Ruler · 1880 – 1939

Hamengkubuwono VIII

Lived 1880 – 1939; politician. Sultan of Yogyakarta of Yogyakarta Sultanate, 1921 – 1939.

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Lived: 1880 – 1939; 59 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Yogyakarta Sultanate
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Sultan of Yogyakarta

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

8 before

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 1921 – 1939 · 18 years · came to it aged 41

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1939, the year they died

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