Kingdom of Larantuka
Kingdom of Larantuka Reino de Larantuca Ilimandiri Larantuka Kerajaan Larantuka | |
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| 1515–1962 | |
| Capital | Larantuka |
| Common languages | Portuguese (official language during its time as a Tributary state of the Portuguese Empire) Larantuka Malay Lamaholot Li'o Dutch (official language during its time as a Tributary state (Zelfbesturen) of the Dutch East Indies) |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
| Government | Elective Monarchy |
| Raja | |
• ?-1768 | Dom Gaspar Dias Vieira Godinho : 422 |
• 1768-? | Dom Manuel Dias Vieira Godinho : 422 |
• before 1812 -? | Dom André Dias Vieira Godinho : 422 |
• (1831)-1838/1849: 422 | Dom Lorenzo Dias Vieira Godinho : 422 |
• (1838)–1861 | Dom André II Dias Vieira Godinho |
• 1861–1877 | Dom Gaspar II Dias Vieira Godinho |
• 1878–1887 | Dom Dominggo (Ence)/Dom Domingus Dias Vierra Godinho |
• 1887–1904 | Dom Lorenzo II Dias Vierra Godinho |
• 1912–1919 | Dom Johannus Servus Diaz Vierra Godinho |
• 1938–1962 | Dom Lorenzo Oesi Diaz Vieira Godinho III (Dom Lorenzo III) |
| Regent/Acting Raja | |
• before 1785–1812 | Dom Constantino Balantran de Rozari |
• 1904—1906 | Louis Balantran de Rozari |
• 1906—1912 | Johan (Johannes) Balantran de Rosari |
• 1919–1938 | Antonius Belantran de Rosari |
| Vice-Raja | |
• 1912–1919 | Johan (Johannes) Balantran de Rosari |
| History | |
• Portuguese arrival | 1515 |
• Conversion to Catholicism | 1650 |
• Purchase by Dutch East Indies | 1859 |
• Signing of the first long political contract with the Dutch East Indies after the purchase | 1861 |
• Reduced autonomy through the signing of the "Korte Verklaring" | 1912 |
• Converted to a Daerah Swapraja (autonomous region) within the State of East Indonesia | 1946 |
• Control transferred to the Republic of Indonesia | 1950 |
• Converted into a Kecamatan (district) by Republican Authorities | 1962 |
| Today part of | Indonesia |
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The kingdom of Larantuka was a historical monarchy in present-day East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It was one of the few, if not the only, indigenous Catholic polities in the territory of modern Indonesia. Acting as a tributary state of the Portuguese Crown, the Raja (King) of Larantuka controlled holdings on the islands of Flores (eastern part), Solor, Adonara, and Lembata. It was later purchased by Dutch East Indies from the Portuguese with the treaty of Lisbon of the year 1859.
Despite its autonomy being reduced over the years, first with the signing of the long political contract with the Dutch East Indies after the purchase and then the short contract (korte verklaring) the kingdom's royal family retained nominal authority over their territories until their power was formally abolished by the republican government in 1962.: 175