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In 2017, in honor of his first birthday, a new damselfly species was named after the crown prince, Megalestes gyalsey. [4] He is expected to become the sixth Druk Gyalpo (King of Bhutan). He has a younger brother, Prince Dasho Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck, and a younger sister, Princess Ashi Sonam Yangden Wangchuck. He is the youngest Crown Prince in ...
He is the second line to the throne after his brother Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck. On 17 December 2019, it was reported that the king and queen were expecting their second child, to be born in spring 2020. [ 1 ]
Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (born 16 July 1984) is a Bhutanese prince. Born as the second son of the King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck, he was the heir presumptive to the throne of Bhutan until 5 February 2016, when his nephew Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, his older half-brother and current King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck's son, was born.
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]
Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck has participated in a large amount of official royal matters including foreign affairs meetings. From 2008 Prince Dasho Ugyen Jigme Wangchuck has been educated in the exclusive Swiss boarding school, Institut Le Rosey. He attended the Early Learning Center in Thimphu, Bhutan, before going to Switzerland.
The Wangchuck dynasty (Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག་རྒྱལ་བརྒྱུད་, Wylie: Dbang-phyug Rgyal-brgyud) have held the hereditary position of Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon King") of Bhutan since 1907.
Dragon Prince of Bhutan, Druk Gyalsey of Bhutan 5 February 2016 (age 8) 5 February 2016 Elder son of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Brunei: Al-Muhtadee Billah: Crown Prince of Brunei Darussalam 17 February 1974 (age 50) 17 February 1974 Eldest son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Denmark: Christian: Crown Prince of Denmark,
Prince (Druk Gyalsey) Namgyel Wangchuck, 26th Penlop of Paro (by his second wife). Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Deki Yangzom Wangchuck (by his second wife). Princess (Druk Gyalsem) Pema Choden Wangchuck (by his second wife). Princess Choki Wangmo Wangchuck had two daughters, Ashi Deki Choden and Ashi Sonam Yulgyal.