Mangkunegara IX (18 August 1951 – 13 August 2021) was the traditional ruler of the former state of

Mangkunegaran The Principality of Mangkunegaran () was a small Javanese princely state located within the region of Surakarta in Indonesia. It was established in 1757 by Raden Mas Said, when he submitted his army to Pakubuwono III in February, and swore a ...

, located in

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, Indonesia. He succeeded his father,

Mangkunegara VIII Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Mangkunegara VIII (Kartasura, 7 April 1925 – Surakarta, 2 August 1987) was an Indonesian politician, and the eighth and last sovereign Duke of Mangkunegaran, who reigned from 1944 until his death in 1987. He e ...

, as the 9th Ruler of Mangkunegaran on 3 September 1987. His full royal name was ''Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Mangkunegara IX.'' Prior to his accession he was named Gusti Pangeran Hadiningrat Sujiwa Kusuma. In the meantime G.P.H. Sudjiwo Kusumo became

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in Mangkunegaran. His accession was controversial because for the first time in Indonesian history, Mangkunegaran involved relatives outside the core to participate in the decision.

Early life

He was born in

Surakarta Surakarta (Javanese script, Javanese: , Pegon script, Pegon: ), known colloquially as Solo (Javanese script, Javanese: ; ), is a major List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in Central Java, Indonesia. The city adjoins Karanganyar Reg ...

the son of

with brothers

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G.P.H. Radityo Prabukusumo, B.R.Aj. Retno Satuti. Rahadiyan Yamin, B.R.Aj. Retno Rosati Hudiono Kadarisman, B.R.M. Susaktyo, B.R.M. Herwasto, B.R.M. Kumiyakto and B.R.Aj. Retno Astrini. His maternal grandfather and father were their brother and sister's son Mangkunegara V. His maternal grandfather was Prince Suryakusuma descended from the father whose grandfather was

Mangkunegara VII {{Infobox royalty , name = Mangkunegara , birth_name = Raden Mas Surya Suprapta , birth_date = November 12, 1885 , birth_place = Surakarta , death_date = July 19, 1944 , death_place = , title = Kanjeng Gusti Pangera ...

Personal life and death

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Sudjiwo Kusumo was previously married to

Sukmawati Sukarnoputri Diah Mutiara Sukmawati Sukarnoputri (born 26 October 1951) is the third daughter of Indonesia’s founding president Sukarno and his wife Fatmawati. Sukmawati is the younger sister of former Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri and politic ...

, the third daughter of Indonesia's founding president

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and his wife Fatmawati. They divorced in 1984 after they had two children. After his ascension to throne, he married Prisca Marina, the only daughter of former ambassador and military officer Yogi Supardi, on 28 June 1990. Minister of Defence L. B. Moerdani, Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Supardjo Rustam, and Chairman of the

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Surono Reksodimedjo became their wedding witnesses. He had two children with Marina. He died at the age of 69 on 13 August 2021 in Jakarta, five days short of his 70th birthday.

Crown Prince

G.P.H. Sudjiwo Kusumo became the

, replacing his brother G.P.H. Radityo Prabukusumo who died in 1987. He was the fourth son of

Existence dilemma

The King is no longer the head of government of his nominal territory. The monarchy was originally supplanted when the area was colonized by

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. Following the end of colonial rule, it retained its ceremonial role.

References

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