The Druk Gyelse incarnation line began when Gyelse Kunga Gyeltsen was recognized in the 1690s as the reincarnation of Jampel Dorje, the son of Bhutan's founder Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel. The line has its seat at Punakha Dzong.
Biographies
Jampel Dorje
b.1631
The First Druk Gyelse, Gyelse Kunga Gyeltsen
b.1689 - d.1713
Gyelse Kunga Gyeltsen was the reincarnation of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel's son Jampel Dorje. He lived a short life, as did most of his successive incarnations.
The Second Druk Gyelse Tulku, Jigme Norbu
b.1717 - d.1735
The Third Druk Gyelse Tulku, Drukdra Namgyel
b.1737 - d.1762
The Fourth Druk Gyelse Tulku, Jigme Namgyel
b.1763 - d.1795
The Fifth Druk Gyelse Tulku, Jampel Dorje
b.1798 - d.1829