PREDECESSORS and SHORT HISTORY: Founded
about 1100. Rulers since 1721 ...
- Raja RAMA VARMA I 1721/1729, married and had issue.
- Pappu Thampi, conspired with the Ettuveetil pillamar
(nobles of the eight houses), and the religious heads to assassinate
their cousin, but he escaped from the capital city of Padmanabhapuram,
and with an army killed his cousins as well as the nobles who had
conspired against him.
- Raman Thampi, killed with his brother by their cousin.
- Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala MARTANDA VARMA III
[Anizham Thirunal] 1729/1758, Padmanabha
Dasa Vanchi Pala [cr.3.1.1750], born 1706, son of the Rani of
Attingal, defeated the Dutch at the Battle of Colachel in 1741,
expanded his kingdom up to Kochi in 1746, he is known as "the maker of
modern Travancore
" for developing a small kingdom into a powerful state, he was
succeeded by his nephew. He died 1758.
- Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala RAMA VARMA II
[Karthika Thirunal]
1758/1798
- Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala BALA RAMA VARMA I
[Avittam Thirunal] (nephew) 1798/1810,
died 1810.
- Rani Ghauri Lakshmi Bai [Ayilyam Thirunal] 1810/1815
(regent), married Raja
RAJA VARMA KOIL
THAMPURAN of Changanassery, and had issue. She died 1815.
- Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala RAMA VARMA III
[Swati Thirunal]
KULASEKHARA
Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher
Jung
(qv)
- Raja Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala MARTANDA VARMA IV
[Uthram
Thirunal]
KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur
Shamsher
Jung (qv)
- Daughter, married and had issue.
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA
IV [Ayilyam
Thirunal]
KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur
Shamsher
Jung (qv)
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA
V [Visakham
Thirunal]
KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur
Shamsher
Jung (qv)
- Daughter, married and had issue.
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja BALA
RAMA VARMA II [Mulam
Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja
Bahadur
Shamsher Jung (qv)
- Daughter[?HH Rani Parvati Bai, born 1850], married
and had issue.
- Unknown, married and had issue.
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja Sir
BALA RAMA VARMA III
[Shri
Chitra Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja
Ramaraja
Bahadur Shamsher Jung (qv)
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja
MARTANDA VARMA V [Shri
Uthradom
Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja
Bahadur
Shamsher Jung (qv)
- Gouri Lakshmi Bai, married and has issue.
- Gouri Parvathy Bai
- Gouri Lakshmi Bai, a graduate in economics, and
is the author of five
books
including a detailed study of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, married
and
has issue.
- Rani Ghauri Parvati Bai 1815/1829 [regent]
- Raja RAMA VARMA III [Swathi Thirunal] KULASEKHARA
Kiritapati
Manney Sultan
Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1829/1846, born 16th April
1813, a patron of music, composer and musician, fluent in Marathi,
Telugu,
Bengali, Tamil and Oriya, died 25th December 1846.
- Raja MARTANDA VARMA IV [Uthram Thirunal] KULASEKHARA
Kiritapati Manney
Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1846/1860, died
1860.
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA IV
[Ayilyam Thirunal]
KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur
Shamsher
Jung 1860/1880, died 30th May 1880.
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA VARMA V
[Visakham Thirunal]
KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Bahadur
Shamsher
Jung 1880/1885, born 1837, died 1885.
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja RAMA
VARMA VI [Mulam
Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja
Bahadur
Shamsher Jung 1885/1924, born 25th September 1857, married and had
issue.
He died 1924.
- HH Maharani Setu Laksmi Bai 1924/1931 (Regent)
 HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja Sir BALA
RAMA VARMA II [Shri Chitra Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney
Sultan Maharaja Raja
Ramaraja Bahadur Shamsher Jung 1924/1991, born 7th November 1912,
G.C.S.I.
[cr.1946], G.C.I.E. [cr.1935], Rajpramukh of Travancore 1949/1956,
Chancellor
and Founder of Travancore University, Colonel-in-Chief of Travancore
State
Forces, Hon. Major-General in the British Army, died 1991.
- HH Shri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchi Pala Maharaja MARTANDA VARMA
V [Shri Uthradom
Thirunal] KULASEKHARA Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharaja Raja Ramaraja
Bahadur
Shamsher Jung 1991/- (see above)
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born 1922,
graduate of the Travancore University, married HH Maharani Radha Devi,
and has issue.