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Prithvi Singh II

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Sawai Prithvi Singh II
Maharaja Sawai of Amber
Mid 19th century imaginary portrait
4th Raja of Jaipur
Reign5 March 1768 – 13 April 1778
PredecessorMadho Singh I
SuccessorPratap Singh
Born9 January 1762
Jaipur Rajputana, Kingdom of Jaipur
Died13 April 1778 (aged 15)
SpouseRathorji (Bikawatji) Sardar Kanwarji d.of Maharaja Raj Singh of Bikaner

Rathorji (Udaibhanotji) Abhai Kanwarji d.of Raja Akhai Singh of Bandanwara in Ajmer

Rathorji (Kishansinghot) d.of Maharaja Birad Singh of Kishangarh
Issue2 sons including Kunwar Man Singh(born posthumously)
HouseKachwaha
FatherMadho Singh I
MotherSisodiniji (Chundawatji) Kundan Kanwarji d.of Rawat Jaswant Singh of Devgarh in Mewar
ReligionHinduism

Sawai Prithvi Singh II (9 January 1762 – 13 April 1778), also known as Prithviraj Singh II, was the Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Jaipur from 5 March 1768 until his death on 13 April 1778. He was the eldest surviving son of his father Sawai Madho Singh I and grandson of Sawai Jai Singh II.

Biography

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Maharaja Sawai Prithvi Singh II was six years old when he ascended the throne of the Kachwaha Kingdom of Jaipur in the year 1768 after his father's death. Being elder, Prithvi Singh succeeded his father on the throne and his mother queen Chundawatji became the regent. One of his nobles, Raja Pratap Singh of the Naruka Kachwahabranch of nobility separated himself from the State of Jaipur and established an independent kingdom at Machheri near Alwar and laid the foundation in 1770 which remained an independent ruling territory and later came to known as Alwar State. That is how Alwar became a separate state independent of Jaipur. Sawai Prithvi Singh II ruled for 10 years and died of a fall from his horse in 1778 at the age of 15, leaving behind one widow his third queen the Kishangarh princess who being pregnant was sent to his father's protection giving birth to her late husband's only son Man Singh the undisputed heir to the throne of Jaipur.

References

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"Vanshavali" Genealogy of the rulers of Amber & Jaipur by "Harnath Singh Dundlod"

Genealogy Records of Raoji Ram Singh (Borada) Sarwad Ajmer,Rajasthan contact no.9928515865