List of Dalai Lamas

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

Dalai Lama of Tibet
Emblem of the Tibetan government-in-exile
Details
Style	His Holiness
First monarch	13th Dalai Lama (as head of state)
Last monarch	14th Dalai Lama (as head of state)
Formation	July 1912
Abolition	23 May 1951 (Seventeen Point Agreement)
Residence	Potala Palace Norbulingka

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

List

	Image	Name	Date of birth	Dalai Lama From	Dalai Lama Until	Date of death
1st Dalai Lama	1st Dalai Lama	Gedun Drub	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	1805	1810	1815
10th Dalai Lama	10th Dalai Lama	Tsultrim Gyatso	29 March 1816	1826	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

See also

• List of Panchen Lamas
• List of rulers of Tibet

References

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. Retrieved 18 April 2015.

Bibliography

• Stein, R. A. (1972). Tibetan civilization ([English ed.]. ed.). Stanford, Calif.: Stanford Univ. Press. ISBN 0-8047-0901-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Mullin, Glenn H. (2001). The Fourteen Dalai Lamas: A Sacred Legacy of Reincarnation. Clear Light Publishers. Santa Fe, NM. ISBN 1-57416-092-3.