Sangay Choden


Queen Mother Sangay Choden is one of the four wives and queens of Bhutanese king Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who ruled in Bhutan from 1972 until his abdication in 2006. She is the Queen Mother of Bhutan.

Biography

Her father, Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji, was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy. Her mother is Yum Thuiji Zam.
She was educated at St. Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India.
Her three brothers are:
Her five sisters are :
She was appointed the United Nations Population Fund’s Goodwill Ambassador in Bhutan in 1999.
Sangay Choden is particularly interested in promoting the arts in Bhutan and advocating the country's rich cultural heritage. She is the patron of the Bhutan Textile Museum in Thimphu which she helped establish in 2001.
Her Majesty also established the Tara Lhadron Zhingkham Lhakhang, a temple dedicated to the 21 Taras located in the historically and spiritually significant temple grounds of Parigzampa Astrology School in Dechencholing, Thimphu.
On 1 July 2011 she visited the Alhambra with her daughter, Princess Ashi Euphelma Choden Wangchuck.

Children

She had, with the former king, the following children:

Patronages

Titles and styles