Maharana Pratap was born in May 1540 in Udaipur . His father; Rana Udai Singh; was the king of Kumbhalner; which is also known as Kumbhalgarh. It is said that Udai Singh had married 18 times and had 24 sons and 20 daughters out of those wedlocks. Pratap was the eldest amongst the sons. He was born to the first queen known as Jaiwantibai. She was also addressed as ‘Jayanti’; ‘Jaiwanta’; ‘Jaiwantabai’ etc.