PRESENT HEAD OF HOUSE:

PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Originally, the predecessor state was the Kingdom of the Silavamsis, which lost its independence in 1571, becoming tributary to the Qutbshahi Sultans of Golconda. The Estate of Jeypore was taken over by the Government of Orissa in 1952^(#1). Rulers were....

• Sri Raja VINAYAK DEO 1443/1476, Raja of Nandapur, founder of Jeypore/Jeypur about 1450, descendant of Raja Kanaka Sena, King of Jammu, said to have married a daughter of the last Silavansi ruler, Sri Raja Pratap Ganga Raju, and had issue. He died 1476.

  • Sri Raja VIZIACHANDRA KRISHNA DEO (qv)

• Sri Raja VIZIACHANDRA KRISHNA DEO 1476/1510, married and had issue. He died 1510.

  • Sri Raja BHARIVA DEO (qv)

• Sri Raja BHARIVA DEO 1510/1527, born 1486, married and had issue. He died 1527.

  • Sri Raja VISHWANADHA DEO

• Sri Raja VISHWANADHA DEO 1527/1571, married and had issue.

  • Sri Raja BALARAMA DEO (qv)

• Sri Raja BALARAMA DEO 1571/1597, married and had issue.

  • Sri Raja YESHOVANTA DEO (qv)

• Sri Raja YESHOVANTA DEO 1597/1610

• Sri Raja KRISHNA DEO 1610/1648, born about 1592, died 1648.

• Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO I 1648/1669, transferred the capital from Nandapur to Jeypore and constructed a fort there, married and had issue.

  • Sri Maharaja KRISHNA DEO (qv)

  • Sri Raja Yeshovanta Deo, married and had issue.

    • Son, married and had issue.

      • Sri Maharaja RAGHUNATH KRISHNA DEO

• Sri Maharaja KRISHNA DEO 1669/1672, married and had issue.

  • Sri Maharaja VISHWAMBHARA DEO I (qv)

  • Sri Maharaja MALLAKIMARDHANA KRISHNA DEO (qv)

  • Sri Maharaja HARI DEO (qv)

  • Sri Maharaja BALARAMA DEO I (qv)

• Sri Maharaja VISHWAMBHARA DEO I 1672/1676, died sp 1676.

• Sri Maharaja MALLAKIMARDHANA KRISHNA DEO 1676/1681

• Sri Maharaja HARI DEO 1681/1684, died 1684.

• Sri Maharaja BALARAMA DEO I 1684/1686

• Sri Maharaja RAGHUNATH KRISHNA DEO (adoptive son) 1686/1708, married and had issue.

  • Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO I (qv)

  • Sri Maharaja BALARAMA DEO II (qv)

  • Sri Maharaja VISHWAMBHARA DEO II (qv)

  • Sri Maharaja LALA KRISHNA DEO (qv)

  • Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO II (qv)

• Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO I 1708/1711, died 1711.

• Sri Maharaja BALARAMA DEO II 1711/1713, died 1713.

• Sri Maharaja VISHWAMBHARA DEO II 1713/-

• Sri Maharaja LALA KRISHNA DEO 1752/1758

• Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO II 1758/1779, acquired the additional Zamindari of Panchipenta, he was successful in driving out the French from Malkangiri area and the Marathas from the Umerkote belt; married and had issue.

  • Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO II (qv)

  • Sri Kumar Jagannath Deo, he was placed in charge of the Nabarangpur region, married and had issue.

    • Sri Kumar Arjun Deo of Nabarangpur, died sp.

  • Sri Kumar Narasingh Deo, he was placed in charge of the Gudari region, married and had issue.

    • Sri Kumar Chaitanya Deo of Gudari, died sp.

• Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO II 1779/1825, married and had issue. He died 1825

  • Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO III (qv)

• Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO III 1825/1860, married and had issue. He died 10th August 1860.

  • Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO III (qv)

  • Sri Kumar Vishwambhara Devu Maharajulungaru, married Sri Rani Ammimaha Devi Garu, died 1895, daughter of Sri Raja Krishna Bhupathi Devu Garu, Zamindar of Madugulu, and his Junior wife, Sri Rani Nilami Pattamahadevi Garu, and had issue.

    • Sri Rani Rajendramani Devi Garu, Zamindarani of Madugulu 1901/-;

  • Sri Kumar Krishnachandra Devu Pedda Dugaraju Maharajulungaru, married and had issue.

    • Sri Kumar Vikrama Devu Garu, Zamindar of Madugulu -/1905; adopted in 1876 by the Senior widow of Sri Raja Krishna Bhupathi Devu Garu, Zamindar of Madugulu; married Srimati Chandramoni Pattamahadevi Rani Saheba, Zamindarani of Madgole 1905/aft1928. He died 1905.

• Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO III 1860/1889, born 1843, married Maharani Lakshmi Devi Rajeshwari, and had issue. He died 1889.

  • Sri Sri Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO IV (qv)

• Sri Sri Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO IV Azem Maharaja Yujad ud-daula Mahabat Assar Yedal Yemeenay Salatnut Samsamay Killapathay Islam Sri Jhadkhand Badusha 1889/-, born 1875, educated privately, confirmed in the succession on 27th November 1895, granted the title of Maharaja for personal use in 1896, married 1893, a Princess of Chhota-Nagpur, and had issue. He died 1920

  • Lt. Sri Sri Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO IV (qv)

• Lt. Sri Maharaja RAMCHANDRA DEO IV 1920/1931, born 31st December 1893, married 1913, Shri Lakshmi Patta Maharani, daughter of Maharaja Bahadur Sir Bhagwati Prasad Singh of Balrampur. He died sp June 1931.

• Sri Maharaja VIKRAM DEO V 1931/1951, born 1869 in Sri Mukhalingam, son of Sri Krishna Chandra Deo; pro-Chancellor of both Andhra (1937/1951) and Utkal Universities, donating annually, money towards the recurring expenses of the AU College of Science and Technology, as a result, it was renamed the Jeypore Vikrama Deo College of Science and Technology in his honour. He died spm 15th April 1951.

• Sri Maharaja RAMA KRISHNA DEO (maternal grandson) 1951/2006; married Rani Rama Kumari, daughter of Rajkumar Dr. Raghubir Sinh of Sitamau, and his wife, Rajkumarani Mohan Kumari, and had issue. He died 11th March 2006.

  • Maharaja Sri Shakti Vikram Deo (qv)

• Sri Maharaja SHAKTI VIKRAM DEO, Maharaja of Jeypore [11.3.2006] - [27.11.2006], married 7th May 1987 at Udaipur, Maharani Mayank Kumari Deo [now Rajmata Mayank Kumari Deo of Jeypore], born 20th June 1961 in Udaipur, B.A. (Eng. Hons.), M.L. (International Law), Past President of Rotary Club, Visakhapatnam and Life member of INTACH, daughter of Maharaj Mandhata Singhji of Deogarh, second son of Rao Saheb Rawat Sangram Singhji of Deogarh, and his wife, Rani Govind Kumari, daughter of Thakur Sahib Sawant Singhji of Baneria, Rajasthan, and had issue, one daughter. He died 27th November 2006.

  • Kumari Lalit Lavang Latika Deo

OTHER MEMBERS:

• Maharajkumar Bidyadhar Singh Deo of Jeypore, married Kumari Manisha Singh Deo, and has issue, two children. [1997]

• Sri Raja Krishna Bhupathi Devu Garu, Zamindar of Madugulu 1832/1875, married 1stly, Sri Rani Sitha Pattamahadevi Garu, Zamindarani of Madugulu 1875/1901, died 24th May 1901, married 2ndly, Sri Rani Nilami Pattamahadevi Garu (sister of the first wife), died 1886, and had issue, as well as adoptive issue. He died 25th December 1875.

  • Sri Rani Ammimaha Devi Garu (by Sri Rani Nilami), married Sri Kumar Vishwambhara Devu Maharajulungaru, and had issue (see above). She died 1895.

  • (A) Sri Kumar Vikrama Devu Garu, adopted in 1876, son of Sri Kumar Krishnachandra Devu Pedda Dugaraju Maharajulungaru of Jeypore (see above)