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- English 1
- Prince Mingyur Wang’s sister and Tsem Rinpoche’s grand-aunt 1
- and stood out as an authority on culture 1
- both oriental and western. 1
- including political science 1
- literature and music. Married to a French diplomat Michel Breal 1
- one of the largest tribes of the Oirat-Mongols. She received a Western and Chinese education at the French nuns' school Sacré Cœur in Beijing and later studied a wide range of subjects in Paris and Brussels 1
- she spoke French 1
- spent her early youth in the encampments of the nomadic Torghut people in Central Asia 1
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Torhout, Nirgidma de
1907 - 1983, Princess Nirgidma; Prince Mingyur Wang’s sister and Tsem Rinpoche’s grand-aunt; spent her early youth in the encampments of the nomadic Torghut people in Central Asia; one of the largest tribes of the Oirat-Mongols. She received a Western and Chinese education at the French nuns' school Sacré Cœur in Beijing and later studied a wide range of subjects in Paris and Brussels; including political science; literature and music. Married to a French diplomat Michel Breal; the consul-general of the former Chinese capital; she spoke French; English; Chinese and Russian fluently; and stood out as an authority on culture; both oriental and western.