Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII

Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII
Raja of Mysore
Reign 1770–1776
Coronation Seringapatam, 16 August 1770
Born 27 August 1759
Died 6 September 1776
Royal Palace, Seringapatam
Dynasty Wodeyar dynasty
Father Krishnaraja Wodeyar II
Mother Devaja Ammani Avaru
Religion Hinduism
Mysore Kings
(1399–present)
Feudatory Monarchy
(As vassals of Vijayanagara Empire)
(1399–1553)
Yaduraya Wodeyar (1399–1423)
Chamaraja Wodeyar I (1423–1459)
Timmaraja Wodeyar I (1459–1478)
Chamaraja Wodeyar II (1478–1513)
Chamaraja Wodeyar III (1513–1553)
Absolute Monarchy
(Independent Wodeyar Kings)
(1553–1761)
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 (1734–1761)
Puppet Monarchy
(Under Haider Ali and Tipu Sultan)
(1761–1799)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1761–1766)
Nanjaraja Wodeyar (1766–1770)
Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (1770–1776)
Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (1776–1796)
Puppet Monarchy
(Under British Rule)
(1799–1831)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (1799–1831)
Titular Monarchy
(Monarchy abolished)
(1831–1881)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (1831–1868)
Chamaraja Wodeyar X (1868–1881)
Absolute Monarchy
Monarchy restored
(As allies of the British Crown)
(1881–1947)
Chamaraja Wodeyar X (1881–1894)
Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (1894–1940)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1940–1947)
Constitutional Monarchy
(In Dominion of India)
(1947–1950)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1947–1950)
Titular Monarchy
(Monarchy abolished)
(1950–present)
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1950–1974)
Srikanta Wodeyar (1974–2013)
Yaduveera Chamaraja Wadiyar (2015–present)

Maharaja Shri Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII Bahadur (27 August 1759 – 6 September 1776.) or Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII, was the Raja of Mysore (r. 1770 – 1776). He reigned under the control of powerful Sarvadhikari, Hyder Ali.

Life

He was the second son of Krishnaraja Wodeyar II and succeeded on the death of his elder brother Nanjaraja Wodeyar, 2 August 1770.

16 September 1776, He was strangled and killed in the bath at the Royal Palace of Seringapatam, on the orders of Hyder Ali.

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