Sengge Namgyal

Sengge Namgyal
Gyalpo of Ladakh
Reign1616 - 1642 CE
PredecessorJamyang Namgyal
SuccessorDeldan Namgyal
HouseNamgyal dynasty of Ladakh
FatherJamyang Namgyal
MotherGyal Khatun
ReligionBuddhism
The Leh Palace, built by Sengge Namgyal

Sengge Namgyal (Ladakhi: སེང་གེ་རྣམ་རྒྱལ, Wylie: seng-ge rnam-rgyal, c. 1570–1642) was a 17th-century Namgyal dynasty King of Ladakh, from 1616 to his death in 1642. A Buddhist, he was noted for his immense work in building monasteries, palaces and shrines in Ladakh and is known as the "Lion King".