Pakubuwono II

Pakubuwono II (also transliterated Pakubuwana II) (1711–1749) was the ruler of Mataram.[1]

Pakubuwono II
Susuhunan of Mataram
Reign1726–1742
Coronation2 June 1726
PredecessorAmangkurat IV
SuccessorAmangkurat V
Reign1743–1749
PredecessorAmangkurat V
SuccessorPakubuwono III
BornGusti Raden Mas Prabasuyasa
(1711-12-08)8 December 1711
Kartasura Palace, Kartasura, Mataram Sultanate
Died20 December 1749(1749-12-20) (aged 38)
Surakarta, Mataram Sultanate
SpouseGusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas
(m. 1726 d. 1738)
IssuePakubuwana III
Regnal name
Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuhun Kanjeng Susuhunan Pakubuwana Senapati ing Ngalaga Abdurrahman Sayyidin Panatagama Ingkang Jumeneng Kaping II
HouseMataram
FatherAmangkurat IV
MotherGusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencana

His correct title in Javanese etiquette standards contains honorific appellations, some of which each successive ruler inherits.[2] The move of his court from Kartasura to Surakarta was to avert the calamities that occurred at the former palace.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Pemberton, John (1994), On the subject of "Java", Cornell University Press, ISBN 978-0-8014-9963-0 chapter one Seminal Contradictions: Founding the Palace of Surakarta. The Royal Progress of 1745.
  2. ^ Miksic, John N. (general ed.), et al. (2006) Karaton Surakarta. A look into the court of Surakarta Hadiningrat, central Java (First published: 'By the will of His Serene Highness Paku Buwono XII'. Surakarta: Yayasan Pawiyatan Kabudayan Karaton Surakarta, 2004) Marshall Cavendish Editions Singapore ISBN 981-261-226-2
  3. ^ Ricklefs, M.C. (1974) Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi, 1749–1792: A history of the division of Java . London Oriental Series, vol. 30. London : Oxford University Press, (Revised Indonesian edition 2002)
  4. ^ Ricklefs, M.C. (1998) The seen and unseen worlds in Java, 1726–49: History, literature and Islam in the court of Pakubuwana II. St. Leonards NSW: The Asian Studies Association of Australia in association with Allen and Unwin; Honolulu : The University of Hawai'i Press.


Preceded by Susuhunan of Mataram
1726–1742
Succeeded by
Preceded by Susuhunan of Mataram
1743–1749
Succeeded by