Wangchuk Namgyal

King of Sikkim in pretence
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroKing of Sikkim in pretence
PlacesIndia
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth1 April 1953, Gangtok, East Sikkim district, Sikkim, India
Age71 years
Family
Mother:Samyo Kushoe Sangideki
Father:Palden Thondup Namgyal
The details

Biography

Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: dbang-phyug bstan-'dzin rnam-rgyal) (b. 1 April 1953) is the second son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim. Educated at Harrow, he is also the present heir of the Namgyal dynasty and claimant to the Sikkim throne.

Honours

  •  Sikkim :
    • Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal Coronation Medal (4 April 1965).

    Ancestry

    Ancestors of Wangchuk Namgyal
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    16. Tshudpud Namgyal
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    8. Thutob Namgyal
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    17. Maharani Menchi
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    4. Tashi Namgyal
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    18. Shiafe Uthok, of the Lhading House of Lhasa
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    9. Yeshay Dolma
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    2. Palden Thondup Namgyal
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    10. General Medrak Rakashar
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    5. Gyalyum Kunzang Dechen
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    1. Wangchuk Namgyal
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    6. Theiji Tsewang Rinzing Namgyal
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    3. Samyo Kushoe Sangideki
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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