Ralpacan
Also known as Tri Ralpachen, Tritsuk Detsen, khri gtsug lde btsan, ral pa can
Tritsuk Detsen (), better known by his nickname Ralpachen (; 802–838), was the 40th King (Tsenpo) of Tibet from 815 to 838. He reigned after the death of his father, Sadnalegs, and grew the empire to its largest extent. He was murdered by his younger brother Langdarma in 838. Ralpachen is one of the "Three Dharma Kings of Tibet", and referred to as "son of God" in the ancient Tibetan chronicle Testament of Ba.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Tritsuk Detsen
- Royalty.title
- Tsenpo
- Royalty.succession
- King of Tibet
- Royalty.reign
- 815–838
- Royalty.regnal name
- Tritsuk Detsen ()
- Royalty.predecessor
- Tridé Songtsen
- Royalty.successor
- U Dum Tsen
- Royalty.royal house
- Pugyel
- Royalty.dynasty
- Yarlung
- Royalty.era name
- Kyitak (; )
- Royalty.era dates
- 815–838
- Royalty.father
- Tridé Songtsen
- Royalty.mother
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- Death and succession
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Tritsuk Detsen (), better known by his nickname Ralpachen (; 802–838), was the 40th King (Tsenpo) of Tibet from 815 to 838. He reigned after the death of his father, Sadnalegs, and grew the empire to its largest extent. He was murdered by his younger brother Langdarma in 838. Ralpachen is one of the "Three Dharma Kings of Tibet", and referred to as "son of God" in the ancient Tibetan chronicle Testament of Ba.
Ralpachen was the second eldest of five brothers. The eldest, Prince Tsangma, took Tibetan Buddhist vows with the Nyingma school. The third, U Dumtsen known as Langdarma, is referred to in the sources as "unfit to reign". The younger two brothers both died young.