Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1704–1734) was the seventeenth
maharaja
Maharaja (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; ; feminine: Maharani) is a royal title in Indian subcontinent, Indian subcontinent of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and Medieval India, medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a pri ...
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 ...
. He nominally ruled from 1732 to 1734.
Adoption and coronation
He was son of Devaraj Urs of Ankanhalli and adopted by Maharani Devajamma and Maharaja
Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar I.
On 19 March 1732, he ascended the throne at
Seringapatam. Two years later, on 10 June 1734, he was deposed and imprisoned along with his wife for opposing the ''dalvoys'', his late father's cousin Nanjaraja and commander Devaraja. He died in prison at Kabaladurga the same year. He was succeeded by his brother,
Krishnaraja Wadiyar II.
See also
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Wodeyar dynasty
The Wadiyar dynasty,() also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore (also spelt Wodeyer, Odeyer, and Wadeyar), is a late-medieval Indian royal family of former maharajas of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city. The Wadiya ...
References
1704 births
1734 deaths
Kings of Mysore
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18th-century Indian monarchs
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