Mangsong Mangtsen

Mangsong Mangtsen
མང་སྲོང་མང་བཙན
Tsenpo
3rd Emperor of Tibetan Empire
Reign655 – 676
PredecessorGungsong Gungtsen or Songtsen Gampo
SuccessorTridu Songtsen
Bornmang-slon
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Tibetan Empire
Died676
Tsanggi Barnanggang, Tibet (modern Bainang County)
Burial679
Ngozhé Hrelpo Mausoleum, Valley of the Kings
WifeDroza Trimalö
ChildrenTridu Songtsen
Names
Tri Mangsong Tsen (ཁྲི་མང་སྲོང་བཙན)
Lönchen
Royal HouseYarlung dynasty
FatherGungsong Gungtsen
MotherAzhaza Mongjé Trikar (from Tuyuhun)
ReligionTibetan Buddhism

Mangsong Mangtsen (Tibetan: མང་སྲོང་མང་བཙན), Trimang Löntsen or Khri-mang-slon-rtsan (r. 655–676 CE) succeeded to the Tibetan throne either after the death of his father Gungsong Gungtsen, or of his grandfather the 33rd Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo. He became the 34th king of Tibet's Yarlung Dynasty, and the second king during the Tibetan Empire era (c. 637–848).

As Songtsen Gampo's only son had died early, he was succeeded by his infant grandson Mangsong Mangsten. Political power was left in the hands of the minister Gar Tongtsen (Mgar-srong-rtsan, or sometimes just mGar).[1][2]

  1. ^ Bushell, S. W. "The Early History of Tibet. From Chinese Sources." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XII, 1880, p. 446.
  2. ^ Ancient Tibet: Research materials from the Yeshe De Project. 1986. Dharma Publishing, California. ISBN 0-89800-146-3, p. 230.