Paku Alam IV was

Duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...

(''Adipati'') of

Pakualaman The Principality of Pakualaman (also written Paku Alaman; Dutch-spelling: Pakoe-alaman) is a minor Javanese princely state within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. It was created in 1812 when Natakusuma (later Prince Paku Alam I) was rewarded for ...

between 1864 and 1878. Pakualaman (also written Paku Alaman) became a small hereditary

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within the

Sultanate of Yogyakarta The Sultanate of Yogyakarta, officially the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat ( ; ), is a Javanese monarchy in Yogyakarta Special Region, in the Republic of Indonesia. The current head of the sultanate is Hamengkubuwono X. Yogyakart ...

, as a mirror-image 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 ...

in the territory of the Susuhunanate of Surakarta Mataram 1830-en

The son of

Paku Alam III Paku Alam III was Duke (''Adipati'') of Pakualaman between 1858 and 1864, making him the second shortest reigning Paku Alam. Pakualaman became a small hereditary Duchy within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta, as a mirror-image of Mangkunegaran in the ...

, Paku Alam IV was the last Paku Alam to be buried at

Kota Gede Kotagede () is a city district (''kemantren'') and a historic neighborhood in Yogyakarta, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Kotagede contains the remains of the first capital of Mataram Sultanate, established in the 16th century. Some of th ...

, his son

Paku Alam V Paku Alam V was Duke (''Adipati'') of Pakualaman between 1878 and 1900. Pakualaman (also written Paku Alaman) became a small hereditary Duchy within the Yogyakarta Sultanate, as a mirror-image of Mangkunegaran in the territory of the Surakarta Sunan ...

was the instigator of the royal burial ground at Girigondo

Subsequent list of rulers

, 1878 – 1900 * Paku Alam VI, 1901 – 1902 * Paku Alam VII, 1903 – 1938 *

Paku Alam VIII Sri Paku Alam VIII (10 April 1910 – 11 September 1998) was Duke (''Pangeran Adipati'') of Pakualaman serving as the second Governor of Yogyakarta. He was the son of Paku Alam VII and ''Gusti Bendara Raden Ayu Retno Poewoso''. His child's name ...

, 1938 – 1999 *

Paku Alam IX KGPAA Paku Alam IX (7 May 1938 – 21 November 2015) was the Duke of Pakualaman, in central Java, Indonesia. His court name before he became ''Paku Alam IX'' was ''Bendara Raden Mas Ambarkusumo''. He succeeded as ''Paku Alam'' upon the death of ...

, 1999 — 2015

Family history

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