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The Official Website of the Royal Family of Jaffna (Sri Lanka)

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Genealogy of The Royal Family of Jaffna

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Arya Cakravartti Dynasty

01 CINKAI ARIYAN CEKARACACEKARAN (I) 1215-1240 + THILAKAVATHIYAR

02 KULASEKARA CINKAI ARIYAN
PARARACACEKARAN (I)
(1240-1256)
03 KULOTTUNGA CINKAI ARIYAN
CEKARACACEKARAN (II)
(1256-1279)
04 VIKKRAMA CINKAI ARIYAN
PARARACACEKARAN (II)
(1279-1302)
05 VAROTAYA CINKAI ARIYAN
CEKARACACEKARAN (III)
(1302-1325)
06 MARTTANTA CINKAI ARIYAN
PARARACACEKARAN (III)
(1325-1348)
07 KUNAPUSANA CINKAI ARIYAN
CEKARACACEKARAN (IV)
(1348-1371)
08 VIROTAYA CINKAI ARIYAN
PARARACACEKARAN (IV)
(1371-1380)
09 JEYAVIRA CINKAI ARIYAN
CEKARACACEKARAN (V)
(1380-1410)
10 KUNAVIRA CINKAI ARIYAN
PARARACACEKARAN (V)
(1410-1440)
11 KANAGASURIYA CINKAI ARIYAN
CEKARACACEKARAN (VI)
(1440-1450)
CHEMPAKA PERUMAL alias SAPUMAL KUMARAYA
(1450-1467)
(Conquered the Kingdom of Jaffna)
11 KANAGASURIYA CINKAI ARIYAN
CEKARACACEKARAN (VI)
(1467-1478)
(Recaptured the Kingdom of Jaffna)
12 CINKAI PARARACACEKARAN
(1478-1519)
13 CANKILI RAJA (I) CEKARACACEKARAN
(1519-1565)
(Seized the Throne of Jaffna)
ILAVARASAN PUVI RAJA PANDARAM
(1561-1565)
(Cankili Raja (I) Cekaracacekaran handed over the administration to his Son)
14 KASI NAYINAR PARARACACEKARAN
(1565-1570)
(Usurper the Throne of Jaffna)
(ILAVARASAN (SON) NAME NOT KNOWN)
(1565-1565)
(The Ilavarasan 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 PERIYA PILLAI PANDARAM CEKARACACEKARAN
(1570-1582)
16 PUVI RAJA PANDARAM PARARACACEKARAN
(1582-1591)
17 ETHIRMANNA CINKAM PANDARAM PARARACACEKARAN
(1591-1615)
PADDILARASAN ARASAKESARI PANDARAM
(1615-1616)
(Entrusted as the Prince Regent for Dom Constantino - Heir Apparent )
18 CANKILI (II) CEKARACACEKARAN
(1616-1620)
+ Devi Nachchiyar (converted to Christianity in Goa and their Baptismal names, Dom Filipe and Dona Margarida de Austria) (Usurper the Throne of Jaffna) 19 Pararasa Pandaram (aka Peter) 20 Veera Bahu (aka Vincent) 21 Thillaiampalam 22 Karthigesu Pandaram 23 Puviraja Pandaram 24 Gurunathar 25 Dr. Vedanayagam Mudali + Spouse (Name not known) 26 Vedanayagam Thambiah Mudali + Spouse (Name not known) 27 Thambiah Cadiravel Mudali + (Daughter) Thambithurai (d/o Mudaliyar Kanagaratnam Thambithurai) 28 (Son) Cadiravel (deceased at the age of 7) 27 Thambiah Cadiravel Mudali + Annapoorani Nagamuttu Thambithurai (2nd Spouse) (d/o Mudaliyar Kanagaratnam Thambithurai) 28 Cadiravel (died as infant) 28 Cadiravel (died as infant) 28 Cadiravel (died as infant) 28 Cadiravel (died as infant) 28 Cadiravel (died as infant) 28 Cadiravel (died as infant) 28 Cadiravel (died as infant) 28 Thambiah Cadiravel Arasaratnam + Annammah Sangaralingam Caruppiahpillai 29 Maheswary Marina Antoinette Arasaratnam + Thambirajah Mervin Anthony Kanagarajah 30 Rajendra Sylvester Kanagarajah (died as infant) 30 Vanaja Maria Queenie Kanagarajah + Suppiah Sivathasan (s/o Retired Principal Sabapathy Suppiah of Chavakachcheri) 31 Angelo Thomas Rajiendhar Sivathasan + Akkila Clementine Meryll 31 Anthony Gabbriel Laxman Naveen Sivathasan 31 Joseph Rafaell Pravin Sivathasan 30 Meryll Venatious Kanagarajah + Chandramathy Kandiah 31 Akkila Clementine Meryll + Angelo Thomas Rajiendhar Sivathasan 31 Achela Meloni Meryll + Clament Mirron Gration 30 Jeraldine Kanagarajah + Jerom Prithiviraj Balachandran (s/o Mahalingam Balachandran of Jaffna) 31 Maha Antoinette Jerom 30 Cinkai Ariyan Cetukavalan Raja Remigius Kanagarajah + Aishwary Rajnandhini Lusijah Rajaratnam (div.) (d/o Emmanuel Ratnajothi Rajaratnam of Nallur)
29 Yogeswary Christobal Arasaratnam 29 Rajeswary Miriam Therasita Arasaratnam 29 Mahendran Yogaraj Sundaram Melvin Arasaratnam
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28 Thambiah Cadiravel Navaratnam Selvarajah 28 Thambiah Cadiravel Nadarajah 28 Thambiah Cadiravel Thambirajah
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27 Chellammah Thambiah Nachchiyar } Ref. Family Tree 3