4th Dalai Lama
Yonten Gyatso or Yon-tan-rgya-mtsho (1589–1617), was the 4th Dalai Lama, born in Tümed on the 30th day of the 12th month of the Earth-Ox year of the Tibetan calendar. Other sources, however, say he was born in the 1st month of the Earth Ox Year.
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| Title | 4th Dalai Lama | ||||||
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| Born | 1589 Northern Yuan | ||||||
| Died | 1617 (aged 27–28) Tibet | ||||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||||
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| Period in office | 1601–1617 | ||||||
| Predecessor | Sonam Gyatso | ||||||
| Successor | Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso | ||||||
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| Chinese | 雲丹嘉措 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | ཡོན་ཏན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ | ||||||
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As the son of the Khan of the Chokur tribe, Tsultrim Choeje, and great-grandson of Altan Khan of the Tümed Mongols and his second wife PhaKhen Nula, Yonten Gyatso was a Mongol, making him the only non-Tibetan to be recognized as Dalai Lama other than the 6th Dalai Lama, who was a Monpa—but Monpas can be seen either as a Tibetan subgroup or a closely related people.
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