Ruler · 1544 – 1593

Rajasinha I

Lived 1544 – 1593; monarch. King of Kandy of Kingdom of Kandy, 1581 – 1591; also in the line of Kingdom of Sitawaka.

Wikidata's English label: Rajasinha I of Sitawaka.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1544 – 1593; 49 years
In office: 12 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

King of Kandy

Kingdom of Kandy · the 5th of 14 dated reigns · 1469 – 1815

1 before

Jayaweera Astana of Kandy1511 – 1552

Karaliyadde Bandara of Kandy1552 – 1582

Kusumasana Devi1581

Rajasinha I1581 – 1591

Vimaladharmasuriya I1592 – 1604

Senarat of Kandy1604 – 1635

Rajasinha II1635 – 1687

6 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1581 – 1591 · 10 years · came to it aged 37

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1591; they died in 1593

Also in the line of Kingdom of Sitawaka (2nd of 2).

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