Karma Thutob Namgyal (late 16th century) was a prince of the Tsangpa

Tsangpa

Tsangpa was a dynasty that dominated large parts of Tibet from 1565 to 1642. It was the last Tibetan royal dynasty to rule in own name. The regime was founded by Karma Tseten, a retainer of the prince of the Rinpungpa Dynasty and governor of Shigatse in Tsang since 1548.-Superseding the...

 Dynasty that ruled parts of Central Tibet from 1565 to 1642.

Karma Thutob Namgyal was the son of the king of Upper Tsang

Ü-Tsang

Ü-Tsang , or Tsang-Ü, is one of the three traditional provinces of Tibet, the other two being Amdo and Kham. Geographically Ü-Tsang covered the central and western portions of the Tibetan cultural area, including the Tsang-po watershed, the western districts surrounding and extending past Mount...

, Karma Tseten

Karma Tseten

Karma Tseten was a king of Upper Tsang in West Central Tibet. He was the founder of the Tsangpa Dynasty that had an important role in the history of Tibet up to 1642.-Rebelling against the Rinpungpa:...

, who founded the dynasty in 1565. He was considered to be a reincarnation of an ancient Tibetan chogyal

Chogyal

The Chogyal were the monarchs of the former kingdoms of Sikkim and Ladakh, which were ruled by separate branches of the Namgyal family. The Chogyal, or divine ruler, was the absolute potentate of Sikkim from 1642 to 1975, when its monarchy was abrogated and its people voted to make Sikkim India's...

 (religious king). A text refers to him as the Depa Tsangtod, ruler of Upper Tsang, but the dates of his father's death or his own regnal years are not known. However, he resided in the Samdrubtse castle in Shigatse

Shigatse

Shigatse is a county-level city and the second largest city in Tibet Autonomous Region , People's Republic of China, with a population of 92000, about southwest of Lhasa and northwest of Gyantse...

 by 1586, and there received the cleric Sakya Dorje Nyima Pal Zangpo. Sakya Dorje performed a protective ceremony and made a talisman

Talisman

Talisman have several meanings:*TalismanBooks and novels* The Talisman , a historical novel by Sir Walter Scott* The Talisman , a novel by Stephen King and Peter Straub...

 for Karma Thutob Namgyal in order to ensure the continuation of his line. The Yargyab princess, consort of the ruler, became pregnant and gave birth to Karma Phuntsok Namgyal

Karma Phuntsok Namgyal

Karma Phuntsok Namgyal was a king of Tibet who ruled from 1618 to 1620. He belonged to the Tsangpa Dynasty that held power in Tsang since 1565 and was the foremost secular power in Tibet until 1642.-Family:...

 (1587-1620). The circumstances of Karma Thutob Namgyal's demise are not known, but in about 1600 his younger brother Karma Tensung

Karma Tensung

Karma Tensung , in full Karma Tensung Wangpo , was a king of Tsang in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth century. He belonged to the Tsangpa Dynasty that ruled parts of Tibet from 1565 to 1642....

governed. However, it was Karma Phuntsok Namgyal who became the real founder of Tsangpa's power over Central Tibet in the early 17th century.