Pakubuwono XII

Pakubuwana XII
ꦦꦑꦮꦟ꧇꧑꧒꧇
Sri Susuhunan Pakubuwana XII
11th Susuhunan of Surakarta
PredecessorSusuhunan Pakubuwana XI
SuccessorSusuhunan Pakubuwana XIII
Japanese Military GovernorYuichiro Nagano
President of IndonesiaSukarno
Suharto
B.J. Habibie
Abdurrahman Wahid
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Governor of the Special Region of Surakarta
Reign19451946
President of IndonesiaSukarno
Born(1925-04-14)April 14, 1925
Surakarta, Dutch East Indies
DiedJune 11, 2004(2004-06-11) (aged 79)
Surakarta, Indonesia
Burial
Astana Girimulya, Imogiri, Bantul, Yogyakarta
SpouseKRAy. Mandayaningrum
KRAy. Rogasmara
KRAy. Pradapaningrum/K.R. Ageng
KRAy. Kusumaningrum
KRAy. Retnadiningrum
KRAy. Pujaningrum
Names
Gusti Raden Mas Suryo Guritno
Regnal name
Sahandhap Dalem Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuhun Kangjeng Susuhunan Pakubuwana Senapati ing Alaga Abdurrahman Sayyidin Panatagama Ingkang Jumeneng kaping Kalih Welas ing Nagari Surakarta Hadiningrat
HouseMataram
FatherSusuhunan Pakubuwana XI
MotherGKR. Pakubuwana

Pakubuwono XII (also transliterated Pakubuwana XII; Surakarta, 14 April 1925 – Surakarta, 11 June 2004) was the twelfth Susuhunan (ruler of Surakarta) and the longest ruling of all monarchs in Surakarta history.

He reigned under Japanese occupation during the Second World War, and through the Sukarno and Suharto eras; in effect, three eras in which traditional Javanese power had been both respected and challenged.

Towards the end of his reign, he was able to stake the claim of his palaces' context in the modern Indonesia by the publication of Karaton Surakarta: A Look into the Court of Surakarta Hadiningrat, Central Java which was published in the same year of his death.