Thampi

The Thampis are the sons of the Maharajahs of Travancore and their morganatic wives belonging to Illathu Nair or other similar Kshatriya castes. They form a part of the Nair caste (even if the mother is a non-Nair, as in the case of the Kunju Thampies) and had no title of succession to the throne.