h2. Family Relations
1420s/30s: ruler at gong dkar rdzong / bkra shis rnam rgyal rnam thar [xyl] (f. 20a)
rgya ston byang chub dbang rgyal/ (1470–ca. 1540/50s) also refers to him as a territorial ruler in the biography of gong dkar rdo rje gdan pa kun dga' rnam rgyal/ (1432–1496) gong dkar ba rnam thar I_A [2001] (p. 16): yab rje rgyal ba shes rab ces pa sa chen chos bzhin skyong bar mdzad pa de/