Soyarabai Bhonsale | |||||||||
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Maharani | |||||||||
Empress consort of the Maratha Kingdom | |||||||||
Tenure | 6 June 1674 – 3 April 1680 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Saibai | ||||||||
Successor | Yesubai | ||||||||
Born | Soyarabai Mohite 1634 | ||||||||
Died | 1681 Raigad Fort, Maharashtra | ||||||||
Spouse | Shivaji | ||||||||
Issue | Deepa Bai Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj | ||||||||
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House | Mohite (before Marriage) Bhonsle (by marriage) | ||||||||
Father | Sambhaji Mohite | ||||||||
Religion | Hinduism |
Soyarabai Bhosale (née Mohite) was the second wife of Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj, the founder of the Maratha empire in western India. She was the mother of Shivaji Maharaj's second son, Rajaram. She was the younger sister of the Maratha army chief, Hambirrao Mohite.