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{{short description|principal title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox monarchy
| royal_title = Maharaja
| border =
| realm = Mysore
| coatofarms = Coat of arms of Kingdom of Mysore.svg
| coatofarmssize =
| coatofarmscaption = Coat of arms (1893)
| image = Yaduveer_Krishnadatta_Chamaraja_Wadiyar.JPG
| caption =[[Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar]], current Maharaja of Mysore
| first_monarch = [[Yaduraya Wodeyar]]
| last_monarch = [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]]
| style = [[Highness|His Highness]]
| residence = [[Mysore Palace]]
| appointer =
| began = 1399
| ended = 26 January 1950
}}
{{Mysore Kings and Rulers Infobox}}
{{Mysore Kingdom series}}
'''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]] (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).

==Vassals of the Vijayanagara Empire (1399–1565)==
* [[Yaduraya Wodeyar]] (1399–1423)
* [[Chamaraja Wodeyar I|Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar I]] (1423–1459)
* [[Timmaraja Wodeyar I]] (1459–1478)
* [[Chamaraja Wodeyar II|Hiriya Chamaraja Wodeyar II]] (1478–1513)
* [[Chamaraja Wodeyar III|Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar III]] (1513–1553)

==Independent rulers (1565–1761)==
* [[Timmaraja Wodeyar II]] (1553–1572)
* [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IV|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) [[Kanthirava Narasaraja I|Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar I]] (1638–1659)
* [[Dodda Kempadevaraja|Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar]] (1659–1673)
* [[Chikka Devaraja|Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar]] (1673–1704)
* [[Kanthirava Narasaraja II|Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II]] (1704–1714)
* [[Dodda Krishnaraja I|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
*(Mummudi) [[Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar|Krishnaraja Wodeyar III]] (1799–1831) under British Crown, (1831-1868)

==Puppet rulers under Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan (1766–1796)==
* [[Nanjaraja Wodeyar]] (1766–1772), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali
* [[Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII|Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII]] (1772–1776), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali
* [[Chamaraja Wodeyar IX|Khasa Chamaraja Wodeyar IX]] (1776–1796), puppet ruler under Hyder Ali until 1782, then under [[Tipu Sultan]] until his deposition in 1796.

==Regents of the [[Sultanate of Mysore]] (1761–1799)==
{{See also|Anglo-Mysore Wars|Maratha–Mysore War}}

* [[Hyder Ali]] (1761–1782)
* [[Tipu Sultan]] (1782–1799)

==Under British suzerainty until the abolishment of the monarchy (1799–1950)==
* (Mummudi) [[Mummadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar|Krishnaraja Wodeyar III]] (1799–1831) under British Crown, (1831-1868)
* [[Chamarajendra Wadiyar X|Chamarajendra Wodeyar X]] (1868–1894)
* [[Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana|H.H. Vani Vilas Sannidhana]], queen of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX served as regent from 1894 to 1902
* Rajarshi (Nalvadi) [[Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV|Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV]] (1894–1940)
* [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]] (1940–1950)

==Titular maharajas (1950–1971)==
* [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar]] (1950–1971), serving 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

==Heads of erstwhile royal family (1971–present)==
* [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]] (1971–1974)
* [[Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar]] (1974–2013)
''Interregnum'' (2013–2015)
* [[Yaduveera Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar]] (2015–present)<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/yaduveer-gopal-raj-urs-is-new-heir-of-mysurus-royal-family/article6886404.ece</ref>

==Family tree of the Royal Family==
{{Tree list}}
* [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''I. Yaduraya, Polegar of Hadanadu near [[Nanjangud|Nanjanagudi]], conquered Mysore and nearby areas''' (1371–1423; Raja of Mysore: 1399–1423)
** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''II. Chamaraja I, Raja of Mysore''' (1408–1459; r. 1423–59)
*** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''III. Timmaraja I, Raja of Mysore''' (1433–1478; r. 1459–78)
**** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''IV. Chamaraja II, Raja of Mysore''' (1463–1513; r. 1478–1513)
***** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''V. Chamaraja III, Raja of Mysore''' (1492–1553; r. 1513–53)
****** [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''VI. Timmaraja II, Raja of Mysore''' (died 1572; r. 1553–72)
****** Rajkumar Krishnaraja
******* {{Tree list/final branch}}[[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''VIII. Chamaraja V, Raja of Mysore''' (r. 1576–78)
****** Rajkumari Chikka Devira, m. Mallaraja Chikka Wadiyar, younger son of Mallarajaiya Wadiyar of the Kalale Wadiyar branch
******* {{Tree list/final branch}} Timmaraja of Kalale (died 1546). m. as his fourth wife, Rajkumari Chikka Depa (see below)
******** {{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Karikala Mallaraja (c. 1541 – 1644)
********* {{Tree list/final branch}} Timmaraja (died 1660)
********** Kanta Muppina-Kantaiya Urs
*********** {{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Doddaiya Urs
************ {{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Virarajaiya Urs
************* {{Tree list/final branch}} Sardar Karachuri Nanjarajaiya Urs (c. 1704 – 1773)
************** {{Tree list/final branch}} Maharani Devajamma (died 1760). m. 1746, as his first wife, [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XVIII. Immadi Krishnaraja II, Maharaja of Mysore''' (1728–1766; r. 1734–66), 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.
*************** [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XIX. Nanjaraja, Maharaja of Mysore''' (1748–1770; r. 1766–70)
*************** [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XX. Chamaraja VIII, Maharaja of Mysore''' (1759–1776; r. 1770–76)
*************** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''''XXI. Chamaraja IX, Maharaja of Mysore''''' (1774–1796; r. 1776–96). Son of Sardar Devaraj Urs. of Arikuthara of the Karugahalli family. Interregnum: 1796–99
**************** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XXII. Krishnaraja III, Maharaja of Mysore''' GCSI (1794–1868; r. 1799–1868)
***************** {{Tree list/final branch}} Rajkumari Puta Ammanni [Madana Vilasa Puttammanni]. m. Sardar Chikka Krishnaraj Urs (died 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
****************** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XXIII. Chamaraja X, Maharaja of Mysore''' GCSI (1863–1894; r. 1868–94) m. Maharani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana Kempananja CI (1866–1934; Regent of Mysore: 30 December 1894 – 8 August 1902).
******************* [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XXIV. Krishnaraja IV, Maharaja of Mysore''' GCSI, GBE (1884–1940; r. 1894–1940)
******************* {{Tree list/final branch}} Yuvaraja Kanthirava Narasimharaja, Yuvaraja of Mysore GCIE (1888–1940)
******************** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple silver crown.svg|15px]] '''XXV. Jayachamaraja, Maharaja of Mysore''' GCB, GCSI (1919–1974; r. 1940–50; titular Maharaja and family head: 1950–71; head of the Wadiyar family: 1971–74)
********************* Maharajkumari Gayatri Devi (1946–1974). m. Sardar Kantharaj Basavaraj Ramachandraraj Urs (1936–2011)
********************** {{Tree list/final branch}} Rajkumari Leela Tripurasundari Devi (b. 1966) m. 26 May 1991, Sri Swarup Anand Gopalaraj Urs (b. 1960), of the Bettadakote branch of the Urs family, a direct, patrilineal descendant of Subrahmanyaraj Urs, Maharaja Chamaraja Wadiyar X's brother
*********************** {{Tree list/final branch}} <span style="color:red">'''XXVII. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja, Maharaja of Mysore''' </span>(born 24 March 1992; head of the Wadiyar family: 2015–present). Adopted by Pramoda Kumari on 23 February 2015 and anointed on 28 May 2015).
********************* {{Tree list/final branch}}'''XXVI. Srikanthadatta Narasimharaja''' (1953–2013; head of the Wadiyar family: 1974–2013). m. Sri Satya Pramoda 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 to 2015.
********** {{Tree list/final branch}} Maddur Narasa Urs, of the Maddur line of the dynasty
*********** {{Tree list/final branch}} Maddur Chikka Kantha Urs
************ {{Tree list/final branch}} Maddur Krishna Urs
************* {{Tree list/final branch}} Maddur Kantha Urs
************** {{Tree list/final branch}} Maddur Narasaraj Urs
*************** {{Tree list/final branch}} Kantharaj Urs
**************** {{Tree list/final branch}} Narasaraj Kantharaj Urs
***************** Sir M. Kantharaj Urs KCIE, CSI (1870–1923; Prime Minister of Mysore: 1919–22)
***************** {{Tree list/final branch}} 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.
****** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''VII. Chamaraja IV, Raja of Mysore''' (1507–1576; r. 1572–76)
******* [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''IX. Raja, Raja of Mysore''' (1552–1617; r. 1578–1617)
******** Yuvaraja Narasaraja (1579–1610)
********* {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''X. Chamaraja VI, Raja of Mysore''' (1608–1637; r. 1617–37)
******** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XI. Raja II, Raja of Mysore''' (1612–1638; r. 1637–38)
******* Rajkumar Devaraja (c. 1553 – c. 1656)
******** Dodda Devaraja (1622–1669)
********* {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XIV. Chikka Devaraja, Maharaja of Mysore''' (1645–1704; r. 1673–1704)
********** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XV. Kanthirava Narasaraja II, Maharaja of Mysore''' (1672–1714; r. 1704–14)
*********** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XVI. Dodda Krishnaraja, Maharaja of Mysore''' (1702–1732; r. 1714–32), 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:
************ {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''''XVII. Chamaraja VII, Maharaja of Mysore''''' (1704–1734; r. 1732–34). Son of Devaraj Urs of Ankanhalli.
******** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XIII. Dodda Devaraja, Raja of Mysore''' (1627–1673; r. 1659–73)
******* Rajkumar Bettada Chamaraja (1554–1639)
******** {{Tree list/final branch}} [[File:Simple gold crown.svg|15px]] '''XII. Kanthirava Narasaraja I, Raja of Mysore''' (1615–1659; r. 1638–59)
******* {{Tree list/final branch}} Rajkumari Chikkadepa, who married her cousin Timmaraja (died 1546) and had issue – see above
{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==See also==
* [[List of Diwans of Mysore|Prime Ministers of Mysore]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120401044533/http://www.mysorepalace.gov.in/ Virtual Tour of Mysore Palace]

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[[Category:People of the Kingdom of Mysore]]

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ReggieHuntley0: slightly add citations per standard format further and fixed typos

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