Prithvi Singh II explained

Sawai Prithvi Singh II
Maharaja Sawai of Amber
Succession:4th Raja of Jaipur
Reign:1768–1778
Predecessor:Madho Singh I
Successor:Pratap Singh
Birth Date:9th January 1762
Birth Place:Jaipur Rajputana
Death Date:13 April 1778
(aged 15)
Spouse:Rathorji (Bikawatji) Sardar Kanwarji d.of Maharaja Raj Singh of Bikaner

Rathorji (Udaibhanotji) Abhai Kanwarji d.of Raja Akhai Singh of Bandanwara in Ajmer

Rathorji (Kishansinghot) d.of Maharaja Birad Singh of Kishangarh

Issue:2 sons including Kunwar Man Singh(born posthumously)
House:Kachwaha
Father:Madho Singh I
Mother:Sisodiniji (Chundawatji) Kundan Kanwarji d.of Rawat Jaswant Singh of Devgarh in Mewar
Religion:Hinduism

Sawai Prithvi Singh II (1762 – 13 April 1778), also known as Prithviraj Singh II, was the Kachwaha Rajput ruler of Jaipur Kingdom (reign 1768–1778). He was the eldest surviving son of his father Sawai Madho Singh I and grandson of Sawai Jai Singh II.

Biography

Maharaja Sawai Prithvi Singh II was five years old when he ascended the throne of the Kachwaha Kingdom of Jaipur in the year 1768 after his father's death. Being elder, Prithvi Singh succeeded his father on the throne and his mother queen Chundawatji became the regent. One of his nobles, Raja Pratap Singh of the Naruka Kachwahabranch of nobility separated himself from the State of Jaipur and established an independent kingdom at Machheri near Alwar and laid the foundation in 1770 which remained an independent ruling territory and later came to known as Alwar State. That is how Alwar became a separate state independent of Jaipur. Sawai Prithvi Singh II ruled for 10 years and died of a fall from his horse in 1778 at the age of 15, leaving behind one widow his third queen the Kishangarh princess who being pregnant was send to his father's protection giving birth to her late husband's only son Man Singh the undisputed heir to the throne of Jaipur.

References

"Vanshavali" Genealogy of the rulers of Amber & Jaipur by "Harnath Singh Dundlod"

Genealogy Records of Raoji Ram Singh (Borada) Sarwad Ajmer,Rajasthan contact no.9928515865