Mé Aktsom
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Tridé Tsuktsen (Tibetan: ཁྲི་ལྡེ་གཙུག་བཙན, Wylie: khri lde gtsug btsan, 704–755 CE),[1] nicknamed Mé Aktsom (Tibetan: མེས་ཨག་ཚོམས, Wylie: mes ag tshoms, "Bearded Grandfather"),[2] was the emperor of the Tibetan Empire and the son of Tridu Songtsen and his queen, Tsenma Toktokteng, Princess of Chim (Tibetan: བཙན་མ་ཐོག་ཐོག་སྟེང, Wylie: btsan ma thog thog steng). He is usually known by his nickname Mé Aktsom "Bearded Grandfather", which was given to him later in life because he was so hirsute.[3]
Mé Aktsom མེས་ཨག་ཚོམས | |||||
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Tsenpo | |||||
Emperor of Tibet | |||||
Reign | 705–755 | ||||
Predecessor | Tridu Songtsen or Lha Balpo | ||||
Successor | Trisong Detsen | ||||
Regent | Dro Thrimalö We Trisig Shangnyen | ||||
Born | Gyeltsukru (རྒྱལ་གཙུག་རུ) 704 Lhasa, Tibet | ||||
Died | 755 (age 51) Tibet | ||||
Burial | Lhari Tsuknam Mausoleum, Valley of the Kings | ||||
Spouse | Gyamoza Kimshang (aka Princess Jincheng, from China) Jangmo Tritsün (from Nanzhao) Nanamza Mangpodé Zhiteng | ||||
Issue | Jang Tsalhawön Trisong Detsen | ||||
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Lönchen | |||||
Father | Tridu Songtsen | ||||
Mother | Chimza Tsenmotok | ||||
Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
His father, Tridu Songtsen, died in 704 in battle in Mywa territory in the Kingdom of Nanzhao (Wylie: 'jang, modern lowland Yunnan).[4] The Old Book of Tang states he was on his way to suppress tributary kingdoms on the southern borders of Tibet, including Nepal and parts of India.
There was a dispute among his sons but "after a long time" the people put seven-year-old Tridé Tsuktsen on the throne.[5][6]