Chamaraja Wodeyar I (born Bettada Chamaraja; 1408–1459) was the second

raja Raja (; from , IAST ') is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian subcontinent, Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. T ...

of the

Kingdom of Mysore The Kingdom of Mysore was a geopolitical realm in southern India founded in around 1399 in the vicinity of the modern-day city of Mysore and prevailed until 1950. The territorial boundaries and the form of government transmuted substantially ...

from 1423 at the age of 24, after his father's death, until his own in 1459. He was the elder son of Yaduraya.

Inheritance and expansion

He inherited a crown for which recognition and respect was growing. However, his realm had taken the form of a principality and a young kingdom. Further, Mysore Kingdom was a subordinate power to the Vijayanagara Empire and would not survive without aids and grants from the high command. When he ascended the throne, the

Vijayanagara Empire The Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Kingdom, was a late medieval Hinduism, Hindu empire that ruled much of southern India. It was established in 1336 by the brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I of the Sangama dynasty, belongi ...

, although prosperous and a militarily power, was in a political crisis, with successive and frequent assassinations of the Sangama emperors. His father faced similar problems, and their own power was called into question. In spite of political uncertainty, Mysore saw slow but steady expansion by accession of unincorporated villages and towns in and around Mysore, during both Yaduraya and Chamaraja Wodeyar's reigns. Soon after Chamaraja Wodeyar I took power, Vijaya Bukka Raya died. However, his successor,

Deva Raya II Deva Raya II (reigned 10 February 1423 – 24 May 1446) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire. He is considered by many as the greatest of the Sangama dynasty rulers, he was an able administrator, warrior, and scholar. He authored well-k ...

, proved to be an able politician and an administrator. Deva Raya, with Chamaraja Wodeyar I in Mysore, became a dominant ruler in his time in India, a noted ruler of the Sangama dynasty. Hence, Deva Raya II's reign, and transitively Chamaraja Wodeyar I's formed the golden era of South India under the Vijayanagara Empire. Chamaraja Wodeyar took village-level organisations and other governing bodies beyond his domain under his control, without resorting to military action, thereby diplomatically accessing remote, uninhabited places and those with settlements. He is noted for containing the contempt of the remnant ''Dalvoys'' for the Vijayanagara Empire and the new Kingdom of Mysore.

Death

Chamaraja Wodeyar I died in 1459. He ruled under three emperors, Vijaya Bukka Raya,

(for the most part of his rule), and under Mallikarjuna Raya for nearly a decade. His father's reign spanned 24 years while his own lasted 36, Mysore came to be recognised as Vijayanagara Empire's prodigy and a potential successor in case of the Empire's disintegration, which, in the course of a century and a half, took place. The focus began to shift on Mysore because a royal-family-feud in Vijayanagara, interim emperors, and other incompetent subordinate rulers parallel to the Mysore rajas. However, after Deva Raya II's ascension, both Vijayanagara and Mysore began to flourish.

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Mysore Palace and the Wodeyar Dynasty
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Inheritance and expansion

Death

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