Dragon King

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The Dragon King is the official title of the reigning monarch of Bhutan, symbolizing the country's spiritual and cultural identity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dragon King of Bhutan 3
Dragon King canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical office
royal title
appliesToJurisdiction Bhutan
associatedConcept Buddhist kingship
Gross National Happiness
associatedWith Druk Gyalpo
surface form: Bhutanese monarchy

Tibetan Buddhism
surface form: Drukpa Kagyu tradition

Bhutan
surface form: Kingdom of Bhutan
ceremonialRole protector of all religions in Bhutan
symbol of national unity
constitutionalStatus constitutional monarchy
continent Asia
country Bhutan
currentMonarch Druk Gyalpo
surface form: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
currentMonarchStart 2006
domainOf Bhutanese armed forces (supreme commander)
dynasty Druk Gyalpo
surface form: House of Wangchuck
firstMonarch Druk Gyalpo
surface form: Ugyen Wangchuck
hasGenderTraditionally male
hasTitleInDzongkha Druk Gyalpo
surface form: འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་
hasTitleInEnglish Dragon King self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dragon King of Bhutan
headOfGovernmentRole constitutional monarch
headOfStateOf Bhutan
languageOfTitle Dzongkha
legalFoundation Constitution of the Kingdom of Bhutan
monarchyEstablished 1907
nativeLabel Druk Gyalpo
nativeLanguage Dzongkha
officialTitleOf Druk Gyalpo
surface form: King of Bhutan
region Himalayas
religion Vajrayana
surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
residence Lingkana Palace
Tashichho Dzong
responsibleFor protecting Bhutanese sovereignty
safeguarding Bhutanese culture
upholding Gross National Happiness philosophy
role reigning monarch of Bhutan
seat Thimphu
selectionMethod hereditary succession
style Druk Gyalpo
His Majesty
symbol Bhutanese national flag
druk (thunder dragon)
symbolizes Bhutanese cultural identity
Bhutanese spiritual identity
typeOfMonarch Druk Gyalpo
usesCalendarForReign Gregorian calendar (Western churches)
surface form: Gregorian calendar

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bhutan hasMonarchTitle Dragon King
Dragon King hasTitleInEnglish Dragon King self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dragon King of Bhutan
Bhutanese armed forces (supreme commander) commanderInChief Dragon King
subject surface form: Bhutanese armed forces
this entity surface form: Dragon King of Bhutan
Bhutanese armed forces (supreme commander) supremeCommander Dragon King
subject surface form: Bhutanese armed forces
this entity surface form: Dragon King of Bhutan