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Sonam Dechen Wangchuck
Bhutanese royal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck (Dzongkha: བསོད་ནམས་བདེ་ཆེན་དབང་ཕྱུག, Wylie: bsod nams bde chen dbang phyug, born 5 August 1981) is a princess of Bhutan. She is the daughter of the Fourth King of Bhutan Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck. She is half-sister of the fifth King, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
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Biography
She was educated at Lungtenzampa Middle Secondary School and Yangchenphug Higher Secondary School, Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, Connecticut, US.
She has a degree in international relations from Stanford University (1999) and a Masters in law from Harvard Law School (2007).[1] She also clerked for the Royal High Court of Bhutan, later working at the Judiciary of the Kingdom of Bhutan as President of the Bhutan National Legal Institute (BNLI).
Sonam is a Bhutanese name denoting merit, longevity and good fortune.
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Marriage and children
She married a distant relative, Phub W. Dorji (born on 1 January 1980)[2] at the Motithang Palace on 5 April 2009. He is a son of Zepon Wangchuck, a former monk,[3] Chief Architect and project manager,[4] from Takchu Gompa, Haa, by his wife, Ugyen Dolma, from Gaselo. Phub W. Dorji has degrees from US universities, later working in the Finance Ministry.[5]
They have two sons:[4]
- Jigje Singye Wangchuck (born on 3 December 2009).[6][7][8][9]
- Vairochana Rinpoche Ngawang Jigme Jigten Wangchuck, Vairochana Rinpoche (born on 23 June 2013). Recognized by the 70th Je Khenpo, Jigme Choedra, as the reincarnation of the Great Lotsawa (The Translator) Vairotsana.[10]
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Patronages
Official visits
Foreign honours
Tonga:
- Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Crown of Tonga[15]
See also
References
External links
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