Prince ''Gyaltshab'' Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (born 12 April 1986) is the third eldest Prince of Bhutan. His brother
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 ...
became the king following the abdication of his father on 14 December 2006.
Prince Jigme Dorji is the fourth son 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 from Queen Mother ''Ashi''
Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck. His family includes an older brother, and an older sister, Princess ''Ashi''
Dechen Yangzom Wangchuck, as well as three half-brothers and four half-sisters.
Education
In February 2009, he is said to be studying in
Menlo College
Menlo College is a private college specializing in business and is located in Atherton, California.
Campus
Menlo College is situated on 45-acre (0.18 km2) campus in Atherton, California, 25 miles southeast of San Francisco and 20 miles nort ...
.
Royal duties
Prince Jigme Dorji Wangchuck was appointed The ''Gyaltshab'' (King's Representative / Regent) for the six eastern districts of Bhutan in 2014. As ''Gyaltshab'', he is the head of The Office of The ''Gyaltshab'' based in
Gyalpozhing,
Mongar, and administer's His Majesty's ''
kidu'' to the people.
Eastern districts of Bhutan are:
Lhuntse
Lhuentse,is a town and headquarter of eponymous Lhuentse District in northeastern Bhutan. It is about 70 km from Mongar, 145 km from Trashigang and 452 km from the national capital Thimpu. Nearest airport is Yongphulla Airport 130 km away.
Lhuen ...
,
Mongar,
Pemagatshel,
Samdrup Jongkhar
Samdrup Jongkhar (Dzongkha:བསམ་གྲུབ་ལྗོངས་མཁར་) is a town and seat of Samdrup Jongkhar District in Bhutan.
The town is located at the south-eastern part of Bhutan and borders the Indian state of Assam. Though ...
,
Trashigang
Trashigang ( dz, བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་།), or Tashigang, meaning "fortress of auspicious mount," is a town in eastern Bhutan and the district capital of the Trashigang Dzongkhag (district).
The town lies to the east side of the ...
and
Trashiyangtse
Trashiyangtse or Tashi Yangtse is a small town in Yangtse Gewog, and the district headquarters of the Trashiyangtse District in eastern Bhutan. It lies inside the Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary on the eastern tri-junction of Bhutan-India-China and ...
.
Marriage
Prince Jigme Dorji wed Yeatso Lhamo on 17 October 2013 at the
Domkhar Dzong (the Summer Palace) in Chumey,
Bumthang, the maternal home of the bride.
''Ashi'' Yeatso Lhamo Wangchuck is the daughter of ''Yab'' Dhondup Gyaltshen and ''Yum'' Sonam Choki, and she is also the elder sister of Her Majesty Queen ''Ashi''
Jetsun Pema Wangchuck, the ''
Druk Gyaltsuen
The Druk Gyaltsuen (lit. Dragon Queen) is the Queen consort 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 Queens of Bhutan are known as ''D ...
''.
They have a daughter:
* ''Ashi'' Decho Pema Wangchuck (born in 2014 in
Gyalpozhing,
Mongar).
Their daughter
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See also
* House of Wangchuck
* Line of succession to the Bhutanese throne
Notes
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1986 births
Living people
Bhutanese monarchy
Menlo College alumni
Sons of kings
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