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"Aswathi Thirunal" Umayamma, known as Queen Umayamma or Queen Ashure (Aswathi), [3] (died 1698), was the regent queen of Venad (Venatu) [1] in southern India from 1677 to 1684 [2] on behalf of her young nephew (son of her older sister Senior Queen Makayiram Thirunal) Ravi Varma.
Rani Aswathi Tirunal Umayamma (1677-1684) gave permission to the English to create a settlement at Anjengo in 1684. [1] The settlement was fortified beginning in 1695 and the Anjengo/Anchuthengu fort was completed in 1699.
Venad had a kind of chiefly rule with principles of succession, indicated by the term kuru, that is, the rights of the chief and the order of succession within the chief's household. [14] Rulers of the extended Venad royal family lived at different locations in the kingdom. Migrations and setting up new palaces continued into the early modern ...
Umayamma Rani requested the help of Kottayam Kerala Varma. He raised a new force with the support of scattered Nair nobles and warriors across Venad, who were armed with swords, lances, bows, arrows and slings. Kerala Varma personally led the Nair army against the Mughal forces, launching a surprise attack at Manacaud, the base of Mughals ...
Umayamma Rani was the queen of Venad between 1677 and 1684. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The palace is a double storied building and built in the traditional architectural style of Kerala. Chandravalayam is an accompanying musical instrument used by singers to recite Malayalam epic 'Ramakathappattu'
Umayamma then adopted a cousin, namely Kerala Varma, into the house but soon he was assassinated as well. She then adopted one boy and two girls from the Kolathunadu Royal House, the cousin family of the Venad House, from the family called Pally Kovilakam in 1684 just before her regency closed and her surviving son Ravi Varma became king.
All members of the ruling family receive two names — an official personal name, and a name associated with the 'star' or 'Thirunal' under which they are born (e.g.: Maharajah Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma). Aayilyam Thirunal Maharani Gowri Lakshmi Bayi – The only Queen of Travancore to have ruled the kingdom in her own right.
During the regency of Umayamma Rani, Travancore was invaded by a Mughal adventurer, known as the Mughal Sirdar, forcing the Rani to take refuge in Nedumangad. The Sardar camped in the suburbs of the present-day Trivandrum, till he was defeated by Kerala Varma, a prince from the Kottayam royal family, adopted into the Venad royal family. The ...