List of Dalai Lamas

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This is a list of Dalai Lamas of Tibet. There have been 14 recognised incarnations of the Dalai Lama.

Dalai Lama of as ruler of Tibet
Former Monarchy
Emblem of the Tibetan government-in-exile
First monarch 5th Dalai Lama (temporal ruler)
Last monarch 14th Dalai Lama (temporal ruler)
Style His Holiness
Official residence Potala Palace
Norbulingka
Monarchy started 1642
Monarchy ended 23 May 1951
(Seventeen Point Agreement)

There has also been one non-recognised Dalai Lama. Ngawang Yeshe Gyatso was declared as "true" 6th Dalai Lama by Lha-bzang Khan in 1707, but he was never accepted by the majority of the population.[1][2][3]

Title Portrait Name Date of birth Dalai Lama From Dalai Lama Until Date of death
1st Dalai Lama
 
1st Dalai Lama
Gedun Drupa 1391 N/A 1474
2nd Dalai Lama
 
2nd Dalai Lama
Gedun Gyatso 1475 1492 1542
3rd Dalai Lama
 
3rd Dalai Lama
Sonam Gyatso 1543 1578 1588
4th Dalai Lama
 
4th Dalai Lama
Yonten Gyatso 1589 1601 1617
5th Dalai Lama
 
5th Dalai Lama
Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso 1617 1642 1682
6th Dalai Lama
 
6th Dalai Lama
Tsangyang Gyatso 1683 1697 1706
7th Dalai Lama
 
7th Dalai Lama
Kelzang Gyatso 1708 1720 1757
8th Dalai Lama
 
8th Dalai Lama
Jamphel Gyatso 1758 1762 1804
9th Dalai Lama
 
9th Dalai Lama
Lungtok Gyatso 1 December 1805 1810 6 March 1815
10th Dalai Lama 10th Dalai Lama Tsultrim Gyatso 29 March 1816 1826 30 September 1837
11th Dalai Lama
 
11th Dalai Lama
Khedrup Gyatso 1 November 1838 1842 31 January 1856
12th Dalai Lama
 
12th Dalai Lama
Trinley Gyatso 26 January 1857 1860 25 April 1875
13th Dalai Lama
 
13th Dalai Lama
Thubten Gyatso 12 February 1876 31 July 1879 17 December 1933
14th Dalai Lama
 
14th Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso 6 July 1935 22 February 1940
(de jure)
17 November 1950
(de facto)[4]
Alive

References

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  1. Stein 1972, p. 85.
  2. Chapman, F. Spencer. (1940). Lhasa: The Holy City, p. 127. Readers Union Ltd. London.
  3. Mullin 2001, p. 276.
  4. "Chronology of Events". His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Archived from the original on 1 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2015.