Prithviraj Singh I

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Prithviraj Singh I (died 4 November 1527), also known as Prithvi Singh I, was a 16th-century Rajput ruler of Amber. He was a monarch of strong religious inclinations and during his reign, Amber became increasingly politically active. He took part in the Rajput alliance against the Mughal emperor Babur, fighting against the latter in the Battle of Khanwa alongside Rana Sanga of Mewar in 1527. Three of Prithviraj's sons successively followed him as ruler of Amber, with many of his descendants also populating the kingdom's highest aristocracy in subsequent centuries. His granddaughter, Mariam-uz-Zamani, became the chief consort of the Mughal emperor Akbar and the mother of the fourth Mughal emperor, Jahangir. Through her, Prithviraj became the maternal great-great-grandfather of the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan, linking the Kachhwaha royal house of Amber to the Mughal imperial family.

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