Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal | |
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Pretender | |
Born |
Gangtok, Sikkim |
1 April 1953
Title(s) | Chogyal (King) of Sikkim (13th King) |
Throne(s) claimed | Sikkim |
Monarchy abolished | 1975 |
Last monarch | Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal |
Connection with | father |
Royal House | House of Namgyal |
Father | Palden Thondup Namgyal |
Mother | Samyo Kushoe Sangideki |
Chogyal Wangchuk Tenzing Namgyal (Sikkimese: དབང་ཕྱུག་བསྟན་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་; Wylie: dbang-phyug bstan-'dzin rnam-rgyal) (b. 1 April 1953) is the second son of Palden Thondup Namgyal, the last sovereign king of Sikkim. Educated at Harrow, he is also the present heir of the Namgyal dynasty and claimant to the Sikkim throne.