List of rulers of Sri Lanka

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The following is a list of rulers of Sri Lanka (Ceylon) since 505 BC. The main source for many of these monarchs are the chronicles of the

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References — W.L.A. Don Peter's The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka

  • Mayadunne 1521-1581
  • Rajasingha I 1581-1593
  • Nikapitiyë Bandãra, baptized as Dom Filipe, ordained a deacon, died in the Franciscan monastery, Coimbra

  • Jayaweera Bandãra, accepted baptism as Dom Manoel, March 9, 1546, as part of alliance with Portugal for protection from Mayadunne of Sitawaka
  • Karalliyaddë Bandãra (baptized as Dom Joao)
  • Kandy conquered by King Rãjasimha II of Sitawake, 1582
  • Rebellion by Kandyans regains independence from Sitawaka, 1592
  • Dom Filipe Yamasimha 1592, nephew of Karalliyadde Bandara, died of suspected poisoning by his general Konnapu Bandara
  • Dom João, 12-year-old son of Yamasimha, throne usurped by his general Konnapu Bandara (Dom Joao da Austria) as Vimala Dharma Surya I; later ordained a Catholic priest, lived & died at Telheiras near Lisbon, 1642 at the age of 64
  • Dona Catarina, daughter of Karalliyadde Bandara, defeated and captured by Konnapu Bandara, October 9, 1594, Battle of Danturë, and forcibly made his 'queen'; she remained Catholic till her death

(a.k.a Madurai Nayak Dynasty)

Flag of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Flag of Sri Vikrama Rajasinha
Reference — The various lives of St. Jose Vas, both online (Codrington, W.L.A. Don Peter's The Catholic Church in Sri Lanka, etc) and hard copy (e.g., Fr. Cosme Jose Costa S.F.X.'s Life of Blessed Joseph Vaz, Apostle of Kanara & Sri Lanka). He lived in Kandy during Vimala Dharma Suriya II's reign, and died in 1711, in the early years of Vira Narendra Simha, who had ascended 1707, and had faced a rebellion in 1709. The Nayaggar Dynasty, which converted from Hinduism to Buddhism, expelled Vas' successors, and they took refuge in the Kingdom of Vanni until 1815, when England annexed the Kingdom of Kandy.

Flag of Governor of Ceylon
Flag of Governor of Ceylon

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Flag of Governor-General of Ceylon

See List of Presidents of Sri Lanka

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