Tshering Yangdon

Tshering Yangdon (Dzongkha: ཚེ་རིང་དབྱང་སྒྲོན, born 21 June 1959) is the third wife of the former Bhutanese king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck.

[1] She is also the mother of King Jigme Khesar's two younger full siblings, Princess Ashi Dechen Yangzom (b.

The name Yangdon (or Yangden) means "precious jewel", denotes prosperity and well-being.

[4] The foundation's focus is to make nunneries a way to help and empower girls and women through education and economic self-sufficiency.

[5] She was responsible for the building of the Khamsum Yulley Namgyal Chörten in Punakha Valley in 2004.