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|name = Yeshwant Rao Holkar II | |name = Yeshwant Rao Holkar II | ||
|image = Investiture of his Highness Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur of Indore 9th May 1930.jpg | |image = Investiture of his Highness Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur of Indore 9th May 1930.jpg | ||
|caption = Investiture of | |caption = Investiture of Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur of Indore 9th May 1930 | ||
|succession = [[Maharaja Holkar|Maharaja Holkar of Indore]] | |succession = [[Maharaja Holkar|Maharaja Holkar of Indore]] | ||
|reign = 26 February 1926 – 28 May 1948 | |reign = 26 February 1926 – 28 May 1948 | ||
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|coronation =11 March 1926, Juna Rajwada Palace, Indore | |coronation =11 March 1926, Juna Rajwada Palace, Indore | ||
|successor1 = Usha Devi Holkar | |successor1 = Usha Devi Holkar | ||
|spouse =Maharani Sanyogita Bai Holkar<br>Maharani Margaret Holkar<br>Maharani Euphemia Holkar | |spouse =Maharani Sanyogita Bai Holkar<br />Maharani Margaret Holkar<br />Maharani Euphemia Holkar | ||
|house = [[Holkar]] | |house = [[Holkar]] | ||
|father = [[Tukojirao Holkar III]] | |father = [[Tukojirao Holkar III]] | ||
|mother = Chadrawati Bai Saheba | |mother = Chadrawati Bai Saheba | ||
|issue = Maharajkumar Shrimant Shivaji Rao Holkar (Prince Richard Holkar)<br>Maharani Usha Devi Holkar | |issue = Maharajkumar Shrimant Shivaji Rao Holkar (Prince Richard Holkar)<br />Maharani Usha Devi Holkar | ||
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1908|9|6}} | |birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1908|9|6}} | ||
|birth_place = [[Indore]], [[Indore State]], [[British India]] | |birth_place = [[Indore]], [[Indore State]], [[British India]] | ||
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'''Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Yeshwant Rao II Holkar XIV Bahadur'''{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} (6 September 1908 – 5 December 1961) was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Holkar State]], now in present-day [[ | '''Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Sir Yeshwant Rao II Holkar XIV Bahadur'''{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} (6 September 1908 – 5 December 1961) was the [[Maharaja]] of [[Indore]] ([[Indore State|Holkar State]], now in present-day [[Madhya Pradesh]]) belonging to the [[Holkar]] dynasty of the [[Marathas]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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[[File:Bernard Boutet de Monvel 002.jpg|thumb|left|''H.H. The Maharani of Indore'' by Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1934)]] | [[File:Bernard Boutet de Monvel 002.jpg|thumb|left|''H.H. The Maharani of Indore'' by Bernard Boutet de Monvel (1934)]] | ||
In the year 1924 he married Maharani Shrimant Akhand Sahib Soubhagyavati Sanyogita Bai Holkar (née Ghatge). Yeshwant Rao and his wife Maharani Sanyogita both studied in England.<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|Jaffer|2009|p=192}}</ref> Together they traveled Europe extensively and were photographed by [[Man Ray]] in a series in 1927. Two sets of double portraits were painted by [[Bernard Boutet de Monvel]] in 1929 and 1934.<ref>https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/collection-boutet-de-monvel-pf1639/lot.52.html</ref> | In the year 1924 he married Maharani Shrimant Akhand Sahib Soubhagyavati Sanyogita Bai Holkar (née Ghatge). Yeshwant Rao and his wife Maharani Sanyogita both studied in [[England]].<ref>{{harvnb|Jackson|Jaffer|2009|p=192}}</ref> Together they traveled Europe extensively and were photographed by [[Man Ray]] in a series in 1927. Two sets of double portraits were painted by [[Bernard Boutet de Monvel]] in 1929 and 1934.<ref>https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/collection-boutet-de-monvel-pf1639/lot.52.html {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref> | ||
Sanyogita passed away in 1937 at the age of 22 from complications after surgery in [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-maharaja-yeshwant-holkar-and-maharani-sanyogita-devi-turned-indore-into-a-art-deco-paradise|title = How Maharaja Yeshwant Holkar and Maharani Sanyogita Devi Turned Indore into a Art Deco Paradise|date = 2 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/a-thoroughly-modern-maharaja-how-an-indian-prince-amassed-one-of-the-world-s-greatest-collections-of-modern-design|title = Thoroughly Modern Maharaja: How an Indian prince amassed one of the world's greatest interwar design collections}}</ref><ref>https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/collection-boutet-de-monvel-pf1639/lot.52.html</ref> | Sanyogita passed away in 1937 at the age of 22 from complications after surgery in [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-maharaja-yeshwant-holkar-and-maharani-sanyogita-devi-turned-indore-into-a-art-deco-paradise|title = How Maharaja Yeshwant Holkar and Maharani Sanyogita Devi Turned Indore into a Art Deco Paradise|date = 2 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/a-thoroughly-modern-maharaja-how-an-indian-prince-amassed-one-of-the-world-s-greatest-collections-of-modern-design|title = Thoroughly Modern Maharaja: How an Indian prince amassed one of the world's greatest interwar design collections|date = 18 September 2019}}</ref><ref>https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/collection-boutet-de-monvel-pf1639/lot.52.html {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2022}}</ref> | ||
In 1938 he married Marguerite Lawler, of Fargo, North Dakota,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.willistonherald.com/community/marguerite-lawler-the-fargo-woman-who-married-and-then-was-divorced-by-a-maharaja/article_06d6a412-d914-11eb-b91c-175be1c0b595.html|title = Marguerite Lawler, the Fargo woman who married and then was divorced by a maharaja}}</ref> and after their divorce, married in 1943 Euphemia "Fay" Watt, of [[Los Angeles]] (aka Lady Fay Holkar). | In 1938 he married Marguerite Lawler, of Fargo, North Dakota,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.willistonherald.com/community/marguerite-lawler-the-fargo-woman-who-married-and-then-was-divorced-by-a-maharaja/article_06d6a412-d914-11eb-b91c-175be1c0b595.html|title = Marguerite Lawler, the Fargo woman who married and then was divorced by a maharaja}}</ref> and after their divorce, married in 1943 Euphemia "Fay" Watt, of [[Los Angeles]] (aka Lady Fay Holkar). | ||
He is survived by his two children: | He is survived by his two children: | ||
* with Maharani Sanyogita Devi: | * with Maharani Sanyogita Devi: Maharani Usha Raje of Indore (she inherited the titles and rights) | ||
* with Lady Fay Holkar: [[Maharajkumar Shrimant Shivaji Rao "Richard" Holkar]] (who himself has two children:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/the-wedding-royale/story-LtlqdS3NFPR3W1fKh9wX3L.html|title = The wedding royale|date = 24 February 2006}}</ref> Sabrina Sanyogita Holkar Ellis and Yashwantrao "Randall" Holkar III). | * with Lady Fay Holkar: [[Maharajkumar Shrimant Shivaji Rao "Richard" Holkar]] (who himself has two children:<ref> | ||
{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/the-wedding-royale/story-LtlqdS3NFPR3W1fKh9wX3L.html|title = The wedding royale|date = 24 February 2006}}</ref> Sabrina Sanyogita Holkar Ellis and Yashwantrao "Randall" Holkar III). | |||
==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||