Sangay Choden

Tshering Yangdon

Queen Mother Ashi Sangay Choden Wangchuck

Queen mother of Bhutan

Predecessor

Kesang Choden Wangchuck

Spouse

Jigme Singye Wangchuck

Issue

Khamsum Singye Wangchuck
Euphelma Choden Wangchuck

Full name
Sangay Choden Wangchuck

Father

Yab Ugyen Dorji

Mother

Yum Thuiji Zam

Born

11 May 1963
Nobgang, Punakha, Bhutan

Religion

Buddhism

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.

Bhutanese Royal Family

HM The Druk Gyalpo (Dragon King) HM The Druk Gyaltsuen (Dragon Queen) HM The Fourth Druk Gyalpo HM Queen Mother Dorji Wangmo HRH Princess Sonam Dechan HH Dasho Phub W. Dorji HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen HM Queen Mother Tshering Pem HRH Princess Chimi Yangzom HH Dasho Sangay Wangchuck HRH Princess Kesang Choden HH Dasho Palden Yoeser Thinley HRH Prince Ugyen Jigme HM Queen Mother Tshering Yangdon HRH Princess Dechen Yangzom HRH Prince Jigme Dorji HH Ashi Yeatso Lhamo HM Queen Mother Sangay Choden HRH Prince Khamsum Singye HRH Princess Euphelma Choden
Family of the Third Druk Gyalpo (deceased) HM The Queen Grandmother HRH Princess Sonam Choden HH Dasho Mila Singye HH Ashi Maytho HRH Princess Dechen Wangmo HH Dasho Zillnon Dorji HH Ashi Mendharawa Dorji HRH Princess Pem Pem HH Ashi Kesang Choden HRH Princess Kesang Wangmo HH Dasho Jigme Namgyel Dorji HH Ashi Tenzin Wangmo HH Dasho Singye Palden HH Dasho Ugyen Norbu

Queen Mother Sangay Choden (born May 11, 1963) 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 was educated at St. Joseph's Convent, Kalimpong, and St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India.

The other three wives and queens, all Sangay Choden's sisters, are:

HM Dorji Wangmo
HM Tshering Yangdon, mother of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
HM Tshering Pem

She has the following children with the former king:

HRH Prince Dasho Khamsum Singye Wangchuck (born October 6, 1985)
HRH Princess Ashi Euphelma Choden Wangchuck (born June 6, 1993)

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.^[1]