Tsundue Pema Lhamo | |||||
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![]() Prior to being queen, 1905 | |||||
Queen consort of Bhutan | |||||
Tenure | 17 December 1907 – April 1922 | ||||
Coronation | 17 December 1907 | ||||
Born | 1886 Kurto Khoma | ||||
Died | April 1922 (aged 35–36) Wangducholing Palace, Bumthang | ||||
Spouse | |||||
Issue | King
Jigme Wangchuck Prince Gyurme Dorji Princess Kencho Wangmo Prince Karma Thinley Lhundrub | ||||
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House | Wangchuck (by marriage) | ||||
Father | Kunzang Thinley | ||||
Mother | Sangay Drolma | ||||
Religion | Buddhism |
Ashi Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922) was the first queen consort of Bhutan. [1] [2]
Ashi Tsundue Pema Lhamo was born in 1886 in Kurto Khoma, as the daughter of Kunzang Thinley, 18th and 20th Dzongpon of Thimphu, and his wife, Sangay Drolma, a noble lady from Kurto Khoma.[ citation needed]
Her father, Kunzang Thinley, was a first cousin of the First Druk Gyalpo, Ugyen Wangchuck (her future husband).
She has an only brother, Ugyen Thinley Dorji (1906–1949), 8th Gangteng Tulku.
She belonged to the Peling and the Nyö lineages.
She married, as his fourth wife, Gongsar [3] Ugyen Wangchuck. The wedding took place at Wangducholing Palace, Bumthang, in 1901. She was 15 years old.
At first, she was called Maharani in her country.
Her children with the First Druk Gyalpo were:
Tsundue Pema Lhamo, the first Queen consort of Bhutan, was deeply devoted to Buddhism and was the only woman in the district of Bumthang whose wrist fit Yeshe Tsogyal's bracelet. [6]
She died in April 1922 at Wangducholing Palace.
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