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The Family Tree

Shivaji Maharaj's family over five generations, then everyone around him laid along the road of his life: who came in, at what age, and on whose side. It includes some people the nights never had room for.

Where he came from

Grandparents, parents and brothers. A dashed box is a marriage; a child hangs below the marriage it came from. The coloured chip opens the night where that person appears.

  • Maloji ═ Umabaiमालोजी ═ उमाबाई Maloji d. c. 1605 Grandparents. Maloji rose in the service of the Nizam Shahi of Ahmadnagar with his brother Vithoji; he gave land and a math to the saint Sheikh Muhammad of Shrigonda. Saints
    • Shahajiशहाजी1594 – 1664 Father. A general of Ahmadnagar, then Bijapur; held the Pune jagir and lands around Bengaluru. Day 2 · 7
      • marriedJijabaiजिजाबाई1598 – 1674 Mother. Daughter of Lakhuji Jadhav of Sindkhed (killed 1629). Day 3 · 23
        • Sambhajiसंभाजीd. c. 1654 Elder brother; killed in battle at Kanakgiri. Day 2 · 9
        • Shivajiशिवाजी महाराज1630 – 1680 Born at Shivneri; crowned Chhatrapati at Raigad, 1674. His own family is below.
      • marriedTukabai Mohiteतुकाबाई मोहिते Shahaji's second wife.
        • Ekoji (Vyankoji)एकोजीd. c. 1686 Half-brother; ruler of Thanjavur. Married Dipabai, who helped the brothers make peace. Day 25
          • The Thanjavur BhosalesRuled Thanjavur until 1855.
    • Sharifjiशरीफजी Uncle: Shahaji's younger brother. Saints

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His own family

Shivaji Maharaj married eight times by the usual count, as kings of his age often did, mostly to bind powerful families to swarajya. He had two sons and, by the usual count, six daughters. Below are his queens, his children, and his grandsons, all born after his death, who carried the crown into the next century.

  • Shivajiशिवाजी महाराज1630 – 1680
    • married 1640Saibaiसईबाईd. 1659 Of the Nimbalkars of Phaltan. Married as children at the Lal Mahal; died at Rajgad. Day 23
      • Sambhajiसंभाजी महाराज1657 – 1689 Elder son; Chhatrapati from 1681. Day 15 · 16 · 28 · 29
        • marriedYesubaiयेसूबाई Of the Shirke family. A Mughal prisoner from 1689 to 1719. Day 29
          • Shahuशाहू1682 – 1749 Grandson. Captive until 1707; then Chhatrapati at Satara. Day 29
      • Three daughtersसखूबाई · राणूबाई · अंबिकाबाई Sakhubai (married Mahadji Nimbalkar), Ranubai, and Ambikabai (married Harji Mahadik).
    • married c. 1650Soyarabaiसोयराबाईd. 1681 Of the Mohites; sister of Hambirrao Mohite. Day 28 · 29
      • Rajaramराजाराम1670 – 1700 Younger son; led swarajya from Gingee. His first wife was Jankibai, Prataprao Gujar's daughter (married 1680). Day 28 · 29
        • marriedTarabaiताराबाई1675 – 1761 Hambirrao Mohite's daughter; led the war after 1700. Day 29
          • Shivaji IIदुसरे शिवाजी1696 – 1726 Grandson; Tarabai ruled in his name. Kolhapur line.
        • marriedRajasbaiराजसबाई Rajaram's wife, of the Ghatge family of Kagal.
          • Sambhaji IIदुसरे संभाजी1698 – 1760 Grandson; ruled Kolhapur from 1714.
      • Dipabaiदीपाबाई Daughter. (Not the Dipabai who married Ekoji.)
    • married c. 1657Sakvarbaiसकवारबाई Of the Gaikwad family.
      • Kamalabaiकमळाबाई Daughter; married Janoji Palkar.
    • marriedSagunabaiसगुणाबाई Usually said to be of the Shirke family.
      • Rajkunwarbaiराजकुंवरबाई Daughter; married Ganoji Shirke.
    • four more queensPutalabai · Kashibai · Lakshmibai · Gunvantabai पुतळाबाई · काशीबाई · लक्ष्मीबाई · गुणवंताबाई Usually given as of the Palkar, Jadhav, Vichare and Ingle families. Putalabai (married c. 1653) died by sati in 1680. Day 28

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How sure is this?

Parents, brothers, the two sons, and the grandsons are well recorded. The four best-recorded queens are Saibai, Soyarabai, Putalabai and Sakvarbai. For the others, and for some queens' families (Sarkar, for one, calls Putalabai a Mohite), the sources vary, and the marriage years are approximate. The daughters' names, their mothers and their husbands come from family histories that vary. Dates of this period are often in the Old Style calendar, ten days behind ours.

Two things here are uncertain. Maloji's wife is usually named Umabai, but the story about her and the naming of Shahaji and Sharifji comes from the Shiva Digvijay, a text historians regard as late. The birth years of Ekoji and the elder Sambhaji also vary between sources.

Families woven together

Marriages tied the great Maratha families to the Bhosales. The same surnames keep coming back, in the family and on the battlefield.

Mohite मोहितेTukabai (Shahaji's wife); Soyarabai (Shivaji's queen); her brother Hambirrao, the senapati; his daughter Tarabai, who married Rajaram.
Jadhav जाधवJijabai, daughter of Lakhuji Jadhav of Sindkhed; Kashibai, one of the queens.
Nimbalkar निंबाळकरSaibai of Phaltan, the first queen; her nephew Mahadji (in most accounts) married Shivaji's daughter Sakhubai.
Shirke शिर्केSagunabai, a queen; Yesubai, Sambhaji's wife; Ganoji Shirke, who married Shivaji's daughter Rajkunwarbai.
Gujar गुजरPrataprao, the general of Nesari; his daughter Jankibai, Rajaram's first wife.
Palkar पालकरPutalabai, a queen (in most accounts); Janoji Palkar, who married Shivaji's daughter Kamalabai.

Everyone around Shivaji

About 115 real people: who came into his story, when, and whose side they were on. Walk down his life year by year, play a guessing game, or look anyone up.

Shivaji's life runs down the middle like a road, with his age at every stop. Friends stand on the left and rivals on the right. People who watched, wrote, or stood in between are in the middle. Tap anyone to read their story and see who they are linked to.