Hamengkubuwono

Hamengkubuwono (also Hamengkubuwana ) is the name of the ruling dynasty of sultans in the Indonesian region of Yogyakarta . The Sultanate of Yogyakarta was created in 1755 when the kingdom of Mataram was divided and came under the protection of the Dutch East Indies in the course of the 19th century . After Indonesia's independence , the sultan became governor of the Yogyakarta region in 1950.

The list of rulers:

• Hamengkubuwono I. , actually Raden Mas Sujanam, also known as Prince Mangkubumi, first Sultan of Yogyakarta (1755–1792)
• Hamengkubuwono II. (1792-1810 and 1811-1812)
• Hamengkubuwono III. (1810-1811 and 1812-1814)
• Hamengkubuwono IV. (1814–1823 and 1826–1828)
• Hamengkubuwono V. (1823–1826 and 1828–1855)
• Hamengkubuwono VI. (1855–1877)
• Hamengkubuwono VII (1877-1921)
• Hamengkubuwono VIII (1921–1939)
• Hamengkubuwono IX. (1940–1988)
• Hamengkubuwono X. (since 1989)

literature

• MC Ricklefs: Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi, 1749–1792: A history of the division of Java . London Oriental Series, vol. 30. London: Oxford University Press, 1974 (revised Indonesian edition 2002)