang, by his wife, Aum Rinchen, of Chorten Nyinpo-Chumbi, Chumey, Bumthang. He has issue, two sons and one daughters:

1) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Jigme Namgyal Wangchuck. b. at Lingkana Palace, Thimpu, 5^th February 2016.

2) H.R.H. Prince (Gyalsay Dasho) Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck. b. at Lingkana Palace, Thimpu, 19^th March 2020.

1) H.R.H. Princess (Ashi) Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. b. at Lingkana Palace, Thimpu, 9^th September 2023.

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