Jetsun Pema

Jetsun Pema (2017)

Jetsun Pema ( Dzongkha རྗེ་ བཙུན་ པདྨ་ ; Wylie romanization rje btsun padma ; born June 4, 1990 in Thimphu ) is the Queen of Bhutan . She has been married to King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck since 2011 .

Life

Jetsun Pema is the second of five children of a pilot. She attended high school in the Indian Kasauli Mountains and then enrolled at London's Regent's College . There she studied international relations with the minor subjects psychology and art history .

Her wedding to King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck took place on October 13, 2011 in the Punakha Dzong monastery fortress .

On February 5, 2016, Jetsun Pema gave birth to their first child, a son, at Lingkama Palace in Thimphu. He is first in line to the throne. In December 2019, it was announced that she was pregnant again. She gave birth to the child, also a son, on March 19, 2020.

Web links

Commons : Jetsun Pema - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Dream couple from Bhutan , Welt am Sonntag, October 9, 2011.
Royal wedding in Bhutan: Millions of Asian women mourn , Berliner Zeitung, October 12, 2011.
Royal wedding in Bhutan: The Dragon King crowns his lotus flower , Spiegel Online, October 13, 2011.

Individual evidence

↑ Brief reports: Jetsun Pema . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 8, 2016, p. 7
^ Royal baby: King, Queen of Bhutan reportedly expecting second child. December 17, 2019, accessed February 22, 2020 (American English).
↑ The royal couple of Bhutan are happy about their offspring. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Pema, Jetsun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bhutanese queen
DATE OF BIRTH	4th June 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH	Thimphu

[1] Brief reports: Jetsun Pema . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of February 8, 2016, p. 7

[2] Royal baby: King, Queen of Bhutan reportedly expecting second child. December 17, 2019, accessed February 22, 2020 (American English).

[3] The royal couple of Bhutan are happy about their offspring. Retrieved April 11, 2020 .