Ruler · 1608 – 1687

Rajasinha II

Lived 1608 – 1687; monarch. King of Kandy of Kingdom of Kandy, 1635 – 1687.

Wikidata's English label: Rajasinghe II of Kandy.

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

Lived: 1608 – 1687; 79 years
In office: 52 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Kingdom of Kandy
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

King of Kandy

Kingdom of Kandy · the 8th of 14 dated reigns · 1469 – 1815

4 before

Rajasinha I1581 – 1591

Vimaladharmasuriya I1592 – 1604

Senarat of Kandy1604 – 1635

Rajasinha II1635 – 1687

Vimaladharmasuriya II1687 – 1707

Vira Narendra Sinha1707 – 1739

Sri Vijaya Rajasinha of Kandy1739 – 1747

3 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 1635 – 1687 · 52 years · came to it aged 27

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1687, the year they died

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