Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono VI (10 August 1821 – 20 July 1877), also spelled Hamengkubuwana VI, was the sixth Sultan of Yogyakarta of the Yogyakarta Sultanate, who reigned from 1855 until 1877. He succeeded his older brother, Hamengkubuwono V, who died in the midst of political instability within the Yogyakarta Palace.[2][3]

Hamengkubuwana VI
ꦲꦩꦼꦁꦏꦸꦨꦸꦮꦤ꧇꧖꧇
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana VI
Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwana VI
6th Sultan of Yogyakarta
Reign5 July 1855 – 28 July 1877
Coronation5 July 1855[1]
PredecessorSultan Hamengkubuwana V
SuccessorSultan Hamengkubuwana VII
BornGusti Raden Mas Mustojo
(1821-08-10)10 August 1821
Kraton Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta
Died20 July 1877(1877-07-20) (aged 55)
Kraton Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta[1]
Burial
SpousesGusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencana of Surakarta
(m. 1848)
Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Sultan
Names
Ngarsa Dalem Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuwun Kanjeng Sultan Hamengkubuwana Senapati-ing-Ngalaga 'Abdurrahman Sayyidin Panatagama Khalifatullah ingkang Jumeneng Kaping Enem ing Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat
HouseMataram
FatherSultan Hamengkubuwana IV
MotherGusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencono[1]
ReligionIslam
Hamengkubuwono VI
Hamengkubuwono VI

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Biografi singkat HB VI Archived 2019-04-07 at the Wayback Machine. Website resmi kraton Yogyakarta. 2019. Diakses tanggal 22/07/2019
  2. ^ Ricklefs, M. C. (2001) A history of modern Indonesia since c.1200 Basingstoke: Palgrave. 3rd ed. ISBN 0333801008 (pbk.)
  3. ^ Ahsan, Ivan Aulia. "Tragedi Hamengkubuwana V, Sultan Jawa yang Dibunuh Istrinya Sendiri". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sultan of Yogyakarta
1855–1877
Succeeded by