Mé Aktsom
Tridé Tsuktsen (Tibetan: ཁྲི་ལྡེ་གཙུག་བཙན, Wylie: khri lde gtsug btsan, 704–755 CE), nicknamed Mé Aktsom (Tibetan: མེས་ཨག་ཚོམས, Wylie: mes ag tshoms, "Bearded Grandfather"), was the emperor of the Tibetan Empire and the son of Tridu Songtsen and his queen, Tsenma Toktokteng, Princess of Chim (Tibetan: བཙན་མ་ཐོག་ཐོག་སྟེང, Wylie: btsan ma thog thog steng). He is usually known by his nickname Mé Aktsom "Bearded Grandfather", which was given to him later in life because he was so hirsute.
| Mé Aktsom མེས་ཨག་ཚོམས | |||||
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| Tsenpo | |||||
| Emperor of Tibet | |||||
| Reign | 705–755 | ||||
| Predecessor | Tridu Songtsen or Lha Balpo | ||||
| Successor | Trisong Detsen | ||||
| Regent | Dro Thrimalö We Trisig Shangnyen | ||||
| Born | Gyeltsukru (རྒྱལ་གཙུག་རུ) 704 Lhasa, Tibet | ||||
| Died | 755 (age 51) Tibet | ||||
| Burial | Lhari Tsuknam Mausoleum, Valley of the Kings | ||||
| Spouse | Gyamoza Kimshang (aka Princess Jincheng, from China) Jangmo Tritsün (from Nanzhao) Nanamza Mangpodé Zhiteng | ||||
| Issue | Jang Tsalhawön Trisong Detsen | ||||
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| Lönchen | |||||
| Father | Tridu Songtsen | ||||
| Mother | Chimza Tsenmotok | ||||
| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism | ||||
His father, Tridu Songtsen, died in 704 in battle in Mywa territory in the Kingdom of Nanzhao (Wylie: 'jang, modern lowland Yunnan). The Old Book of Tang states he was on his way to suppress tributary kingdoms on the southern borders of Tibet, including Nepal and parts of India.
There was a dispute among his sons but "after a long time" the people put seven-year-old Tridé Tsuktsen on the throne.