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{{Bhutanese Name}}
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{{Infobox royalty
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| name = Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
| name = Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck<br/>{{nobold|འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་}}
| title = Druk Gyalsey of Bhutan
| title = Dragon Prince of Bhutan
| image = Royal Prince of Bhutan (cropped).jpg
| image = Royal Prince of Bhutan (cropped).jpg
| full name =
| caption = Wangchuck in 2017
| father = [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]]
| succession = [[Bhutan|Crown Prince of Bhutan]]
| mother = [[Jetsun Pema (born 1990)|Jetsun Pema]]
| reign = 5 February 2016 – present
| full name =
| house = [[House of Wangchuck|Wangchuck]]
| father = [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2016|2|5|df=yes}}
| mother = [[Jetsun Pema]]
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| birth_place = [[Lingkana Palace]], [[Thimphu]], Bhutan
| religion = [[Tibetan Buddhism]]
| house = [[House of Wangchuck|Wangchuck]]
| head of state = [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2016|2|5|df=yes}}
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| birth_place = [[Lingkana Palace]], [[Thimphu]], Bhutan
| religion = [[Buddhism]]
}}
}}
{{Royal Family of Bhutan}}
{{Royal Family of Bhutan}}
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'''Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck''' ({{langx|dz|འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་}}, {{bo|w=jigs med rnam rgyal dbang phyug}}; born 5 February 2016)<ref>{{cite news|title=His Royal Highness The Gyalsey is born|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/his-royal-highness-the-gyalsey-is-born-2/|access-date=3 March 2016|publisher=Kuensel|date=6 February 2016}}</ref> 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 since his birth in 2016. His name was announced on 16 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=HRH The Gyalsey to be named on ''Zhabdrung Kuchoe''|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/hrh-the-gyalsey-to-be-named-on-zhabdrung-kuchoe/|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> Prior to the announcement, he was known only as The Gyalsey, which means "prince". Before his birth, his paternal uncle [[Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck|Prince Jigyel Ugyen of Bhutan]] was the [[heir presumptive]] to the throne. In honor of his birth, 108,000 trees were planted by thousands of volunteers in Bhutan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35821914?OCID=fbasia|title=108,000 trees planted in Bhutan Prince's honour - CBBC Newsround|newspaper=BBC Newsround|date=16 March 2016 |access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref> In 2017, in honor of his first birthday, a new [[damselfly]] species was named after the crown prince, ''Megalestes gyalsey''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gyeltshen |first1=T. |last2=Kalkman |first2=V.J. |last3=Orr |first3=A.G. |date=2017-03-22 |title=Honouring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bhutan: Megalestes gyalsey (Odonata: Synlestidae) |url=http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4244.4.9 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4244 |issue=4 |pages=588–594 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.9 |pmid=28610104 |issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free |hdl=10072/343960 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> 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 (title)|Ashi]]'' [[Sonam Yangden Wangchuck]]. He is the youngest [[Crown Prince]] in the world.

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'''Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck''' ({{lang-dz|འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་}}, {{bo|w=jigs med rnam rgyal dbang phyug}}; born 5 February 2016)<ref>{{cite news|title=His Royal Highness The Gyalsey is born|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/his-royal-highness-the-gyalsey-is-born-2/|access-date=3 March 2016|publisher=Kuensel|date=6 February 2016}}</ref> is the first child and [[heir apparent]] of King [[Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck]] of [[Bhutan]] and his wife, Queen [[Jetsun Pema (born 1990)|Jetsun Pema]]. He has been the Crown Prince of Bhutan since his birth in 2016. His name was announced on 16 April 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=HRH The Gyalsey to be named on ''Zhabdrung Kuchoe''|url=http://www.kuenselonline.com/hrh-the-gyalsey-to-be-named-on-zhabdrung-kuchoe/|access-date=9 March 2016}}</ref> Prior to the announcement, he was known only as The Gyalsey, which means "prince". Before his birth, his paternal uncle [[Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck|Prince Jigyel Ugyen of Bhutan]] was the [[heir presumptive]] to the throne. In honor of his birth, 108,000 trees were planted by thousands of volunteers in Bhutan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35821914?OCID=fbasia|title=108,000 trees planted in Bhutan Prince's honour - CBBC Newsround|newspaper=BBC Newsround|date=16 March 2016 |access-date=2016-03-18}}</ref> In 2017, in honor of his first birthday, a new [[damselfly]] species was named after the crown prince, ''[[Megalestes gyalsey]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Gyeltshen |first1=T. |last2=Kalkman |first2=V.J. |last3=Orr |first3=A.G. |date=2017-03-22 |title=Honouring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bhutan: Megalestes gyalsey (Odonata: Synlestidae) |url=http://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4244.4.9 |journal=Zootaxa |volume=4244 |issue=4 |pages=588–594 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.9 |pmid=28610104 |issn=1175-5334|doi-access=free }}</ref> He is expected to become the sixth [[Druk Gyalpo]] (King of Bhutan).

He has a younger brother, Prince ''[[Dasho]]'' [[Jigme Ugyen Wangchuck]]. He is the youngest [[Crown Prince]] in the world.


==Titles and styles==
==Titles and styles==
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* 5 February 2016 – present: ''[[Royal Highness|His Royal Highness]]'' Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) of Bhutan.<ref>[http://www.moaf.gov.bt/felicitations-upon-the-royal-birth-of-the-druk-gyalsey/ Moaf]</ref>
* 5 February 2016 – present: ''[[Royal Highness|His Royal Highness]]'' Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) of Bhutan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.moaf.gov.bt/felicitations-upon-the-royal-birth-of-the-druk-gyalsey/ |title=Moaf |access-date=19 April 2016 |archive-date=26 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160426090834/http://www.moaf.gov.bt/felicitations-upon-the-royal-birth-of-the-druk-gyalsey/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Heirs apparent]]
[[Category:Crown princes]]
[[Category:Sons of kings]]
[[Category:Sons of kings]]
[[Category:Bhutanese children]]



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Latest revision as of 23:10, 31 October 2024

This name uses Bhutanese naming customs. Bhutanese people have two given names, neither of which is a surname or family name unless they are descended from royal or noble lineages.
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
འཇིགས་མེད་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་
Dragon Prince of Bhutan
Wangchuck in 2017
Crown Prince of Bhutan
Reign5 February 2016 – present
Born (2016-02-05) 5 February 2016 (age 8)
Lingkana Palace, Thimphu, Bhutan
HouseWangchuck
FatherJigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
MotherJetsun Pema
ReligionBuddhism

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 since his birth in 2016. His name was announced on 16 April 2016.[2] Prior to the announcement, he was known only as The Gyalsey, which means "prince". Before his birth, his paternal uncle Prince Jigyel Ugyen of Bhutan was the heir presumptive to the throne. In honor of his birth, 108,000 trees were planted by thousands of volunteers in Bhutan.[3] 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 the world.

Titles and styles

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Styles of
Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness
Alternative styleDruk Gyalsey
  • 5 February 2016 – present: His Royal Highness Crown Prince Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck, Druk Gyalsey (Dragon Prince) of Bhutan.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "His Royal Highness The Gyalsey is born". Kuensel. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ "HRH The Gyalsey to be named on Zhabdrung Kuchoe". Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  3. ^ "108,000 trees planted in Bhutan Prince's honour - CBBC Newsround". BBC Newsround. 16 March 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  4. ^ Gyeltshen, T.; Kalkman, V.J.; Orr, A.G. (22 March 2017). "Honouring His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Bhutan: Megalestes gyalsey (Odonata: Synlestidae)". Zootaxa. 4244 (4): 588–594. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4244.4.9. hdl:10072/343960. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28610104.
  5. ^ "Moaf". Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.

See also

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Jigme Namgyel Wangchuck
Born: 5 February 2016
Regnal titles
Lines of succession
First
 Line of succession to the Bhutanese throne
1st position 		Succeeded by


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