Timmaraja Wodeyar II

Timmaraja Wodeyar II
6th Maharaja of Mysore
Reign7 February 1553 – 1572
PredecessorChamaraja Wodeyar III (father)
SuccessorChamaraja Wodeyar IV (youngest brother)
Died1572
Puragiri, Mysore
Names
Maha Mandalaswara Birud-antembara-ganda Raja Monegara Appana Timmaraja Wodeyar II
HouseWodeyar
FatherChamaraja Wodeyar III

Timmaraja Wodeyar II (? – 1572), was the sixth maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore, who ruled between 7 February 1553 and 1572. He was eldest son of Chamaraja Wodeyar III, the fifth raja of Mysore. On 17 February 1553, he succeeded on the death of his father. Thimmaraja Wodeyar II was the first 'maharaja' to rule as absolute monarch and denounce Mysore Kingdom's vassalage to the Vijayanagara Empire.


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