'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 (1399-1646), then as independent rulers (1646-1799), and finally as allies of the British crown (1799-1947). The Maharajas of Mysore during these 650 years were:
==
Maharajas of
Mysore==
★ Yaduraya (
1399–
1423)
★ Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar I (
1423–
1459)
★ Thimmaraja Wadiyar I (
1459–
1478)
★ Hiriya Chamaraja Wadiyar II (
1478–
1513)
★ Hiriya bettada Chamaraja III Wadiyar (
1513–
1553)
★ Thimmaraja Wadiyar II (
1553–
1572)
★ Bola Chamaraja Wadiyar IV (
1572–
1576)
★ Bettada Devaraja Wadiyar (
1576–
1578)
★ Raja Wadiyar I (
1578–
1617)
★ Chamaraja Wadiyar V (
1617–
1637).
★ Raja II Wadiyar (
1637–
1638)
★ (Ranadhira) Kantheerava Narasaraja Wadiyar I (
1638–
1659)
★ Dodda Devaraja Wadiyar (
1659–
1673)
★ Chikka Devaraja Wadiyar (
1673–
1704)
★ Kantheerava Narasaraja Wadiyar II (
1704–
1714)
★ Dodda Krishnaraja Wadiyar (
1714–
1732)
★ Chamaraja Wadiyar VI (
1732–
1734)
★ (Immadi) Krishnaraja II Wadiyar (
1734–
1766)
★ Nanajaraja Wadiyar (
1766–
1770)
★ Bettada Chamaraja Wadiyar VII(
1770–
1776)
★ Khasa Chamaraja Wadiyar VIII (
1766–
1796)
★ (Mummudi) Krishnaraja III Wadiyar (
1799–
1868)
★
Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (
1868–
1894)
★ H.H.
Vani Vilas Sannidhana, queen of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, was
Regent from
1894–
1902.
★ (Nalvadi)
Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV (
1894–
1940)
★
Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (
1940 -
1950)
★
★
Rajpramukh of
Mysore state, (
1950–
1956)
★
★ Governor of
Mysore state (present-day Karnataka), (
1956–
1964)
★
★ Governor of
Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu), (
1964–
1966)
See also
#
Kingdom of Mysore
#
Vijayanagara Empire
#
British Raj
External link
★ http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/mysore.htm