Maharaja of Mysore

Maharaja of Mysore
Flag of Mysore

Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur, the last Maharaja
Details
Style	His Highness
First monarch	Yaduraya Wodeyar
Last monarch	Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur
Formation	1399
Abolition	26 January 1950
Residence	Mysore Palace

Mysore Kings (1399–present)
Under Vijayanagara Empire (1399–1565)
Yaduraya Wodeyar	(1399–1423)
Chamaraja Wodeyar I	(1423–1459)
Timmaraja Wodeyar I	(1459–1478)
Chamaraja Wodeyar II	(1478–1513)
Chamaraja Wodeyar III	(1513–1553)
Independent Wodeyar Kings (1565–1761)
Timmaraja Wodeyar II	(1553–1572)
Chamaraja Wodeyar IV	(1572–1576)
Chamaraja Wodeyar V	(1576–1578)
Raja Wodeyar I	(1578–1617)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VI	(1617–1637)
Raja Wodeyar II	(1637–1638)
Narasaraja Wodeyar I	(1638–1659)
Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar	(1659–1673)
Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar	(1673–1704)
Narasaraja Wodeyar II	(1704–1714)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar I	(1714–1732)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VII	(1732–1734)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar II	(1734–1766)
Under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan (1761–1799)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar II	(1734–1766)
Nanjaraja Wodeyar	(1766–1772)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII	(1772–1776)
Chamaraja Wodeyar IX	(1776–1796)
Under British Rule (1799–1950)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III	(1799–1868)
Chamaraja Wodeyar X	(1881–1894)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV	(1894–1940)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar	(1940–1950)
(Monarchy abolished) Titular monarchy (1950–present)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar	(1950–1974)
Srikanta Wodeyar	(1974–2013)
Yaduveera Chamaraja Wadiyar	(2015–present)

Maharaja of Mysore was the principal title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India.

The Wodeyar dynasty founded a feudatory principality in 1399, which grew into the Kingdom of Mysore. The Wodeyars ruled that kingdom almost uninterruptedly between 1399 and 1947; they ruled initially as vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire (1399–1565), then as independent rulers (1565–1761), then as puppet rulers under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (1761–1796) and finally as allies of the British crown (1799–1947). The Wodeyars of Mysore is the only Indian Royal family in the 5000-year-history of India (right from the times of Ramayana) to have ruled a kingdom for more than 500 years.The Maharajas of Mysore during these 650 years were:

Vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire (1399–1565)

Yaduraya Wodeyar (1399–1423)
Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar I (1423–1459)
Timmaraja Wodeyar I (1459–1478)
Hiriya Chamaraja Wodeyar II (1478–1513)
Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar III (1513–1553)

Independent rulers (1565–1761)

Timmaraja Wodeyar II (1553–1572)
Bola Chamaraja Wodeyar IV (1572–1576)
Chamaraja Wodeyar V (1576–1578)
Raja Wodeyar I (1578–1617)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VI (1617–1637)
Raja Wodeyar II (1637–1638)
(Ranadhira) Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar I (1638–1659)
Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar (1659–1673)
Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar (1673–1704)
Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II (1704–1714)
Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar I (1714–1732). With him, Yaduraya’s direct lineage came to an end. What followed was a succession of nominal rulers adopted by the surviving queens to continue the tradition.
Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1732–1734)
(Immadi) Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734–1766), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali from 1761

Puppet rulers under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (1766–1796)

Nanjaraja Wodeyar (1766–1772), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali
Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (1772–1776), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali
Khasa Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (1776–1796), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali until 1782, then under Tipu Sultan until his deposition in 1796.

Under British suzerainty until the abolishment of the monarchy (1799–1950)

(Mummudi) Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (1799–1868)
Chamaraja Wodeyar X (1868–1894)
H.H. Vani Vilas Sannidhana, queen of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX served as regent from 1894 to 1902
Rajarshi (Nalvadi) Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (1895–1940)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (1940–1950), went on to serve as Rajpramukh of Mysore until 1956, Governor of the State of Mysore until 1964, and Governor of the State of Madras (modern Tamil Nadu) until 1966

Informal titular rulers (1950–Present)

Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (1950–1974)
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar (1974–2013)
Interregnum (2013–2015)
Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar (2015-)^[1]

Family tree of the Royal Family

I. Yaduraya, Polegar (Grand Baron) of Hadanadu, established rule over Mysore (1371-1423; Raja of Mysore: 1399-1423)
- II. Chamaraja I, Raja of Mysore (1408-1459; r. 1423-1459)
  - III. Timmaraja I, Raja of Mysore (1433-1478; r. 1459-1478)
    - IV. Chamaraja II, Raja of Mysore (1463-1513; r. 1478-1513)
      - V. Chamaraja III, Raja of Mysore (1492-1553; r. 1513-1553)
        VI. Timmaraja II, Raja of Mysore (d. 1572; r. 1553-1572)
        
        Rajkumar Krishnaraja
        VIII. Chamaraja V, Raja of Mysore (r. 1576-1578)
        
        Rajkumari Chikka Devira, m. Mallaraja Chikka Wadiyar, younger son of Mallarajaiya Wadiyar of the Kalale Wadiyar branch
        Timmaraja of Kalale (d. 1546). m. as his fourth wife, Rajkumari Chikka Depa (see below)
        Sardar Karikala Mallaraja (c.1541-1644)
        Timmaraja (d. 1660)
        Kanta Muppina-Kantaiya Urs
        Sardar Doddaiya Urs
        Sardar Virarajaiya Urs
        Sardar Karachuri Nanjarajaiya Urs (c. 1704-1773)
        Maharani Devajamma (d. 1760). m. 1746, as his first wife, XVIII. Immadi Krishnaraja II, Maharaja of Mysore (1728-1766; r. 1734-1766), the son of Chame Urs of the Chikkanahalli branch. He married other wives, including (as his third wife) Maharani Lakshmi Ammani Devi (1742–1810), Regent of Mysore: 25 June 1799-February 1810, eldest daughter of Sardar Kathi Gopalraj Urs, of the Bettada Kotte family branch, sometime Killedar of Trichnopoly.
        XIX. Nanjaraja, Maharaja of Mysore (1748-1770; r. 1766-1770)
        
        XX. Chamaraja VIII, Maharaja of Mysore (1759-1776; r. 1770-1776)
        
        XXI. Chamaraja IX, Maharaja of Mysore (1774-1796; r. 1776-1796). Son of Sardar Devaraj Urs. of Arikuthara of the Karugahalli family. Interregnum: 1796-1799
        XXII. Krishnaraja III, Maharaja of Mysore GCSI (1794-1868; r. 1799-1868)
        Rajkumari Puta Ammanni [Madana Vilasa Puttammanni]. m. Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs (d. 1863), son of Sardar Gopalraj Urs, of Bettadakote, brother of H.H. Soubhagyavati Maharani Sri Lakshmi Ammanni Devi Avaru [Maha Mathushri], sometime Maharani Regent of Mysore
        XXIII. Chamaraja X, Maharaja of Mysore GCSI (1863-1894; r. 1868-1894) m. Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Kempananja CI (1866-1934; Regent of Mysore: 30 December 1894-8 August 1902). Their marriage ensured the continuity of the direct family line of the Wadiyar dynasty.
        XXIV. Krishnaraja IV, Maharaja of Mysore GCSI, GBE (1884-1940; r. 1894-1940)
        
        Yuvaraja Kanthirava Narasimharaja, Yuvaraja of Mysore GCIE (1888–1940)
        XXV. Jayachamaraja, Maharaja of Mysore GCB, GCSI (1919-1974; r. 1940-1950; titular Maharaja and family head: 1950-1971; head of the Wadiyar family: 1971-1974)
        Maharajkumari Gayatri Devi (1946–1974). m. Sardar Kantharaj Basavaraj Ramachandraraj Urs (1936–2011)
        Rajkumari Leela Tripurasundari Devi (b. 1966) m. 26th May 1993, Sri Swarup Anand Gopalaraj Urs (b. 1960), of the Bettadakote branch of the Urs family
        XXVII. Yaduvir Krishnadatta Chamaraja XI, Maharaja of Mysore (b. 1992; head of the Wadiyar family: 2015-present). Adopted by Maharani Pramoda Kumari in February 2015 and officially named the new family head.
        
        XXVI. Kantadatta Narasimharaja, Maharaja of Mysore (1953-2013; head of the Wadiyar family: 1974-2013). m. Maharani Sri Satya Pramoda Kumari Devi (b. 1954), great-grand daughter of Gopala Raj Urs, of Bettadakote. He died without issue or naming a successor, leaving the headship of the family vacant from 2013-2015.
        
        Maddur Narasa Urs, of the Maddur line of the dynasty
        Maddur Chikka Kantha Urs
        Maddur Krishna Urs
        Maddur Kantha Urs
        Maddur Narasaraj Urs
        Kantharaj Urs
        Narasaraj Kantharaj Urs
        Sir M. Kantharaj Urs KCIE, CSI (1870-1923; Prime Minister of Mysore: 1919-1922)
        
        Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Kempananja CI (1866–1934) Regent of Mysore: 30 December 1894-8 August 1902. m. at 26 May 1878, her distant cousin Chamaraja X, Maharaja of Mysore Through her descends the present line of the Wadiyar dynasty. She had issue, four sons and three daughters – see below.
        
        VII. Chamaraja IV, Raja of Mysore (1507-1576; r. 1572-1576)
        IX. Raja, Raja of Mysore (1552-1617; r. 1578-1617)
        Yuvaraja Narasaraja (1579–1610)
        X. Chamaraja VI, Raja of Mysore (1608-1637; r. 1617-1637)
        
        XI. Raja II, Raja of Mysore (1612-1638; r. 1637-1638)
        
        Rajkumar Devaraja (c. 1553-1656?)
        Dodda Devaraja (1622–1669)
        XIV. Chikka Devaraja, Maharaja of Mysore (1645-1704; r. 1673-1704)
        XV. Kanthirava Narasaraja II, Maharaja of Mysore (1672-1714; r. 1704-1714)
        XVI. Dodda Krishnaraja, Maharaja of Mysore (1702-1732; r. 1714-1732), m. 1716 as his first wife, Maharani Devaja, daughter of Chikka Urs of the Kalale branch. He died without any surviving issue, and thus the direct male line of descent from Raja Yaduraya became extinct. However, his widow adopted an heir from a cadet branch of the family:
        XVII. Chamaraja VII, Maharaja of Mysore (1704-1734; r. 1732-1734). Son of Devaraj Urs of Ankanhalli.
        
        XIII. Dodda Devaraja, Raja of Mysore (1627-1673; r. 1659-1673)
        
        Rajkumar Bettada Chamaraja (1554–1639)
        XII. Kanthirava Narasaraja I, Raja of Mysore (1615-1659; r. 1638-1659)
        
        Rajkumari Chikkadepa, who married her cousin Timmaraja (d. 1546) and had issue - see above

^[2]

References

↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/yaduveer-gopal-raj-urs-is-new-heir-of-mysurus-royal-family/article6886404.ece
↑ Buyers, Christopher. "Mysore-India/SALUTE STATES-royalark.net". Retrieved 27 February 2015.