Hamengkubuwono VII explained

Birth Name:	Gusti Raden Mas Murteja
Birth Date:	4 February 1839
Succession:	7th Sultan of Yogyakarta
Reign:	22 December 1877 – 29 January 1921
Predecessor:	Hamengkubuwono VI
Successor:	Hamengkubuwono VIII
Father:	Hamengkubuwono VI
Mother:	Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Sultan
Royal House:	Mataram
Place Of Burial:	Saptarengga Mausoleum, Pajimatan Imogiri Tombs
Regnal Name:	Ngarsa Dalem Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuwun Kanjeng Sultan Hamengkubuwana Senapati-ing-Ngalaga 'Abdurrahman Sayyidin Panatagama Khalifatullah ingkang Jumeneng Kaping Pitu ing Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat
Spouses:	Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Wandhan (m. 1868) Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas (d. 1892) Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencana

Hamengkubuwono VII (also spelled Hamengkubuwana VII, 4 February 1839 – 30 December 1921) was the seventh sultan of Yogyakarta, reigning from 22 December 1877 to 29 January 1921.^[1]

His residence after the abdication of the crown in the early 19th Century is now known as the Museum Ambarrukmo, part of the Royal Ambarrukmo Yogyakarta hotel complex.^[2]

Family

Royal consorts

1. Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Wandhan
   previously named Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencana, daughter of Raden 'Ali Basah Abdulmustapa Sentot Prawiradirja, exiled.
2. Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas
   daughter of Kanjeng Raden Tumenggung Jayadipura, the queen dowager styled as Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hageng.
3. Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencana
   previously a concubine namely Bendara Raden Ayu Ratna Sri Wulan, daughter of Bendara Pangeran Harya Hadinegara, son of Hamengkubuwana II.

Notable Children

1. Gusti Raden Mas Akadiyat
   son of GKR. Hemas, appointed as heir-apparent with the title Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Anom Hamengkunegara Sudibya Rajaputra Narendra ing Mataram, died in the lifetime of his father.
2. Gusti Raden Mas Pratista
   son of GKR. Hemas, appointed as heir-apparent with the title Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Anom Hamengkunegara Sudibya Rajaputra Narendra ing Mataram, was removed due to mental instability, degraded to Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Juminah.
3. Gusti Raden Mas Putra
   son of GKR. Hemas, appointed as heir-apparent with the title Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Anom Hamengkunegara Sudibya Rajaputra Narendra ing Mataram, died in the lifetime of his father.
4. Gusti Raden Mas Sujadi
   son of GKR. Hemas, styled as Gusti Pangeran Harya Purbaya, elevated to heir-apparent with the title Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Anom Hamengkunegara Sudibya Rajaputra Narendra ing Mataram, succeeded as Hamengkubuwana VIII.
5. Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hangger
   daughter of GKR. Hemas. Married to Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Harya Kusumayudha, son of Pakubuwana X of Surakarta.
6. Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hayu
   daughter of GKR. Hemas.^[3] Married to Kanjeng Pangeran Harya Yudhanegara III (Kanjeng Pangeran Harya Adipati Dhanureja VII), Patih Yogyakarta.
7. Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Chandrakirana
   daughter of GKR. Kencana. Married to Kanjeng Pangeran Harya Adipati Dhanureja VIII, Patih Yogyakarta.
8. Gusti Raden Ajeng Mursudarinah
   daughter of GKR. Kencana, styled as Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas. A royal consort to Pakubuwana X of Surakarta.
9. Gusti Raden Ajeng Mursudariyah
   daughter of GKR. Kencana, styled as Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Timur. A royal consort to Mangkunegara VII of Mangkunegaran.

See also

• Hamengkubuwana

Notes and References

1. [M.C. Ricklefs|Ricklefs, M. C.]
2. Web site: Museum Ambarrukmo . . 2014 . Royal Ambarrukmo Hotel Yogyakarta . 17 July 2015 . In the early of 19th Century, it was the official residence of the Late Sri Sultan HamengkuBuwono VII, soon after he abdicated his crown..
3. Web site: Pepatih Dalem Kesultanan Yogyakarta . kratonjogja.id.