Maharaja of Mysore
Maharaja of Mysore was the principal title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India until the abolition of the monarchy in 1950; the head of the royal family from 1950 to 1971; and, unofficially, the head of the erstwhile royal family following the removal of titles and privileges in 1971.
The Wodeyar dynasty was founded as 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, then as independent rulers, then as puppet rulers under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan and finally as allies of the British crown.
Vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire (1399–1565)
- Yaduraya Wodeyar
- Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar I
- Timmaraja Wodeyar I
- Hiriya Chamaraja Wodeyar II
- Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar III
Independent rulers (1565–1761)
- Timmaraja Wodeyar II
- Bola Chamaraja Wodeyar IV
- Chamaraja Wodeyar V
- Raja Wodeyar I
- Chamaraja Wodeyar VI
- Raja Wodeyar II
- Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar I
- Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar
- Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar
- Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II
- Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar I. 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
- Krishnaraja Wodeyar II, puppet ruler under Hyder Ali from 1761
Puppet rulers under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (1766–1796)
- Nanjaraja Wodeyar, puppet ruler under Hyder Ali
- Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII, puppet ruler under Hyder Ali
- Khasa Chamaraja Wodeyar IX, puppet ruler under Hyder Ali until 1782, then under Tipu Sultan until his deposition in 1796.
Regents of the [Sultanate of Mysore] (1761–1799)
- Hyder Ali
- Tipu Sultan
Under British suzerainty until the abolishment of the monarchy (1799–1950)
- Krishnaraja Wodeyar III
- Chamarajendra Wodeyar X
- H.H. Vani Vilas Sannidhana, queen of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX served as regent from 1894 to 1902
- Rajarshi Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV
- Jayachamaraja Wodeyar
Titular maharajas (1950–1971)
- Jayachamaraja Wodeyar, serving as Rajpramukh of Mysore until 1956, Governor of the State of Mysore until 1964, and Governor of the State of Madras until 1966
Heads of erstwhile royal family (1971–present)
- Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar
- Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar
- Yaduveera Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar
Family tree of the Royal Family
- I. Yaduraya, Polegar of Hadanadu near Nanjanagudi, conquered Mysore and nearby areas
- * II. Chamaraja I, Raja of Mysore
- ** III. Timmaraja I, Raja of Mysore
- *** IV. Chamaraja II, Raja of Mysore
- **** V. Chamaraja III, Raja of Mysore
- ***** VI. Timmaraja II, Raja of Mysore
- ***** Rajkumar Krishnaraja
- ****** VIII. Chamaraja V, Raja of Mysore
- ***** Rajkumari Chikka Devira, m. Mallaraja Chikka Wadiyar, younger son of Mallarajaiya Wadiyar of the Kalale Wadiyar branch
- ****** Timmaraja of Kalale. m. as his fourth wife, Rajkumari Chikka Depa
- ******* Sardar Karikala Mallaraja
- ******** Timmaraja
- ********* Kanta Muppina-Kantaiya Urs
- ********** Sardar Doddaiya Urs
- *********** Sardar Virarajaiya Urs
- ************ Sardar Karachuri Nanjarajaiya Urs
- ************* Maharani Devajamma. m. 1746, as his first wife, XVIII. Immadi Krishnaraja II, Maharaja of Mysore, the son of Chame Urs of the Chikkanahalli branch. He married other wives, including Maharani Lakshmi Ammani Devi, 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
- ************** XX. Chamaraja VIII, Maharaja of Mysore
- ************** XXI. Chamaraja IX, Maharaja of Mysore. Son of Sardar Devaraj Urs. of Arikuthara of the Karugahalli family. Interregnum: 1796–99
- *************** XXII. Krishnaraja III, Maharaja of Mysore GCSI
- **************** Rajkumari Puta Ammanni . m. Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs, son of Sardar Gopalraj Urs, of Bettadakote, brother of H.H. Soubhagyavati Maharani Sri Lakshmi Ammanni Devi Avaru , sometime Maharani Regent of Mysore
- ***************** XXIII. Chamaraja X, Maharaja of Mysore GCSI m. Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Kempananja CI.
- ****************** XXIV. Krishnaraja IV, Maharaja of Mysore GCSI, GBE
- ****************** Yuvaraja Kanthirava Narasimharaja, Yuvaraja of Mysore GCIE
- ******************* XXV. Jayachamaraja, Maharaja of Mysore GCB, GCSI
- ******************** Maharajkumari Gayatri Devi. m. Sardar Kantharaj Basavaraj Ramachandraraj Urs
- ********************* Rajkumari Leela Tripurasundari Devi m. 26 May 1991, Sri Swarup Anand Gopalaraj Urs, of the Bettadakote branch of the Urs family, a direct, patrilineal descendant of Subrahmanyaraj Urs, Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar X's brother
- ********************** XXVII. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja, Maharaja of Mysore .
- ******************** XXVI. Srikanthadatta Narasimharaja. m. Sri Satya Pramoda Devi, 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 to 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
- **************** Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Kempananja CI 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
- ****** IX. Raja, Raja of Mysore
- ******* Yuvaraja Narasaraja
- ******** X. Chamaraja VI, Raja of Mysore
- ******* XI. Raja II, Raja of Mysore
- ****** Rajkumar Devaraja
- ******* Dodda Devaraja
- ******** XIV. Chikka Devaraja, Maharaja of Mysore
- ********* XV. Kanthirava Narasaraja II, Maharaja of Mysore
- ********** XVI. Dodda Krishnaraja, Maharaja of Mysore, 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. Son of Devaraj Urs of Ankanhalli.
- ******* XIII. Dodda Devaraja, Raja of Mysore
- ****** Rajkumar Bettada Chamaraja
- ******* XII. Kanthirava Narasaraja I, Raja of Mysore
- ****** Rajkumari Chikkadepa, who married her cousin Timmaraja and had issue – see above