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Yogyakarta Sultanate
Origins
The Treaty of Giyanti of 1755, brokered by the Dutch East India Company, ended a long succession war by splitting the Mataram Sultanate in two. Prince Mangkubumi received the western half and became Sultan Hamengkubuwono I, building a new kraton at Yogyakarta, while the eastern half became the Surakarta Sunanate.
Rule and society
The sultan ruled as a Muslim king and heir to Javanese kingship, with an elaborate court culture of gamelan, wayang, dance and batik. Royal lands supported nobles through apanages. British troops sacked the kraton in 1812, and the Yogyakarta prince Diponegoro led the Java War against the Dutch from 1825 to 1830. Pakualaman was carved from it in 1812.
To the present
Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX sided with the Republic of Indonesia, which made Yogyakarta its capital from 1946 to 1949. It became a Special Region in 1950, and a 2012 law confirmed that the reigning sultan serves as its governor. Hamengkubuwono X reigns today.
Lineage
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- Yogyakarta Sultanate was a vassal of Dutch East India Company territories1755 CE – 1799 CE
- Yogyakarta Sultanate was a vassal of Dutch East Indies1800 CE – 1942 CE
- Pakualaman split from Yogyakarta Sultanate1812 CE
- Yogyakarta Sultanate was part of Indonesia1945 CE – 2030 CE
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