Surakarta, known colloquially as Solo, is a major city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 46.72 km2 city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoharjo Regency to the east and west, and Sukoharjo Regency to the south. On the eastern side of Solo lies Solo River. Its metropolitan area, consisting of Surakarta City and 59 districts spread over seven regencies, was home to 3,649,254 inhabitants as at the 2010 census, around half million of whom reside in the city proper.
Kraton or keraton is a type of royal palace in Java, Indonesia. Its name is derived from the Javanese ka-ratu-an, meaning residence of the ratu, the traditional honorific title for a monarch. In Java, the palace of a prince is called pura or dalem, while the general word for palace is istana, identical to Malay.
Susuhunan, or in short version Sunan, is a title used by the monarchs of Mataram and then by the hereditary rulers of Surakarta, Indonesia.
Pakubuwono X was, despite his regnal name, the ninth Susuhunan (Monarch) of Surakarta. He reigned from the 1893 to 1939, making him the longest reigning Sunan in the history of Surakarta.
Pakubuwono II (1711–1749) was the ruler of Mataram.
Pakubuwono XI was the eleventh Susuhunan during the Second World War – and during the Japanese occupation of Java.
Pakubuwono XII was the twelfth Susuhunan and the longest ruling of all monarchs in Surakarta history.
Pakubuwono VIII (also transliterated Pakubuwana VIII) was the eighth Susuhunan from 1858 to 1861. He was the elder brother of Pakubuwano VII.
Pakubuwono VII was the seventh Susuhunan from 1830 to 1858. He was a younger son of Pakubuwono IV.
Pakubuwono VI was the sixth Susuhunan (ruler) of Surakarta from 1823 to 1830 when he was deposed by the Dutch and exiled.
Pakubuwono V was the fifth Susuhunan. He reigned from 1820 to 1823.
Pakubuwono IV was the fourth Susuhunan. He reigned from 1788 to 1820.
Pakubuwono III (1732–1788) was the third Susuhunan. Also known as Sinuhun Paliyan NegariHe was proclaimed by the Dutch as ruler of Mataram in 1749, but when the state was divided into the states of Surakarta and Yogyakarta in 1755, he was proclaimed as the first Susuhanan of Surakarta.
Kangjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Mangkunegara I, also known as Pangeran Sambernyawa, his birth name was Raden Mas Said, established the Puro Mangkunegaran, in Surakarta, Java Island. Thus, he was the first ruler of The Principality of Mangkunegaran.
Surakarta Sunanate is a Javanese monarchy centred in the city of Surakarta, in the province of Central Java, Indonesia.
Pakubuwono I, uncle of Amangkurat III of Mataram was a combatant for the succession of the Mataram dynasty, both as a co-belligerent during the Trunajaya rebellion, and during the First Javanese War of Succession (1704–1707).
The Great Mosque of Surakarta is an 18th-century Javanese mosque in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It is the royal mosque of the Surakarta Sunanate.
Amangkurat III was a short-lived susuhunan (ruler) of the Sultanate of Mataram, who reigned 1703–1705.
Amangkurat IV was the son of Pakubuwono I, and Susuhunan Mataram between 1719 and 1726. His son was ruler of Mataram, Pakubuwono II.
Tumenggung Sastronagoro also known as Yasadipura II was a poet from the Kasunan Surakarta kingdom who worked during the reign of Pakubuwana IV to Pakubuwana VII.
