Ruler · 1821 – 1877

Hamengkubuwono VI

Lived 1821 – 1877. Sultan of Yogyakarta of Yogyakarta Sultanate, 1855 – 1877.

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Lived: 1821 – 1877; 56 years
In office: 22 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Yogyakarta Sultanate
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Sultan of Yogyakarta

Yogyakarta Sultanate · the 10th of 12 dated reigns · 1755 – 1939

6 before

Hamengkubuwono V1823 – 1826

Hamengkubuwono II1826 – 1828

Hamengkubuwono V1828 – 1855

Hamengkubuwono VI1855 – 1877

Hamengkubuwono VII1877 – 1921

Hamengkubuwono VIII1921 – 1939

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

Reigned 1855 – 1877 · 22 years · came to it aged 34

Came to it: inheritedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1877, the year they died

He succeeded his older brother, Hamengkubuwono V, who died in the midst of political instability within the Yogyakarta Palace.

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