Raja Wodeyar II (26 May 1612 – 8 October 1638) was the eleventh
maharaja
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...
of the
Kingdom of Mysore for about a year from 1637 to 1638. He was fourth son of Maharaja
Raja Wodeyar I
Raja Wodeyar I (2 June 1552 – 20 June 1617) was ninth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore. He was eldest son of Chamaraja Wodeyar IV, the seventh maharaja of Mysore. He ruled from 1578, after his cousin Chamaraja Wodeyar V's death, until his d ...
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Accession and death
Raja Wodeyar II's reign was brief. When he ascended the throne after
Chamaraja Wodeyar VI's death in 1637, he was only 25, younger than his predecessor nephew! However, he was assassinated by poison on the orders of his ''dalvoys'' (commanders-in-chief) in 1638, just after a year after coronation, which led his nearly-same-aged cousin,
Kanthirava Narasaraja I, to take over.
See also
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Wodeyar dynasty
The Wadiyar dynasty (formerly spelt Wodeyer or Odeyer, also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore), is a late-medieval/ early-modern South Indian Hindu royal family of former kings of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city.
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External links
Mysore Palace and the Wodeyar Dynasty
1612 births
1638 deaths
Kings of Mysore
Raja II
17th-century Indian monarchs
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