Dorji Wangmo
{{Bhutanese Name}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Dorji Wangmo
| image = Dorji Wangmo.jpg
| caption = Dorji Wangmo in 2018
| succession = Queen consort of Bhutan
| reign = 1979 – 9 December 2006
| reign-type = Tenure
| regent = Tshering Pem
Tshering Yangdon
Sangay Choden
| reg-type = Co-queens consort
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1955|6|10}}
| birth_place = Nobgang, Punakha, Bhutan
| consort = yes
| spouse = {{marriage|Jigme Singye Wangchuck|1979}}
| issue = Sonam Dechen Wangchuck
Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck
| full name = Dorji Wangmo WangchuckWomen in Bhutan retain their names upon marriage.
| house = Wangchuck (by marriage)
| father = Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji
| mother = Yum Thuji Zam
| religion = Vajrayana Buddhism
| place of burial =
}}
{{Royal Family of Bhutan}}
Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck ({{langx|dz|རྡོ་རྗེ་དབང་མོ་དབང་ཕྱུག་}}, {{bo|w=Rdo-rje Dbang-mo Dbang-phyug}}; born 10 June 1955) is the Queen Mother (Gyalyum Kude) of Bhutan, and first wife of former king Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who is married to four sisters all of whom were entitled to be called queen.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutannewsonline.com/monarchy.html|title=Monarchy and Royal family of Bhutan|publisher=Bhutan News Online|accessdate=2 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020811171019/http://www.bhutannewsonline.com/monarchy.html|archive-date=11 August 2002|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200811061031.htm|title=Bhutan crowns the new King|work=The Hindu|accessdate=2 July 2010|location=Chennai, India|date=6 November 2008|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005040346/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/000200811061031.htm|archivedate=5 October 2010}}
Biography
Her father, Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji (1929–2016), was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (03/04/2002).{{Cite web |url=http://www.ugyenacademy.edu.bt/main/page.php?id=1 |title=Ugyen Academy |access-date=2017-06-13 |archive-date=2019-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328120753/http://ugyenacademy.edu.bt/main/page.php?id=1 |url-status=dead }} Her mother is Yum Thuiji Zam (b. 1932).
Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck is the first wife of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan.
She was educated at St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India.
She is the mother of Princess Ashi Sonam Dechen Wangchuck and Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck.
Activities
File:The queen of bhutan.jpg at St Peter's College, Oxford, attending the graduation ceremony of her son, Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (left) on 29 September 2007]]
The Queen Mother has sponsored and edited a number of books on poetry and essays on national issues. She is the author of Of Rainbows and Clouds a story of Dasho Yab Ugyen Dorji (the Queen’s Father).{{Cite book |last=Dorji |first=Yab Ugyen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKiNspaeno8C&q=grandfather |title=Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as Told to His Daughter |last2=Bhutan) |first2=Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of |date=1999 |publisher=Serindia Publications, Inc. |isbn=978-0-906026-49-6 |language=en}}{{better|date= March 2024}} Her second book, Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan, is a blend of personal memoir, history, folklore and travelogue.{{Cite book |last=Bhutan) |first=Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4BoEodH3JAC&dq=Treasures+of+the+Thunder+Dragon+%E2%80%93+A+Portrait+of+Bhutan&pg=PA22 |title=Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-670-99901-9 |language=en}} Her third book, Dochula: A Spiritual Abode in Bhutan, is a documentation of the Druk Wangyel Complex consisting of the Lungchutse Lhakhang, 108 Druk Wangyel Stupas, the Druk Wangyel Lhakhang and the Druk Wangyel Tshechu.[http://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/boulder/speaker/her-majesty-the-royal-queen-mother-ashi-dorji-wangmo-wangchuck/ Dochula: A Spiritual Abode in Bhutan]
She was honoured with the Pope Francis Charity and Leadership Award at a ceremony, in recognition of the work done by Her Majesty’s Tarayana Foundation under her leadership.
Children
She had, with the former king, the following children:
Selected works
- Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as told to His Daughter (1998).{{Cite book |last=Dorji |first=Yab Ugyen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKiNspaeno8C&q=grandfather |title=Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as Told to His Daughter |last2=Bhutan) |first2=Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of |date=1999 |publisher=Serindia Publications, Inc. |isbn=978-0-906026-49-6 |language=en}}
- Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan (2006).{{Cite book |last=Bhutan) |first=Queen Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (Consort of Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4BoEodH3JAC&dq=Treasures+of+the+Thunder+Dragon+%E2%80%93+A+Portrait+of+Bhutan&pg=PA22 |title=Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan |date=2006 |publisher=Penguin Books India |isbn=978-0-670-99901-9 |language=en}}
- Dochula: A Spiritual Abode in Bhutan (2015).{{Cite web |url=http://www.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=224752 |title=Dochula: A Spiritual Abode in Bhutan |access-date=2017-11-29 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033213/http://www.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=224752 |url-status=dead }}
Patronages
- Chief Patron to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock since 1999.
- Chief Patron of “Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul's Arts & Literature Festival”.
- Honorary President of Sherubtse College since 2000.
- President and Founder of the Tarayana Foundation (TF) since 2003.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tarayanafoundation.org/25th-board-meeting-2nd-august/ |title=Tarayana Foundation |access-date=2016-08-22 |archive-date=2019-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190226030149/http://www.tarayanafoundation.org/25th-board-meeting-2nd-august/ |url-status=dead }}
- Patron of the Folk Heritage Museum (FHM) [Phelchey Toenkhyim] since 2001.
Honours
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- {{flagicon|Italy}} Caritas in Veritate International: Pope Francis Award for Charity & Leadership (22 October 2016).{{Cite web |url=http://www.tarayanafoundation.org/the-queen-mother-ashi-dorji-wangmo-wangchuck-honoured-with-the-pope-francis-charity-and-leadership-award-by-caritas-in-veritate-internationalnew-york-city/ |title=Tarayana Foundation |access-date=2018-05-04 |archive-date=2018-05-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505065648/http://www.tarayanafoundation.org/the-queen-mother-ashi-dorji-wangmo-wangchuck-honoured-with-the-pope-francis-charity-and-leadership-award-by-caritas-in-veritate-internationalnew-york-city/ |url-status=dead }}
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