The Royal Family of Jaffna

Family Tree of Raja Remigius Kanagarajah

The Coat of Arms

GENEALOGY OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JAFFNA

THE ARYA CAKRAVARTI DYNASTY

01 CINKAI ARIYAN 1215-1240 + ARASI THILAKAVATHIYAR
CEKARACACEKARAN (I)
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02 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI KULASEKARA 1240-1256
PARARACACEKARAN (I)
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03 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI KULOTTUNGA 1256-1279
CEKARACACEKARAN (II)
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04 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI VIKKRAMA 1279-1302
PARARACACEKARAN (II)
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05 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI VAROTAYA 1302-1325
CEKARACACEKARAN (III)
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06 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI MARTTANTA 1325-1348
PARARACACEKARAN (III)
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07 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI KUNAPUSANA 1348-1371
CEKARACACEKARAN (IV)
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08 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI VIROTAYA 1371-1380
PARARACACEKARAN (IV)
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09 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI JEYAVIRA 1380-1410
CEKARACACEKARAN (V)
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10 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI KUNAVIRA 1410-1440
PARARACACEKARAN (V)
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11 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI KANAGASURIYA 1440-1450
CEKARACACEKARAN (VI)

SAPUMAL KUMARAYA alias CHAMPAKA PERUMAL 1450-1467
(Conquered the Kingdom of Jaffna)

11 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI KANAGASURIYA 1467-1478
CEKARACACEKARAN (VI)
(Recaptured the Kingdom of Jaffna)
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12 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI PARARACACEKARAN (VI) 1478-1519

13 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI CANKILI RAJA (I) CEKARACACEKARAN 1519-1565

ILAVARASAN PUVI RAJA PANDARAM 1561-1565
(King Cankili Raja (I) Cekaracacekaran handed over the administration to his Son)

14 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI KASI NAYINAR 1565-1570
PARARACACEKARAN
(Usurper the Throne of Jaffna)


CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI (NAME NOT KNOWN) 1565-1565
(The Prince was placed on the throne of Jaffna in 1565 by the Portuguese Captain
Jorge de Melo de Castro and in the same year the King was assassinated)

15 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI PERIYA PILLAI PANDARAM 1570-1582
CEKARACACEKARAN

16 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI PUVI RAJA PANDARAM 1582-1591
PARARACACEKARAN

17 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI ETHIRMANNA CINKAM 1591-1615
PARARACACEKARAN

PADDILARASAN ARASAKESARI PANDARAM 1615-1616 (assassinated)

18 CINKAI ARYA CAKRAVARTI CANKILI (II) CEKARACACEKARAN 1616-1619
(Usurper the Throne of Jaffna)

   19 Pararasa Pandaram
      20 Veera Bahu
         21 Puviraja Pandaram
            22 Gurunathar
               23 Vedanayagam Mudali + Spouse (Name not known)
                  24 Vedanayagam Thambiah Mudali + Spouse (Name not known)
                     25 Thambiah Cadiravel Mudali + (Daughter) Thambithurai (d/o Mudaliyar Kanagaratnam Thambithurai)
                        26 (Son) Cadiravel (deceased at the age 7)
                     25 Thambiah Cadiravel Mudali + Annapoorani Nagamuttu Thambithurai (2nd Spouse) (d/o Mudaliyar Kanagaratnam Thambithurai)
                        26 Cadiravel (died as infant)
                        26 Cadiravel (died as infant)
                        26 Cadiravel (died as infant)
                        26 Cadiravel (died as infant)
                        26 Cadiravel (died as infant)
                        26 Cadiravel (died as infant)
                        26 Cadiravel (died as infant)
                        26 Thambiah Cadiravel Arasaratnam + Annammah Sangaralingam Caruppiahpillai
                           27 Maheswary Marina Antoinette Arasaratnam + Thambirajah Mervin Anthony Kanagarajah
                              28 Rajendra Sylvester Kanagarajah (died as infant)
                              28 Vanaja Maria Queenie Kanagarajah + Suppiah Sivathasan (s/o Retired Principal Sabapathy Suppiah of Chavakachcheri)
                                 29 Angelo Thomas Rajiendhar Sivathasan + Akkila Clementine Meryll
                                 29 Anthony Gabbriel Laxman Naveen Sivathasan
                                 29 Joseph Rafaell Pravin Sivathasan
                              28 Meryll Venatious Kanagarajah + Chandramathy Kandiah
                                 29 Akkila Clementine Meryll 
                                 29 Achela Meloni Meryll 
                              28 Jeraldine Kanagarajah + Jerom Prithiviraj Balachandran (s/o Mahalingam Balachandran of Valvettithurai)
                                 29 Maha Antoinette Jerom
                              28 Raja Remigius Kanagarajah + Aishwary Rajnandhini Lusijah Rajaratnam (d/o Emmanuel Ratnajothi Rajaratnam of Nallur)
                           
                           
                           
                           27 Yogeswary Christobal Arasaratnam
                           27 Rajeswary Miriam Therasita Arasaratnam 		} Ref. Family Tree 2 & 3
                           27 Mahendran Yogaraj Sundaram Melvin Arasaratnam
                        
                        26 Thambiah Cadiravel Navaratnam Selvarajah
                        26 Thambiah Cadiravel Nadarajah 		} Ref. Family Tree 2
                        26 Thambiah Cadiravel Thambirajah
                    
                     25 Chellammah Thambiah Nachchiyar 		} Ref. Family Tree 3