Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi

Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi (died 5 May 1806), was a Queen consort and twice regent of Nepal. She was married to Rana Bahadur Shah and mother of Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Deva.

She was the granddaughter of Sri Sri Sri Raja Shiva Shah, Raja of Gulmi. In 1799, her consort abdicated to become a sanyasi, and she became regent in the name of her under age son. She ruled alongside the other two wives of her consort, Sri Maharani Subarna Prabha Devi and Maharani Lalit Tipura Sundari Devi.^[1] Her first rule lasted from 1799 to 1800, and her second reign from 1802 to 1804. In 1804, her husband returned and resumed power. Two years later, her spouse was assassinated by his brother, and ten days later, on 5 May 1806, Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi, as a hindu widow, was forced to commit sati (practice) on the orders of Bhimsen Thapa. The sati took place on the bank of the Salinadi rivulet at Sankhu.^[2][3] Her co-regents, Maharani Subarna Prabha Devi and Maharani Lalit Tipura Sundari Devi, was not, however, forced to commit sati despite the fact that they were widows after the same man, and continued their rule as regents.^[4]

References

1. ^ http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/nepal_heads.htm
2. ^ Genealogy, The Royal House of Shah, Nepal:

   1777 - 1799 H.H. Svasti Sri Giriraj Chakrachudamani Narnarayanetyadi Vividha Virudavali Virajamana Manonnata Shriman Maharajadhiraja Sri Sri Sri Sri Sri Maharaj Rana Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shamsher Jang Devanam Sada Samar Vijayinam, Maharajadhiraja of Nepal. ... m. (first) at Katmandu, 1789, Sri Sri Sri Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi [Sri Vidya Lakshmi Devi] (k. by forced sati on the orders of Bhimsen Thapa, on the bank of the Salinadi rivulet, at Sankhu, 5th May 1806)

3. ^ Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership, "Women In Power, 1770-1800" ("1799-1800 and 1802-04 Regent Sri Sri Sri Maharani Raj Rajeshwari Devi of Nepal ... she was imprisoned at Helambu and killed by being forced to commit sati.").
4. ^ http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/nepal_heads.htm

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