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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.
Later in 1684 one male and two females were adopted from the Kolathiri family, from which family all subsequent adoptions were made, by Umayamma Rani. [27] In 1688 two males, including Rajah Rama Varma, and 2 females were adopted and the famous Travancore King Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma was born to one of these princesses. [28]
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 ...
The rani of Attingal was the head of her principality and the eldest woman of the Trippapur svarupam. That meaning was specifically applied to the ranis of Attingal, in other parts of India this word had another definition. Because Travancore knew a marumakkathayam or matrilinear form of succession, the rani of Attingal had a special position.
Rama Varma was the ruler of Venad during Kollavarsham 899-903. He is a descendant of Kolathunadu kingdom, from where he was adopted to Travancore royal family during the period of Umayamma Rani. [15] He was adopted along with Unni Kerala Varma and other two ladies, among whom one became the mother of Marthanda Varma. [16] P.
Rulers of Venad trace their ancestry to the Vel chieftains related to the Ay lineage of the early historic south India (c. 1st – 4th century CE). [14] [15] Venad – ruled by hereditary "Venad Adikal" – appears as an autonomous chiefdom in the kingdom of the Chera Perumals of Kodungallur from around 8th – 9th century CE. [14]
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