 When Dodda Veerarajendra died in 1809, his ten-year-old daughter Devammaji was declared as the "queen of Kodagu".However, in 1811, Linga Rajendra II, the younger brother of the deceased king, proclaimed himself as the king of Kodagu and ruled the region till his death in 1820.Chikka Vira Rajendra, the son of Linga Rajendra, became the king of Kodagu.