Dorji Wangmo

• Name — Dorji Wangmo • Succession — Queen consort of Bhutan • Reign — 1979 – 9 December 2006 • Reign Type — Tenure • Regent — Tshering Pem Tshering Yangdon Sangay Choden • Reg Type — Co-queens consort • Born — 10 June 1955 • Birthplace — Nobgang, Punakha, Bhutan • Consort — yes • Issue — Sonam Dechen Wangchuck Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck • Full Name — Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck • House — Wangchuck (by marriage) • Father — Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji • Mother — Yum Thuji Zam • Religion — Vajrayana Buddhism

Her father, Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji (1929–2016), was the Founder and Proprietor of Ugyen Academy (UA) (03/04/2002). Her mother is Yum Thuiji Zam (b. 1932). Yum Thuiji Zam Charity School in Thimphu District is named after her. Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck is the first wife of King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the Fourth King of Bhutan. She was educated at St. Helen's School, Kurseong, India. She is the mother of Princess Ashi Sonam Dechen Wangchuck and Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck.

• Illustration — Queen Mother Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck of Bhutan at St Peter's College, Oxford, attending the graduation ceremony of her son, Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (left) on 29 September 2007 The Queen Mother has sponsored and edited a number of books on poetry and essays on national issues. She is the author of Of Rainbows and Clouds a story of Dasho Yab Ugyen Dorji (the Queen’s Father). Her second book, Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan, is a blend of personal memoir, history, folklore and travelogue. Her third book, Dochula: A Spiritual Abode in Bhutan, is a documentation of the Druk Wangyel Complex consisting of the Lungchutse Lhakhang, 108 Druk Wangyel Stupas, the Druk Wangyel Lhakhang and the Druk Wangyel Tshechu. She was honoured with the Pope Francis Charity and Leadership Award at a ceremony, in recognition of the work done by Her Majesty’s Tarayana Foundation under her leadership.

She had, with the former king, the following children: • Name — Birth — Marriage — Issue • Princess Ashi Sonam Dechen Wangchuck (Photo) — 5 August 1981 — 5 April 2009 — Dasho Phub W. Dorji — Dasho Jigje Singye Wangchuck (3 December 2009) Dasho Jigme Jigten Wangchuck (23 August 2013) • Prince Dasho Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck (Photo) — 6 July 1984

• Of Rainbows and Clouds: The Life of Yab Ugyen Dorji as told to His Daughter (1998). • Treasures of the Thunder Dragon: A Portrait of Bhutan (2006). • Dochula: A Spiritual Abode in Bhutan (2015).

• Chief Patron to Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock since 1999. • Chief Patron of “Bhutan Echoes: Drukyul's Arts & Literature Festival”. • Honorary President of Sherubtse College since 2000. • President and Founder of the Tarayana Foundation (TF) since 2003. • Patron of the Folk Heritage Museum (FHM) [Phelchey Toenkhyim] since 2001.

She was the child of Yab Dasho Ugyen Dorji. She married Jigme Singye Wangchuck. 2 children are recorded: Princess Sonam Dechen Wangchuck of Bhutan and Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck.