Ruler · 1750 – 1828

Hamengkubuwono II

Lived 1750 – 1828. Sultan of Yogyakarta of Yogyakarta Sultanate, 1792 – 1810 and 2 more terms.

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Lived: 1750 – 1828; 78 years
In office: 21 years; 3 reigns
Lines: 1; Yogyakarta Sultanate
Left it: deposed; the ruler's own article

Sultan of Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta Sultanate · the 2nd, 4th and 8th of 12 dated reigns · 1755 – 1939

Hamengkubuwono I1755 – 1792

Hamengkubuwono II1792 – 1810

Hamengkubuwono III1810 – 1811

Hamengkubuwono II1811 – 1812

Hamengkubuwono III1812 – 1814

Hamengkubuwono IV1814 – 1823

Hamengkubuwono V1823 – 1826

Hamengkubuwono II1826 – 1828

Hamengkubuwono V1828 – 1855

Hamengkubuwono VI1855 – 1877

Hamengkubuwono VII1877 – 1921

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deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recordthis entry

Reigned 1792 – 1810 · 18 years · came to it aged 42 · term 1 of 3

Came to it: inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

He succeeded his father, Hamengkubuwono I, who died in 1792.

After Daendels pressured him, in December 1810, he was forced to abdicate in favour of his son, Raden Mas Surojo, who was made the new sultan, under the name Hamengkubuwono III.

Reigned 1811 – 1812 · 1 year · came to it aged 61 · term 2 of 3

Came to it: the parent of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposedread from the ruler's own article

However, due to his aggressive behaviour towards the English, six months later in June 1812, he was deposed and exiled to Penang.

Reigned 1826 – 1828 · 2 years · came to it aged 76 · term 3 of 3

Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1828, the year they died

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