Divyeshwari ( ne, दिव्येश्वरी राज्य लक्ष्मीदेवी शाह; 1875–1933) was the Queen Consort of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
from her marriage in 1886 to her husband's death in 1911. She was the second wife of
King Prithvi of Nepal. Queen Divyeshwari was the mother of
King Tribhuvan of Nepal.
Queen Divyeshwari was originally a
Rajput
Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
princess from
Kangra,
Punjab
Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...
. She was married to King Prithvi in 1886 at the
Narayanhity Royal Palace
The Narayanhiti Palace Museum (Nepali language, Nepali: नारायणहिटी दरवार) is a public museum in Kathmandu, Nepal located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. The museum was created in 2008 from the complex o ...
. She was a queen consort until 1911, when her husband died. Her son, Crown Prince Tribhuvan, then ascended the throne. Also she had a daughter, Princess Suman Rajya Lakshmi Devi (1908-1968).
Queen Divyeshwari died in 1933 at the
Narayanhiti Royal Palace.
References
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1875 births
1933 deaths
Nepalese queens consort
19th-century Nepalese nobility
20th-century Nepalese nobility
Nepalese Hindus