(1955-06-10) 10 June 1955 (age 68) Nobgang, Punakha, Bhutan
Spouse
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
(m. 1979)
Issue
Sonam Dechen Wangchuck Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck
Names
Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck[fn 1]
House
Wangchuck (by marriage)
Father
Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji
Mother
Yum Thuji Zam
Religion
Vajrayana Buddhism
This name uses Bhutanese naming customs. Bhutanese people have two given names, neither of which is a surname or family name unless they are descended from royal or noble lineages.
Bhutanese royal family
The Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) The Druk Gyaltsuen (Dragon Queen)
The Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince)
Prince Jigme Ugyen
Princess Sonam Yangden
The Fourth Druk Gyalpo
Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo
Princess Sonam Dechen
Prince Jigyel Ugyen
Queen Mother Tshering Pem
Princess Chimi Yangzom
Princess Kesang Choden
Prince Ugyen Jigme
Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon
Princess Dechen Yangzom
Prince Jigme Dorji
Queen Mother Sangay Choden
Prince Khamsum Singye
Princess Euphelma Choden
Family of the Third Druk Gyalpo (deceased)
The Queen Grandmother
Princess Sonam Choden
Princess Dechen Wangmo
Princess Pema Lhaden
Princess Kesang Wangmo
Family of the Second Druk Gyalpo (deceased)
Princess Choki Wangmo
Prince Namgyel
Princess Deki Yangzom
Princess Pema Choden
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Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck of Bhutan at St Peter's College, Oxford, attending the graduation ceremony of her son, Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (left) on 29 September 2007
Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo (Dzongkha: རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་མོ་དབང་ཕྱུག་; Wylie: Rdo-rje Dbang-mo Dbang-phyug; born 10 June 1955) is the Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude, literally meaning "Queen Mother") of Bhutan, and first wife of former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who is married to four sisters all of whom were entitled to be called queen.[1][2]
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Queen Mother DorjiWangmo (Dzongkha: རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་མོ་དབང་ཕྱུག་; Wylie: Rdo-rje Dbang-mo Dbang-phyug; born 10 June 1955) is the Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude...
Rani Mayeum Choying WangmoDorji was the mother of Queen Grandmother Ashi Kesang Choden of Bhutan. She was Choying WangmoDorji by her marriage.[citation...
the second son of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck from Queen Mother Ashi DorjiWangmo Wangchuck. He has an older sister, Princess Ashi Sonam Dechen Wangchuck...
Bhutanese throne, Jigme Ugyen, and Sonam Yangden. Jetsun Pema was born at Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital in Thimphu on 4 June 1990.[citation...
(three of them are the other Queen Mothers): Ashi Beda (b. 1951). HM Ashi DorjiWangmo (b. 1955). HM Ashi Tshering Pem (b. 1957). HM Ashi Tshering Yangdon (b...
chortens or stupas known as "Druk Wangyal Chortens" have been built by Ashi DorjiWangmo Wangchuk, the eldest Queen Mother. Apart from the chortens there is a...
Dechen Yangzom (b. 1981) and Prince Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji (b. 1986). Her father, Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019), was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen...
literally meaning "Queen Mother") of Bhutan. Her father, Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji (1925–2019), was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (03/04/2002)...
sister, Princess Ashi Dechen Yangzom, and brother, Prince Gyaltshab Jigme Dorji, as well as four half-sisters and three half-brothers. After completing...
Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan". Written by Ashi DorjiWangmo Wangchuck, Queen Ashi DorjiWangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King...
Gyalyum Charitable Trust Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as Told to His Daughter. Serindia Publications, Inc. August 5, 1999. ISBN 9780906026496...
(b.1905–d.1952) "Second King"; r. 21 August 1926 – 24 March 1952. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (b.1929–d.1972) "Third King"; r. 24 March 1952 – 24 July 1972...
of succession to the Bhutanese throne 4 Charming Royal Princes of Bhutan Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji As Told to His Daughter...
needed] He is a son of Dasho Kipchu Dorji (sometime Auditor General of the Kingdom of Bhutan), and his wife, Aum Chimi Wangmo.[citation needed] They have one...
Topgay Dorji CIE (Dzongkha: སྟོབས་རྒྱས་རྡོ་རྗེ་; Wylie transliteration: Stobs-rgyas Rdo-rje; 1896–1953), also called Tobgay, was a member of the Dorji family...
Jigme Palden Dorji, on April 5, 1964. [citation needed] Lhendup Dorji was born to Gongzim Raja Sonam Topgay Dorji and Princess Rani Chuni Wangmo of Sikkim...
Rani Mayum Choying WangmoDorji. In 1904, Trongsa Penlop Ugyen Wangchuck, firmly in power and advised by Gongzim Ugyen Dorji of the Dorji family, accompanied...
Topgay (b. 1966). His six sisters are: Ashi Beda (b. 1951). HM Ashi DorjiWangmo (b. 1955). HM Ashi Tshering Pem (b. 1957). HM Ashi Tshering Yangdon (b...
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