Princess ''Ashi'' Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck (born 2 December 1981) is the daughter of the fourth
King of Bhutan
The Druk Gyalpo (; 'Dragon King') is the head of state of the Kingdom of Bhutan. In the Dzongkha language, Bhutan is known as ''Drukyul'' which translates as "The Land of the Thunder Dragon". Thus, while kings of Bhutan are known as ''Druk ...
Jigme Singye Wangchuck and his wife, Queen Mother ''Ashi''
Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck. She is the sister of the fifth King,
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck ( dz, འཇིགས་མེད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, ; born 21 February 1980) is the Druk Gyalpo (Dzongkha: Dragon King) of the Kingdom of Bhutan. After his ...
.
Royal duties
Princess Dechen Yangzom has been based in
Mongar since 2006 as His Majesty's Representatives for people's welfare. She has travelled across the country in order to ensure the effective delivery of ''kidu'' to the most deserving sections of society.
Family
She married ''
Dasho
Dasho (Dzongkha: དྲག་ཤོས; Wylie: ''Drag-shos'') (lit. Excellent One) is a Bhutanese honorific that is bestowed upon individuals, along with a red scarf kabney, by the Druk Gyalpo. In common practice, however, many senior government o ...
'' Tandin Namgyel at the
Dechencholing palace
Dechencholing Palace ( dz, བདེ་ཆེན་ཆོས་གླིང་, ') is located in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan, to the north of the Tashichho Dzong and north of the city centre. It was built in 1953 by the third king of Bhutan ' ...
on 29 October 2009. He is a son of ''Dasho'' Kipchu Dorji (sometime Auditor General of the Kingdom of Bhutan), and his wife, ''Aum'' Chimi Wangmo.
They have one daughter and two sons:
*''Ashi'' Dechen Yuidem Yangzom Wangchuck.
*''Dasho'' Ugyen Dorji Wangchuck.
*''Dasho'' Jigme Singye Wangchuck.
Titles and styles
* 2 December 1981 – present: ''
Her Royal Highness'' Princess ''
Ashi
Ashi (Avestan: 𐬀𐬴𐬌 ''aṣ̌i/arti'') is the Avestan language word for the Zoroastrian concept of "that which is attained." As the hypostasis of "reward," "recompense," or "capricious luck," ''Ashi'' is also a divinity in the Zoroastria ...
'' Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck.
Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of ''Yab'' Ugyen Dorji As Told to His Daughter
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See also
* House of Wangchuck
* Line of succession to the Bhutanese throne
References
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1981 births
Living people
Bhutanese monarchy
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