Timmaraja Wodeyar II

Timmaraja Wodeyar II (16 September 1511 – January 1572), was the sixth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, who ruled from 1553 until his death in 1572. He was eldest son of Chamaraja Wodeyar III, the fifth raja of Mysore. On 26 January 1553, he succeeded on the death of his father. Thimmaraja Wodeyar II was the first 'maharaja' to rule as absolute monarch and denounce Mysore Kingdom's vassalage to the Vijayanagara Empire.