Paku Alam III

Paku Alam III, 3rd Duke of Pakualaman between 1858 and 1864, making him the second shortest reigning Paku Alam.

Paku Alam III
Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Surya Sastraningrat
3rd Duke of Pakualaman
Reign	1858 – 1864
Predecessor	Paku Alam II
Successor	Paku Alam IV
Born	December 20, 1827 Yogyakarta Sultanate
Died	17 October 1864(1864-10-17) (aged 36) Yogyakarta Sultanate
Spouse	Bendara Raden Ayu Surya Sastraningrat
House	Mataram
Father	Paku Alam II
Mother	Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hayu of Yogyakarta

Pakualaman became a small hereditary Duchy within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta, as a mirror-image of Mangkunegaran in the territory of the Susuhunanate of Surakarta.

Paku Alam III was considered to be an enthusiastic author and literary patron. ^[1]

Location of Pakualaman within the Yogyakarta Sultanate.

The son of Paku Alam II, Paku Alam III was buried at Kota Gede.

Subsequent list of rulers

• Paku Alam IV, 1864 – 1878
• Paku Alam V, 1878 – 1900
• Paku Alam VI, 1901 – 1902
• Paku Alam VII, 1903 – 1938
• Paku Alam VIII, 1938 – 1999
• Paku Alam IX, 1999 – 2015
• Paku Alam X, 2015 – present

Notes

1. Ricklefs, Merle Calvin (1981), A history of modern Indonesia : c.1300 to the present, Macmillan; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, p. 120, ISBN   978-0-333-24380-0

Preceded by Paku Alam II

Duke of Pakualaman 1858–1864

Succeeded by Paku Alam IV