Monarchy of Tinza

Everqueen of the Tinzans
གྱེལྰྨོ་མྠ་བྲེལ་དྨནྒྶ་དཝ་གྯེ
Imperial
Royal Seal of Tinza
Incumbent
Kya II since 18 November 2001
Details
Style	Her Majesty
Heir presumptive	Youdron the Bastard
First monarch	Tselha (mythical)
Formation	918 BCE
Residence	Palace of Amadawa official residence)

The monarchy of Tinza is an absolute, popular and hereditary monarchy whose incumbent is titled the Everqueen or Everking of the Tinzans (Tinzan: གྱེལྰྨོ་མྠ་བྲེལ་དྨནྒྶ་དཝ་གྯེ, gyel-mo mtha brel dmangs dawa gze / གྱེལྰྤོ་མྠ་བྲེལ་དྨནྒྶ་དཝ་གྯེ, gyel-po mtha brel dmangs dawa gze) and serves as head of state. Officially, the Everqueen is also the highest authority of the Cult of Amadawa. The sovereign of Tinza is the only head of state in the world with the title of Everqueen. Since the foundation of the monarchy by Tselha in 918 BCE, there have been hundreds of Tinzan monarchs. The incumbent, Kya II, ascended the throne on 18 November 2001, following the death of Gyatso IV.

Throughout history, the actual powers held by Tinzan monarchs has varied; Norzin the Conqueror, who established Tinza as the preeminent power in East Borea for a time, led a highly centralised state, while the incumbent monarch Kya II - prior to the civil war - had almost all her powers delegated to State Preceptor Drogon Tsering. Traditionally speaking, the Everking is expected to take on the role of supreme battlefield commander.

Following the overthrow of the civilian dictatorship of Drogon Tsering, the future of the monarchy has been cast into doubt. Leading figures within the Revolutionary Labour Movement and the Constituent Assembly call for the abolition of the monarchy, but supporters of the Everqueen argue that such an action would be unconstitutional. Kelsang Karpo suggested that the issue might be best dealt with via referendum.

List of monarchs of the Tinzans

No.	Portrait	Name	Reign	Marriages	Relationship with Predecessor(s)	Lineage	Notes
1	File:Tselha.png	Tselha ཙེལྷ the Great Uniter Daughter of the Moon 939–871 BCE	918–871 BCE	Trungpa 917 BCE 4 children	Claims appointment by Amadawa	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates; claimed descent from the moon goddess, Amadawa
2		Jamyang ཇམྱནྒ 916–854 BCE	871–854 BCE	Dakpa 897 BCE 2 children	First child and son of Tselha	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates
3	File:Tsomo.png	Tsomo ཙོམོ the Conniver 891–826 BCE	854–826 BCE	Samdup 879 BCE 6 children	Last living child of Tselha	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates; sparked succession crisis between herself and Jamyang's own children
4		Pema པེམ the Truthtalker 877–809 BCE	826–809 BCE	Geymutsang 861 BCE 1 child Nyingpo 845 BCE 2 children	Firstborn daughter of Tsomo	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates; rumored to have murdered first husband
5		Tsundue ཙུནྡེུ 860–795 BCE	809–795 BCE	Youdon 844 BCE 1 child	Firstborn daughter of Pema	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates
6		Jamyang II ཇམྱནྒ the Bridgebuilder 843–771 BCE	795–771 BCE	Zopa 824 BCE 3 children	Only child and firstborn son of Tsundue	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates
7		Drakthonpa དྲཀྠོནྤ the Bridgeburner 823–752 BCE	771–752 BCE	Yeshi 803 BCE 7 children	Firstborn son of Jamyang II	Line of Tselha (disputed)	Traditional dates; succession and lineage disputed due to matrilineal succession laws
8		Dorje དོརྗེ the Redeemer 825–741 BCE	752–741 BCE	Khetsun 808 BCE 4 children	Cousin to Drakthonpa through Pema	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates; victories in succession crisis after bribing enemies
9		Karma ཀརྨ 792–728 BCE	741–728 BCE	Gonpo 773 BCE 3 children Rabten 753 BCE 1 child	Fourth born and only surviving daughter of Dorje	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates
10		Tselha II ཏྶེལྷ the Warborn 767–698 BCE	728–698 BCE	Aukatsang 751 BCE no children Kelsang 739 BCE 1 child	Second born daughter of Karma	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates
11		Tenzin ཏེནྯིན​ the Exalted 738–649 BCE	698–649 BCE	Tashi 721 BCE 5 children	Firstborn and only child of Tselha II	Line of Tselha (Core branch)	Traditional dates
12		Gyatso ཏེནྯིན​ 702–647 BCE	649–647 BCE	Thaye 684 BCE 2 children	Fourth child of Tenzin	Line of Tselha (disputed)	Traditional dates
13		Gyatso II ཏེནྯིན​ 680–624 BCE	647–624 BCE	Dolma 668 BCE 4 children	First child of Gyatso	Line of Tselha (disputed)	Traditional dates
14		Gyatso III ཏེནྯིན​ 661–594 BCE	624–594 BCE	Padma 643 BCE no children	First child of Gyatso	Line of Tselha (disputed)	Traditional dates