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  2. List of rulers of Bhutan - Wikipedia

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    Bhutan was founded and unified as a country by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche in the mid–17th century. ... The Rulers of Bhutan c. 1650–1750. Oriens ...

  3. King of Bhutan - Wikipedia

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    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 Gyalpo ("Dragon King"), the Bhutanese people call themselves the Drukpa, meaning "people of Druk (Bhutan)". The current sovereign of Bhutan is Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the fifth Druk ...

  4. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck - Wikipedia

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    Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck was born on 21 February 1980 at Kathmandu (maternity Hospital). [3] He is the eldest son of the fourth Druk Gyalpo of Bhutan, [4] Jigme Singye Wangchuck, and his third wife, Queen Ashi Tshering Yangdon. [5]

  5. History of Bhutan - Wikipedia

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    The consolidation of Bhutan occurred in 1616 when Ngawanag Namgyal, a lama from western Tibet known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, defeated three Tibetan invasions, subjugated rival religious schools, codified the Tsa Yig, an intricate and comprehensive system of law, and established himself as ruler over a system of ecclesiastical and civil ...

  6. Category:Bhutanese monarchs - Wikipedia

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    Bhutanese rulers have styled themselves as druk desiss, maharajas, and kings. Pages in category "Bhutanese monarchs" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.

  7. Wangchuck dynasty - Wikipedia

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    Bhutan also established its first diplomatic relations with India under the bilateral Treaty of Friendship, largely patterned after the prior Treaty of Punakha. [ 10 ] The Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck ( r. 1952–1972) ascended the throne at the age of 23, having been educated in England and India .

  8. Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck - Wikipedia

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    Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck (Dzongkha: འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་, Wylie: jigs med rnam rgyal dbang phyug; born 5 February 2016) [1] is the first child and heir apparent of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan and his wife, Queen Jetsun Pema. He has been the Crown Prince of Bhutan ...

  9. Ugyen Wangchuck - Wikipedia

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    Ugyen Wangchuck founded the monarchy in 1907, although he had been more or less the actual ruler for more than a decade. [6] On 17 December 1907, Ugyen Wangchuck was elected unanimously by the representatives of the people, the officials and the clergy and enthroned as the first hereditary King of Bhutan in Punakha Dzong. [7]