page_title: Kingdom of Cochin
section_title: As Portuguese and Dutch Ally
hierarchical_section_title: Kingdom of Cochin / Maharajas of Cochin / As Portuguese and Dutch Ally
caption_attribution_description: English: Maharaja of Kingdom of Kochi.
context_page_description: Kingdom of Cochin was a late medieval kingdom and later princely state on the Malabar Coast, South India. Once controlling much of the territory between Ponnani and Thottappally, the Cochin kingdom shrank to its minimal extent as a result of invasions by the Zamorin of Calicut. When Portuguese armadas arrived in India, the Kingdom of Cochin had lost its vassals like Edapalli, Cranganore etc. to the Zamorin and was looking for an opportunity to preserve the independence of Cochin which was at risk. King Unni Goda Varma warmly welcomed Pedro Álvares Cabral on 24 December 1500 and negotiated a treaty of alliance between Portugal and the Cochin kingdom, directed against the Zamorin of Calicut. Cochin became a long-time Portuguese ally providing assistance against native overlords. After the Portuguese, the Dutch East India Company was an ally of Cochin. This was followed by the English East India Company, having suzerainty over the Cochin state.
  The Kingdom of Cochin, originally known as Perumpadappu Swarupam, was under the rule of the Later Cheras in the Middle Ages.
context_section_description: Unniraman Koyikal I (c. 1500 to 1503)
  Unniraman Koyikal II (1503 to 1537)
  Veera Kerala Varma I (1537–1565)
  Keshava Rama Varma (1565–1601)
  Veera Kerala Varma II (1601–1615)
  Ravi Varma I (1615–1624)
  Veera Kerala Varma III (1624–1637)
  Goda Varma I (1637–1645)
  Veerarayira Varma (1645–1646)
  Veera Kerala Varma IV (1646–1650)
  Rama Varma I (1650–1656)
  Rani Gangadharalakshmi (1656–1658)
  Rama Varma II (1658–1662)
  Goda Varma II (1662–1663)
  Veera Kerala Varma V (1663–1687)
  Rama Varma III (1687–1693)
  Ravi Varma II (1693–1697)
  Rama Varma IV (1697–1701)
  Rama Varma V (1701–1721)
  Ravi Varma III (1721–1731)
  Rama Varma VI (1731–1746)
  Kerala Varma I (1746–1749)
  Rama Varma VII (1749–1760)
  Kerala Varma II (1760–1775)
  Rama Varma VIII (1775–1790)
  Rama Varma IX (Shaktan Thampuran) (1790–1805)
caption: Maharaja Kerala Varma Thampuran a.k.a.
   Aikya Keralam Thampuran
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