Hamengkubuwono II

Hamengkubuwono II
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono II, Sultan Sepuh
Sultan of Yogyakarta
First reign2 April 1792 – 31 December 1810
PredecessorHamengkubuwono I
SuccessorHamengkubuwono III
Second reign28 December 1811 – 20 June 1812
PredecessorHamengkubuwono III
SuccessorHamengkubuwono III
Third reign20 September 1826 – 3 January 1828
PredecessorHamengkubuwono V
SuccessorHamengkubuwono V
BornGusti Raden Mas Sundoro
(1750-03-07)7 March 1750
Mount Sindoro, Central Java
Died3 January 1828(1828-01-03) (aged 77)
Yogyakarta
Burial
Kotagede, Yogyakarta
Wives
  • GKR Kedhaton
  • GKR Hemas
  • GKR Kencono Wulan
  • GKR Sultan
  • 27 concubines
IssueHamengkubuwono III
Regnal name
Ngarsa Dalem Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuwun Kanjeng Sultan Hamengkubuwana Senapati-ing-Ngalaga 'Abdurrahman Sayyidin Panatagama Khalifatullah ingkang Jumeneng Kaping Kalih ing Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat
HouseMataram
FatherHamengkubuwono I
MotherGusti Kanjeng Ratu Kadipaten
ReligionIslam

Hamengkubuwono II (also spelled Hamengkubuwana II, 7 March 1750 – 3 January 1828), born Raden Mas Sundoro,[1] was the second sultan of Yogyakarta 1792–1810,[2] 1811–12[3] and finally 1826–28 during the Java War.

He succeeded his father, Hamengkubuwono I who died in 1792. After Daendels pressured him, in December 1810, he was forced to abdicate in favour of his son, Raden Mas Surojo[1] who was made the new sultan, under the name Hamengkubuwono III. However, nearly one year later, in 1811, the English under Stamford Raffles restored him to the throne. However, due to his aggressive behaviour towards the English,[1] six months later in June 1812, he was deposed and exiled to Penang. He returned to Java in 1815, but in 1817, deeming him as a threat, he was exiled for the second time by the Dutch, this time to Ambon.[1]

In 1826, the Dutch decided to return him from exile and restored him as the sultan. His third reign coincided with the Java War. On 3 January 1828, he died. He was succeeded by his great-grandson, Hamengkubuwono V. He was buried in Kotagede[1] instead of the royal graveyard of Imogiri, due to the turbulence at the time.

  1. ^ a b c d e crew, kraton. "Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono II". kratonjogja.id. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  2. ^ Ricklefs, M. C. (1981) A history of modern Indonesia since c.1300 to the present Basingstoke: Palgrave. ISBN 0333243803 (pbk.) page 101 re ruling dates
  3. ^ Daendels stood down HBII in favour of his son Hamengkubuwono III