Overview
Tenzin Wangchuk, eldest son of Tenzin Dalai Khan, is the least known of the Khoshut kings of Tibet. Even the years of his reign are disputed: 1696–1697 or, more probably, 1701–1703.
Rise to Power
He succeeded his father, after a quarrel with his brother Lhazang that the Dalai Lama's envoys could not settle.
Rule and Achievements
- Held the title only briefly
Legacy
The traditional account says Lhazang poisoned him. Peter Schwieger argues instead that he was too ill to rule, that the Sixth Dalai Lama proposed Lhazang in 1703, and that Tenzin Wangchuk died early the next year.