Namri Songtsen

Namri Songtsen
གནམ་རི་སྲོང་བཙན
Tsenpo
32nd King of Tibet
Reignc. 570 – 618
PredecessorTagbu Nyasig
SuccessorSongtsen Gampo
BornUnknown ?
Tibet
Died618
Tibet
Burial
Gungri Sokka Mausoleum, Valley of the Kings
SpouseDriza Tönkar
IssueSongtsen Gampo
Tengri Khan (according to some sources)
DynastyHouse of Yarlung
FatherTagbu Nyasig
MotherTongtsün Drokar
ReligionTibetan Buddhism

Namri Songtsen (Tibetan: གནམ་རི་སྲོང་བཙན, Wylie: gnam ri srong btsan, ZYPY: Namri Songzän), also known as "Namri Löntsen" (Wylie: gnam ri slon mtshan) (died 618) was according to tradition, the 32nd King of Tibet of the Yarlung dynasty. (Reign: 570 – 618) During his 48 years of reign, he expanded his kingdom to rule the central part of the Tibetan Plateau. He also had a good diplomatic partnership with other tribes and Empires. His actions were decisive in the setting up of the Tibetan Empire (7th century), to which he can be named co-founder with his son, Songtsen Gampo. He had reportedly conquered the Kingdom of Sumpa in the early 7th century.