Kesang Choden Wangchuck
{{Short description|Bhutanese princess (born 1982)}}
{{redirects here|Kesang Choden|the wife of Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and mother of Jigme Singye Wangchuck|Kesang Choden (queen)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|1|23}}
| birth_place = Thimphu, Bhutan
| father = Jigme Singye Wangchuck
| mother = Tshering Pem
| house = Wangchuck
| religion = Buddhism
| spouse = {{marriage|Dasho Palden Yoser Thinley|11 November 2008}}
| issue = Dasho Jamgyal Singye Wangchuck
Dasho Ugyen Junay Wangchuck
Ashi Tshering Tshoyang Wangchuck
}}
{{Royal Family of Bhutan}}
Princess Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck ({{langx|dz|སྐལ་བཟང་ཆོས་ལྡན་དབང་ཕྱུག}}, {{bo|w=skal bzang chos ldan dbang phyug}}, born 23 January 1982), is a member of the royal family of Bhutan. She is a daughter of the fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Ashi Tshering Pem Wangchuck, one of the former king's four wives, all of whom are sisters and held the title 'queen consort'.{{cite web|url=http://bhutannewsonline.com/monarchy.html|title=Bhutan News Online: Monarchy and Royal Family of Bhutan|access-date=2007-09-08|archive-date=2016-01-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160116230633/http://www.bhutannewsonline.com/monarchy.html|url-status=dead}} She is a half-sister of the current Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, who became king following the abdication of his father Jigme Singye Wangchuck on 9 December 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwhoswho.com/public/views/royal_families.html?country=BHUTAN|title=Royal Families of the World|access-date=2007-09-08|archive-date=2021-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118204712/https://www.worldwhoswho.com/public/views/royal_families.html?country=BHUTAN|url-status=dead}}
Biography
HRH Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck attended Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary School and Yangchenphug High School in Thimphu and later attended Dana Hall in Massachusetts, United States. Her Royal Highness graduated from Stanford University.
HRH married Dasho Palden Yoser Thinley at the Dechencholing Palace on November 11, 2008, on a day coinciding with the 13th day of the ninth Bhutanese month. A graduate of Mahidol University, Thinley is a son of Dasho Jigme Yoser Thinley, the former Prime Minister of Bhutan, by his wife, Aum Rinsy Dem (died on 28 November 2018).{{Cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/chhedupsangay/status/1068122935125258240?lang=es|title=Twitter}} The ceremony, organized by Je Khenpo was attended by the former king, the fourth Druk Gyalpo, the Royal Grandmother, Queen mothers and other members of the royal family, cabinet ministers and senior military officials.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/news/2008/her-royal-highness-ashi-kezang-choden-wangchuck-married-to-dasho-palden-yoeser-thinley.html|title=Her Royal Highness Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck married to Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley|publisher=Bhutan Majestic Travel|date=November 12, 2008|accessdate=March 30, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310122738/http://www.bhutanmajestictravel.com/news/2008/her-royal-highness-ashi-kezang-choden-wangchuck-married-to-dasho-palden-yoeser-thinley.html|archivedate=March 10, 2012}}
She is not to be confused with the other Ashi Kesang, one who is the Royal Grandmother of Bhutan and the other, the daughter of the younger sister of the Fourth King of Bhutan.
They have three children:
- Dasho Jamgyal Singye Wangchuck.[https://www.facebook.com/KingJigmeKhesar/photos/a.485878073259.272441.43817623259/10154693006648260/?type=3&theater First son]
- Dasho Ugyen Junay Wangchuck.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/KingJigmeKhesar/photos/a.485878073259/10154693009728260/|title=His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - HRH Princess Kesang Choden with her son, SH Ugyen Junay. | Facebook|website=www.facebook.com}}
- Ashi Tshering Tshoyang Wangchuck (born in January 2019).{{Cite web|url=http://royaleventsintheword.blogspot.com/2019/01/breaking-bhutans-princess-kesang-choden.html|title=Monarchies Today - Royalty around the globe: BREAKING: Bhutan's Princess Kesang Choden Wangchuck gives birth to a daughter|date=January 23, 2019}}
Patronages
HRH Ashi Kesang Choden Wangchuck is the Royal Patron of the Gross National Happiness Center.{{cite web |last1=Pommaret |first1=Francoise |title=Devotion, Culture, and Social Work: Royal Patronage in Bhutan |url=http://drukjournal.bt/devotion-culture-and-social-work-royal-patronage-in-bhutan/ |website=Druk Journal |publisher=Druk Journal Bt |access-date=9 September 2021}}
Ancestry
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|1= 1. Kesang Choden Wangchuck
|2= 2. Jigme Singye Wangchuck
|3= 3. Tshering Pem
|4= 4. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
|5= 5. Kesang Choden
|6= 6. Yab Ugyen Dorji
|7= 7. Yum Thuiji Zam
|8= 8. Jigme Wangchuck
|9= 9. Phuntsho Choden
|10= 10. Raja Sonam Tobgye Dorji
|11= 11. Rani Mayum Chonying Wangmo Dorji
|12= 12. Sangay Tenzin
|13= 13. Dorji Om
|14= 14. Lopen Duba
|15= 15. Ugay Dem
|16= 16. Ugyen Wangchuck
|17= 17. Tsundue Pema Lhamo
|18= 18. Jamyang, Chumed Zhalgno
|19= 19. Decho Dorji
|20= 20. Raja Ugyen Dorji
|21=
|22= 22. Maharaja Sir Thutob Namgyal of Sikkim
|23= 23. Yeshay Dolma
|24= 24. Kuenga Gyeltshen
|25= 25. Ngodrup Pem
|26= 26. Gyeltshen Dorji, 5th Sersang Lama
|27= 27. Abi Yum Yangchen Droelma
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|29=
|30=
|31=
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See also
References
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