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Ammachi Panapillai Amma
Ammachi Panapillai Amma was the title held by the morganatic consorts of the ruling Maharajah of Travancore as well as other title holding male members of the Travancore Royal Family.〔Travancore State Manual Vol ii 1940 by TK Velu Pillai and TSM Vol II 1906 by V Nagam Aiya〕
Its literal translation is 'consort' since as per the formerly existent matriarchal system in Travancore, the Maharajah's sister was the Maharani, and not his wife. Thus the wife, a non-royal, took the title of Ammachi Panapillai Amma.
The Ammachis were mostly from families of the Thampi caste of the Nair nobility. The Maharajahs married these ladies through the Sambandham form of wedlock known as ''Pattum Parivattavum''.
==Origin==
The Maharajahs of Travancore (current south Kerala) adopted the Matrilineal custom and inheritance prevalent in the land around the 14th Century AD. Accordingly, when a king died, his nephew (sister's son) would become the next ruler. So, in order to keep inheritance through Marumakkathayam and also to avoid power struggles, the Maharajahs and other title holding male members of the Travancore Royal Family opted for morganatic marriage with ladies mostly belonging to Nair caste and its sub castes. Even if they belonged to higher caste, like Kshatriyas (aristocrats), even then they were included in the Thampi sub caste.〔Travancore State Manual Vol ii 1940 by TK Velu Pillai and TSM Vol II 1906 by V Nagam Aiya〕
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