The Aravidu Dynasty of Vijayanagara, Vol. I v1.c7.17

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2. This prince Komara Venkatadri or Chinna Venkatadri, whom we shall henceforth refer to as Venkata I, was the one who succeeded his father Achyuta at the end of 1541 ⁶. We know that his mother's name was Varadadevi- Ammal¹ or Varadambika²; but we do not know exactly the age of the new King, although we can positively state that he was not yet of age, since his uncle Salakam Timma Raju, brother-in-law of the late king³, took over the regency of the Empire⁴. Correa states that the heir of Achyuta was a child⁵. The Regent was very ambitious and of weak intellect, and at times absolutely irresponsible⁶.