Hamengkubuwono

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Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono is part of the title of the Sultan who rules Yogyakarta Sultanate in Yogyakarta Special Region of Indonesia. The current Sultan is Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X.

Contents 1 Meaning 2 List of Sultans of Yogyakarta (1755-Present) 3 External links 4 See also 5 Further reading

[edit] Meaning

For some Javanese, the name has been interpreted as having the following compontents.

• Hamangku: pleased to serve people
• Hamengku: protect the people in a just way.
• Hamengkoni: ready to take responsibility of a leader.
• Buwono: Universe

Such an explanation does not necessarily coincide with strict etymology of the word

[edit] List of Sultans of Yogyakarta (1755-Present)

No.	Name	Reign start	Reign end	Notes
1.	Hamengkubuwono I	February 13, 1755	March 24, 1792
2.	Hamengkubuwono II	April 2, 1792	June 20, 1812
3.	Hamengkubuwono III	June 28, 1812	November 3, 1814
4.	Hamengkubuwono IV	November 9, 1814	December 6, 1823	first reign
5.	Hamengkubuwono V	December 19, 1823	August 17, 1826	first reign
4.	Hamengkubuwono IV	August 17, 1826	January 2, 1828	second reign
5.	Hamengkubuwono V	January 17, 1828	June 5, 1855	second reign
6.	Hamengkubuwono VI	July 5, 1855	July 20, 1877
7.	Hamengkubuwono VII	December 22, 1877	January 29, 1921
8.	Hamengkubuwono VIII	February 8, 1921	October 22, 1939
9.	Hamengkubuwono IX	March 18, 1940	October 2, 1988
10.	Hamengkubuwono X	March 7, 1989	incumbent

[edit] External links

• Joglosemar

[edit] See also

• History of Yogyakarta

[edit] Further reading

• Ricklefs, M.C. (1974) Jogjakarta under Sultan Mangkubumi, 1749–1792: A history of the division of Java . London Oriental Series, vol. 30. London : Oxford University Press, (Revised Indonesian edition 2002)