Jayavira Bandara
{{Short description|King of Kandy from 1511 to 1551}}
{{Infobox monarch
| name = Jayavīra Banḍāra
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| image = King_of_Kandy.svg
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| succession = King of Kandy
| reign = 1511-1551
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| predecessor = Senasammata Vikramabahu
| successor = Karalliyadde Bandara
| spouse = Santhane Devi of Kirawelle
Sampala Devi of Gampola
| issue = Karalliyadde Bandara
Prince Kumarasinghe
Leelawathi (Queen Consort of Sithawaka)
Dona Isabella (Queen Consort of Kotte)
| royal house = House of Siri Sanga Bo
| dynasty =
| father = Senasammata Vikramabahu
| mother = Queen Mayurawathi
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Jayavīra Banḍāra was King of Kandy from 1511 to 1551. He succeeded his father Senasammata Vikramabahu as king and was succeeded by his son Karalliyadde Bandara.{{sfn|De Silva|2005|p=144}}{{sfn|Obeyesekere|2017|p=161}} During the reign of Banḍāra, Catholic friars appeared at court and some conversions took place in the kingdom.{{sfn|Obeyesekere|2017|p=161}}
See also
References
===Citations===
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |last1=De Silva |first1=K. M. |title=A history of Sri Lanka |date=2005 |publisher=Vijitha Yapa Publications |location=Delhi |isbn=9558095923 |edition=[Revised.]}}
- {{cite book |first=Gananath |last=Obeyesekere |editor1-last=Biedermann |editor1-first=Zoltan |editor2-last=Strathern |editor2-first=Alan |title=Sri Lanka at the crossroads of history |date=2017 |publisher=UCL Press |location=London |isbn=9781911307846 |url=http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1557938/ |chapter=Between the Portuguese and the Nāyakas: the many faces of the Kandyan Kingdom, 1591– 1765}}
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External links
- [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lkawgw/gen3000.html Kings & Rulers of Sri Lanka]
- [http://lakdiva.org/codrington/ Codrington's Short History of Ceylon]
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{{Monarchs of the House of Siri Sanga Bo}}
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Category:House of Siri Sanga Bo
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