Surakarta Sultanate

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Was a Sultanate in the island of Java. It was established in 1745 by Pakubuwono II. Surakarta Sunanate and Yogyakarta Sultanate were together the successors of Mataram Sultanate. After the Javanese Wars of Succession, it became a Dutch protectorate.

Establishment

January 1746: The Surakarta Kraton was established in 1745 by Pakubuwono II. Surakarta Sunanate and Yogyakarta Sultanate are together the successors of Mataram Sultanate.

Chronology

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1. Javanese Wars of Succession

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.

1.1.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).