Pakubuwono II explained

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

Father:Amangkurat IV
Mother:Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencana
Royal House:Mataram
Succession:Susuhunan of Mataram
Reign:1726–1742
1743–1749
Coronation:2 June 1726
Predecessor:Amangkurat IV
Regnal Name:Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuhun Kanjeng Susuhunan Pakubuwana Senapati ing Ngalaga Abdurrahman Sayyidin Panatagama Ingkang Jumeneng Kaping II
Birth Date:8 December 1711
Birth Place:Kartasura Palace, Kartasura, Mataram Sultanate
Birth Name:Gusti Raden Mas Prabasuyasa
Death Place:Surakarta, Mataram Sultanate
Issue:Pakubuwana III
Spouse:Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas
(m. 1726 d. 1738)

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]

Notes and References

  1. chapter one Seminal Contradictions: Founding the Palace of Surakarta. The Royal Progress of 1745.
  2. [Miksic, John N.]
  3. [Ricklefs, M.C.]
  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.