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 as ruler of Tibet
Former Monarchy
Emblem of the Tibetan government-in-exile
First monarch	5th Dalai Lama (temporal ruler)
Last monarch	14th Dalai Lama (temporal ruler)
Style	His Holiness
Official residence	Potala Palace Norbulingka
Monarchy started	1642
Monarchy ended	23 May 1951 (Seventeen Point Agreement)

There has also been one non-recognised Dalai Lama. Ngawang Yeshe Gyatso was declared as "true" 6th Dalai Lama by Lha-bzang Khan in 1707, but he was never accepted by the majority of the population.

List

Title	Portrait	Name	Date of birth	Dalai Lama From	Dalai Lama Until	Date of death
1st Dalai Lama	1st Dalai Lama	Gedun Drupa	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	1 December 1805	1810	6 March 1815
10th Dalai Lama	10th Dalai Lama	Tsultrim Gyatso	29 March 1816	1826	30 September 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)	Alive

List Of Dalai Lamas Media

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  The third dalai-lama, Sonam Gyatso. Detail of a distemper from the Wellcome Collection, London.