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Pakubuwana III

1732–1788 · 18th century

Pakubuwana III was ruler of Mataram from 1749 and the first susuhunan of Surakarta, installed by the Dutch East India Company. His uncle Mangkubumi contested the throne, and the Treaty of Giyanti of 1755 divided the realm between them, leaving Pakubuwana III at Surakarta. The Treaty of Salatiga of 1757 split off a further principality, Mangkunegaran.

Pakubuwana III
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