The Travancore Royal Family was the ruling house of the Indian princely state of Travancore.

They lost their ruling rights in

1949 when Travancore merged with the Indian Union and their privileges were abolished by the Indian Union in 1971 by a
constitutional amendment.The Travancore Royalty could also considered descendants of the
ancient Cheras, Ay/Venad, Pandya and Chola dynasties, due to consistent intermarriages with these lines over the
centuries.[1] Travancore and Kolathiri families are said to be those surviving among the original royal Velir Family's lineages,
and are both descendants of the Ay/Venad Family, and related to the Cheras, Pandyas and Cholas. The last ruler in that
bloodline was Maharaja Sree Moolam Thirunal, as the family of Maharaja Chithira Thirunal and successors was adopted in
1900 against the laws of Travancore succession from the Utsava Madom of Mavelikkara. [2] [3]
The Royal family is alternatively known as the Kupaka Swaroopam, Thripappur
Swaroopam, Venad Swaroopam, Vanchi Swaroopam etc. It has its seat today at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India.
The last ruling Maharajah of Travancore was Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, died on 20 July 1991 after a stroke.
Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma, the younger brother of the last ruling monarch of the Kingdom of
Travancore, Maharajah Chitra Thirunal Rama Varma, died at a private hospital in the early hours on 16 December 2013. He
was succeeded by Sree Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma, son of Maharani Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi and Lt. Col. Goda
Varma G. V. Raja.[4]
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