Details for Rājarājeśvarī Devī

ID273
NameRājarājeśvarī Devī
TypepersName
Notesborn: 20 January 1783 (ŚS 1704, 2nd of the dark fortnight of Māgha, Monday; Panta 2041: 27);

died: 1806;

spouse: King Raṇabahādura (m. 1789) (senior queen);

details:

grand-daughter of Śiva Śāha, king of Gulmi;

held the title of regent from March 1799 to April 1800 and February 1803 to 1804;

left Nepal for Benares with the abdicated King Raṇabahādura in April 1800;

returned to Nepal 15 March 1802 (Amatya 1978: 12);

imprisoned at Helambu 1804-1806;

became a satī after Raṇabahādura's death, according to Buyers by orders of Bhīmsena Thāpā on the bank of the Salinadī river at Sankhu on 5 May 1806;

E_0914_0006, K_0045_0011C, K_0045_0011D, K_0045_0011E, K_0125_0051 and others speak of her becoming satī on the 15th of the bright half of Vaiśākha VS 1863 (3 May 1806) at Āryāghāṭa, Deopatan (cf. K_0096_0026, K_0156_0028, K_0390_0084);

normdata: viaf:68414688, wiki:Raj_Rajeshwari_Devi. #new#
Surname
Name XML file Year reliable?
Rājarājeśvarī DNA_0013_0086 (c) 1836 (VS 1893) yes
Rājarājeśvarī E_2254_0001B (n) [1803 (VS 1860)] yes
Rājarājeśvarī K_0045_0011C (n) 1842 (VS 1898) yes
Rājarājeśvarī Devī E_2253_0015C (n) 1803 (VS 1860) yes
Rājarājeśvarī Devī E_2253_0015E (c) 1803 (VS 1860) yes
Rājarājeśvarī Devī E_2254_0001D 1803 (VS 1860) yes
Rājarājeśvarī Devī E_2254_0001G 1803 (1860 VS) yes
Rājarājeśvarī Devī E_2254_0001H (c) 1803 (VS 1860) yes
Rājeśvarī DNA_0004_0038 (c) 1821 (VS 1878) yes