Maharaja of Mysore was the principal title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in India.
The Wodeyar dynasty founded a feudatory principality in 1399, which grew into the Kingdom of Mysore. The Wodeyars ruled that kingdom almost uninterruptedly between 1399 and 1947; they ruled initially as vassals of the Vijayanagara empire (1399-1646), then as independent rulers (1646-1799), and finally as allies of the British crown (1799-1947). The Maharajas of Mysore during these 650 years were:
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Maharajas of Mysore
Wodeyar Dynasty (First rule, 1399-1782)
- Yaduraya (1399–1423)
- Hiriya Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar I (1423–1459)
- Thimmaraja Wodeyar I (1459–1478)
- Hiriya Chamaraja Wodeyar II (1478–1513)
- Hiriya bettada Chamaraja III Wodeyar (1513–1553)
- Thimmaraja Wodeyar II (1553–1572)
- Bola Chamaraja Wodeyar IV (1572–1576)
- Bettada Devaraja Wodeyar (1576–1578)
- Raja Wodeyar I (1578–1617)
- Chamaraja Wodeyar V (1617–1637).
- Raja II Wodeyar (1637–1638)
- (Ranadhira) Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar I (1638–1659)
- Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar (1659–1673)
- Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar (1673–1704)
- Kantheerava Narasaraja Wodeyar II (1704–1714)
- Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1714–1732)
- Chamaraja Wodeyar VI (1732–1734)
- (Immadi) Krishnaraja II Wodeyar (1734–1766)
- Nanajaraja Wodeyar (1766–1770)
- Bettada Chamaraja Wodeyar VII (1770–1776)
- Khasa Chamaraja Wodeyar VIII (1776–1782), he was still king while Hyder Ali was the ruler of Mysore
Reign of the Kings of Mysore (Wodeyar line) is interrupted by the reigns of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan.
Islamic Rulers of Mysore (1766-1799)
- Hyder Ali (1766-1782), Muslim commander deposing the Hindu Maharaja, fought the British and Nizams of Hyderabad in the first 2 Anglo-Mysore Wars
- Tipu Sultan (Tiger of Mysore) (1782-1799), son of Hyder Ali, considered the greatest ruler of Mysore, assumed the novel style Badshah bahadur of Khudadad (thus claiming the paramountcy of India instead of the Mughal 'mere' Badhshah), fought the British, Marathas and Nizams of Hyderabad in the 4 Anglo-Mysore Wars (where he invented iron rockets), allied to the French, and lost everything
Wodeyar Dynasty (Restored) (1799-1950)
- (Mummudi) Krishnaraja III Wodeyar (1799 - 1868)
- Chamaraja Wodeyar IX (1868 - 1894)
- H.H. Vani Vilas Sannidhana, queen of Chamaraja Wodeyar IX served as regent from 1894 to 1902
- (Nalvadi) Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (1894 - 1940)
- Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur (1940 - 1950)
- Rajpramukh of Mysore state, (1950–1956)
- Governor of Mysore state (present-day Karnataka), (1956 - 1964)
- Governor of Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu), (1964 - 1966)
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