Mangkunegara VIII explained

Mangkunegara VIII
Succession:Duke of Mangkunegaran
Reign:1944–1987
Predecessor:Mangkunegara VII
Successor:Mangkunegara IX
House:Hadiwijayan Kaliabu
Birth Name:Raden Mas Saroso Notosoeparto
Birth Date:7 April 1925
Birth Place:Kartasura
Death Place:Surakarta
Father:Mangkunegara VII

Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Mangkunegara VIII (Kartasura, 7 April 1925 – Surakarta, 2 August 1987) was an Indonesian politician. He came to power in 1944 and was the last ruler of Mangkunegaran, in Java, in modern Indonesia. He experienced the Dutch colonial period and the beginning of Indonesia's independence. Mangkunegara VIII was the son of Mangkunegara VII, by Gusti Raden Ayu Retnaningrum, one of his secondary wives. The queen consort Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Timur had only one child, a daughter named Gusti Raden Ayu Siti Nurul Kusumawardhani.

Mangkunagara VIII faced extreme difficulty in maintaining the sovereignty of his state. As a result, the state of Surakarta (including Mangkunagaran) were incorporated into the province of Central Java in 1950. Mangkunagara VIII died in 1987 and was succeeded by his third child and second son as Mangkunegara IX.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Cahoon, Ben. Indonesian Traditional States World Statesmen.org. Retrieved 2010-04-28.
  2. Web site: Negoro, Suryo . Sri Mangkoenagoro IX . Joglosemar Online . 2010-04-28.