Name Pakubuwono X Grandchildren Pakubuwono XII Role Ruler Grandparents Pakubuwono VIII | Parents Pakubuwono IX Great-grandparents Pakubuwono IV Children Pakubuwono XI | |
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Died 1939, Surakarta, Indonesia | ||
Ranah Politik Pakubuwono X ''Sang pemimpin Keraton Surakarta''
Mengenang sri sultan PAKUBUWONO X
Pakubuwono X (also transliterated Pakubuwana X, sometimes abbreviated 'PBX (29 November 1866 – 20 February 1939) was the tenth Susuhunan (ruler of Surakarta).
Contents
- Ranah Politik Pakubuwono X Sang pemimpin Keraton Surakarta
- Mengenang sri sultan PAKUBUWONO X
- Politics
- Family
- Name sequence
- Honours
- Death and funeral train
- References
Politics
His reign corresponded with the political changes happening in the Dutch East Indies at the time, in particular the growth of local indigenous political organizations such as Budi Utomo and Sarekat Islam of which he and the royal family were patrons.
Family
Pakubuwono X was known to have many concubines, but his main consort was GKR Hemas, the daughter of Sultan Hamengkubuwono VII of Yogyakarta. He was also known major contributor to improvements at the Royal Graveyard of Imogiri, where he himself is buried.
Name sequence
His correct title in Javanese etiquette standards contains honorific appellations, some of which each successive ruler inherits. He reigned from 1893 to 1939 and was the longest ruling Susuhanan of Surakarta to his time.
Names in Javanese royalty are adjusted with status changes.
Honours
Pakubuwono X received many honours from foreign countries.
Death and funeral train
When PB X died, his coffin was delivered between Surakarta and Yogyakarta by a NIS train. His coffin's trip to Imogiri was one of the most photographed royal funeral processions of rulers of his era.