List of Jaffna monarchs
Appearance
King of Jaffna | |
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Details | |
First monarch | Kalinga Magha |
Last monarch | Cankili II |
Formation | 1215 |
Abolition | 1619 |
Residence | Nallur |
The following is a list of monarchs of the Jaffna kingdom from 1215 with the invasion of Kalinga Magha to the Portuguese conquest of Jaffna Kingdom under Cankili II 1619.
House of Kalinga Eastern Gangas (India) (1215–1255)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | King From | King Until | Relationship with Predecessor(s) |
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Kalinga Magha
(aka Kalinga Chodaganga or Gangaraja Kalinga Vijayabahu) |
- | 1255 | 1215 | 1255 | He was of the Eastern Ganga dynasty, descendants of Kalinga Chandravamsa lineage and maternal lineage from Chola dynasty. |
Tambralinga (1255–1277)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | King From | King Until | Relationship with Predecessor(s) |
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Chandrabhanu | - | 1263 | 1255 | 1262 | Of Padmavamsa dynasty, Tambralinga Malay invader, but submitted to Pandyan rule under king Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I | |
Savakanmaindan | 1277 | 1262 | 1277 | Son of Chandrabhanu |
Aryacakravarti dynasty (1277–1450)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | King From | King Until | Relationship with Predecessor(s) |
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Kulasekara Cinkaiariyan | - | 1284 | 1277 | 1284 | ||
Kulotunga Cinkaiariyan | - | - | 1284 | 1292 | Son of Kulasekara Pararacacekaran I | |
Vickrama Cinkaiariyan | - | - | 1292 | 1302 | Son of Kulottunga Cekaracacekaran II | |
Varodaya Cinkaiariyan | - | 1325 | 1302 | 1325 | Son of Vikkrama Pararacacekaran II | |
Martanda Cinkaiariyan | - | 1348 | 1325 | 1348 | Son of Varotaya Cekaracacekaran III | |
Gunabhooshana Cinkaiariyan | - | - | 1347 | 1371 | Son of Marttanta Pararacacekaran III | |
Virodaya Cinkaiariyan | - | - | 1371 | 1380 | Son of Kunapusana Cekaracacekaran IV | |
Jeyaveera Cinkaiariyan | - | 1410 | 1380 | 1410 | Son of Virotaya Pararacacekaran IV | |
Gunaveera Cinkaiariyan | - | - | 1410 | 1440 | Son of Jeyavira Cekaracacekaran V | |
Kanakasooriya Cinkaiariyan | - | 1478 | 1440 | 1450 | Son of Kunavira Pararacacekaran V |
Kingdom of Kotte (1450–1467)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | King From | King Until | Relationship with Predecessor(s) |
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Bhuvanekabahu VI
(aka Chempaka Perumal) |
- | 1480 | 1450 | 1467 |
Aryacakravarti dynasty (restored) (1467–1619)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | King From | King Until | Relationship with Predecessor(s) |
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Kanakasooriya Cinkaiariyan (restored) |
- | 1478 | 1467 | 1478 | ||
Singai Pararasasegaram | - | 1519 | 1478 | 1519 | Son of Cekaracacekaran V | |
Cankili I | - | 1565 | 1519 | 1561 | Son of Singai Pararacacekaran VI | |
Puviraja Pandaram | - | 1591 | 1561 | 1565 | Son of Cekaracacekaran VI | |
Kasi Nayinar Pararacacekaran | - | 1570 | 1565 | 1570 | ||
Periyapillai | - | 1582 | 1565 | 1582 | ||
Puviraja Pandaram (restored) |
- | 1591 | 1582 | 1591 | ||
Ethirimana Cinkam | - | 1617 | 1591 | 1617 | Son of Pararacacekaran VII | |
Cankili II | - | 1619 | 1617 | 1619 | Nephew of Pararacacekaran VIII Grandson of Pararacacekaran VII Son/grandson of Cekaracacekaran VIII |
Portuguese Empire (1619-1624)
[edit]Portrait | Name | Birth | Death | King From | King Until | Relationship with Predecessor(s) |
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Don Constantine | - | - | 1619 | 1624 |