Javanese Wars of Succession

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Were three military confrontations between the Dutch East India Company and the Mataram Sultanate on central Java between 1703 and 1755. The hereditary succession in Maratam was at stake, prompting the VOC to field its own candidates in an attempt to gain more influence in central and eastern Java.

Chronology

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1. First Javanese War of Succession

Was a struggle between Sultan Amangkurat III of Mataram and the Dutch East India Company who supported the claim of the Sultan's uncle, Pangeran Puger to the throne.

January 1709: Mataram ceded Priangan, Madura, Semarang the Dutch East India Company.

January 1704: Struggle between Sultan Amangkurat III of Mataram and the Dutch East India Company who supported the claim of the Sultan's uncle, Pangeran Puger to the throne.

2. Second Javanese War of Succession

A struggle between Sultan Amangkurat IV of Mataram supported by the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) against the rebellion of rival Princes who contested his right for the throne.

January 1719: 1719-1723: a struggle between Sultan Amangkurat IV of Mataram supported by the Dutch East India Company (Dutch: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, VOC) against the rebellion of rival Princes who contested his right for the throne.

3. Third Javanese War of Succession

Was a civil war on the island of Java that led to the partition of the Mataram Sultanate.

February 1755: At the end of the Javanese Wars of Succession, Mataram was carved into three weak Vorstenlanden ("Princely Lands"), independent in name only, as a consequence of the divide and rule policy of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).

February 1755: The kingdom of Mataram was divided in 1755 under an agreement signed in Giyanti between the Dutch under the Governor General Nicolaas Hartingh and rebellious prince Mangkubumi. The treaty divided nominal control over central Java between Yogyakarta Sultanate, under Mangkubumi, and Surakarta, under Pakubuwana.