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1813 - 1846  H.H. Maharaj Raja Ramaraja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchipala Rama Varma III [Swati Tirunal], Kulasekhara Kiritapati Manney Sultan Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, Raja of Travancore. b. at the Sri Padam Palace, Trivandrum Fort, 16th April 1813, elder son of H.H. Sri Padmanabha Sevini Vanchipala Dyumani Raj Rajeshwari Rani Gouri Lakshmi Bayi, Senior Rani of Attingal, by her husband M.R.Ry. Sri Raja Raja Varma Avargal, Koil Tampuran of Changanasseri, from the Parappanad Royal House, educ. privately. Succeeded at birth and formally installed on the gadi, 29th July 1813. Reigned under the regencies of his mother and his aunt until he came of age and was invested with full ruling powers, 21st April 1829. A learned man fluent in six languages and a famous composer of Indian classical music, lyricist and scholar. Encouraged the learning of English with the establishment of the first English school in 1834. He also founded a charity hospital and observatory, two yeers later. m. (first) a lady who died young. m. (second) at Trivandrum Fort, 1829, Thiruvattar Ammachi Panapilla Amma Srimathi Narayanipilla Kochamma, a commoner adopted from the Aaikutty family of Kollam into the Thiruvattar Ammaveedu shortly before her marriage. m. (third) at Trivandrum Fort, 1843, Thanjavoor Ammachi Panapilla Amma Srimathi Sundaralakshmi Kochamma (d. 1856), née Suganda Parvathi Bayi [Sugandhavalli], a Bharatanatyam dancer who came to his court with the famous Guru Vadivelu, adopted into the Vadasseri Ammaveedu in 1843 and raised to the status of a consort or Ammachi in 1845 when the new house of Thanjavoor Ammaveedu was created for her, daughter of a mudaliyar from Tanjore. He d. at the Puttan Malika Palace, Trivandrum Fort, 27th December 1846 (succ. by his younger brother), having had issue, a son:
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1846 - 1860  H.H. Maharaj Raja Ramaraja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchipala Martandra Varma II [Uthram Tirunal], Kulasekhara Bhageodaya Kiritapati Manney Sultan Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, Raja of Travancore. b. at the Sri Padam Palace, Trivandrum Fort, 26th September 1814, younger son of H.H. Sri Padmanabha Sevini Vanchipala Dyumani Raj Rajeshwari Rani Gouri Lakshmi Bayi, Senior Rani of Attingal, by her husband M.R.Ry. Sri Raja Raja Varma Avargal, Koil Tampuran of Changanasseri, from the Parappanad Royal House, educ. privately. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 27th December 1846. Installed at Trivandrum Fort, 26th February 1847. m. Thiruvattar Ammachi Panapilla Amma Srimathi Madhavipilla Kochamma (d. at Trivandrum in 1860, on the night of a special durbar held in honor of a gift of a jewelled belt sent by Queen Victoria), younger sister of the second wife of his predecessor, a commoner adopted from the Aaikutty family of Kollam into the Thiruvattar Ammaveedu in 1829. He d. at the Puttan Malika Palace, Trivandrum Fort, 18th August 1860 (succ. by his nephew), having had issue, a daughter:
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1860 - 1880  H.H. Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchipala Bala Rama Varma IV [Ayilyam Tirunal], Kulasekhara Kiritapati Manney Sultan Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, Maharaja of Travancore, GCSI (12.2.1866), CIE (1.1.1878). b. at Trivandrum Fort, 14th March 1832, eldest surviving son of H.H. Rani Gouri Rukmini Bayi, Senior Rani of Attingal, by her husband, M.R.Ry. Sri Rama Varma [Punartham Tirunal], Koil Tampuran of Tiruvalla, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Eliya Raja at Trivandrum Fort, 26th February 1847. Succeeded on the death of his maternal uncle, 18th August and ascended the gadi, 7th September 1860. Installed at a Public Durbar, at Trivandrum Fort, 19th October 1860. Received a sanad of adoption, 11th March 1862. Granted the hereditary title of Maharaja, 6th August 1866. A distinguished musician, reformer and administrator. He expanded education by building several English, Tamil and Malayalam schools, and the first university college in 1873. He also opened a modern hospital, a lying-in hospital and lunatic asylum. Rcvd: the Serangapatam gold medal (31.12.1866), Prince of Wales's gold medal (1875), and KIH gold medal (1877). m. (first) at Trivandrum, 1854, Thiruvattar Ammachi Panapillai Amma Srimathi Lakshmipilla Kochamma (d. before 18th August 1860), a daughter of his maternal uncle, H.H. Maharaj Raja Ramaraja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchipala Martandra Varma II [Uthram Tirunal], Kulasekhara Kiritapati Manney Sultan Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, Raja of Travancore, by his wife, Thiruvattar Ammachi Panapillai Amma Srimathi Madhavipilla Kochamma.  m. (second) at Trivandrum, 1862, Nagercoil Ammachi Panapillai Amma Srimathi Lakshmipilla Kalyanikuttypilla Kochamma (b. at Mukundapuram, near Thrissur, Cochin, 1839; d. at Trivandrum, 1909), educ. privately by the Church of England Zenana Missionary Soc, poetess and author of “Rasakrida”, “Ambarishacharitram”, “Pativratya Panchakam” and “Satya Panchakam”, adopted in 1865 into the Nagercoil Ammaveedu from the Mathiripally (or Mathripillil) family of Cheranallur, daughter of Sri Nadavarambath Kunju Krishna Menon, Valia Sarvadhikariakar of Cochin state, by his wife, Srimathi Lakshmi Amma. He d.s.p. at Trivandrum Fort, 30th May 1880 (succ. by his younger brother), having adopted the daughter of a cousin of his second wife, Srimathi Kunjulakshmi Amma, of the Mathiripally (or Mathripillil) family of Cheranallur:
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1880 - 1885  H.H. Maharaja Raja Ramaraja Sri Patmanabha Dasa Vanchipala Rama Varma V [Visakham Tirunal], Kulasekhara Kiritapati Manney Sultan Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, Maharaja of Travancore, GCSI (23.5.1882). b. at Trivandrum Fort, 19th May 1837, youngest son of H.H. Rani Gouri Rukmini Bayi, Senior Rani of Attingal, by her husband, M.R.Ry. Rama Varma [Punartham Tirunal], Koil Tampuran of Tiruvalla, educ. privately. Invested as Heir Apparent with the title of Eliya Raja at Trivandrum Fort, 19th October 1860. Succeeded on the death of his elder brother, 30th May 1880. Installed at a public Durbar, at Trivandrum Fort, June 1880. A great scholar, science writer and journalist, who translated a number of important works from English and other European languages into Malayalam. Patron of agriculture, education and the arts. Founder and Patron of H.H. The Maharaja's School of Arts  in 1881 (now the College of Fine Arts Trivandrum). Fellow of the Royal Geographical Soc (FRGS), Linnean Soc, Statistical Soc (London), and Madras Univ (FMU). Mbr Royal Asiatic Soc (MRAS) (London), and Soc etude colonial a maritime (Paris). Patron Poona Gayan Samaj Music Soc, etc. Rcvd: the Prince of Wales's silver medal (1875), and KIH silver medal (1877), Officer of the Order of Public Instruction of France. m. at Trivandrum, 1859, Arumana Ammachi Panapillai Amma Srimathi Lakshmipilla Kochamma (b. at at Trivandrum, 1850; d. there, 1885), educ. privately by the Church of England Zenana Missionary Soc, daughter of Arumana Ammachi Srimathi Bharathipilla Kochamma, and a descendant of H.H. Maharaj Raja Ramaraja Sri Padmanabha Dasa Vanchipala Bala Rama Varma I [Avitam Tirunal], Kulasekhara Kiritapati Manney Sultan Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, Raja of Travancore. He d. at the Ananthavilasam Palace, Trivandrum Fort, 4th August 1885 (succ. by his maternal nephew), having had issue, one son and three daughters:
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* Information on the Ammaveedu family is partly based on research by Colonel Anand, whose contribution is gratefully acknowledged.
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