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The Principality of Pakualaman (also written Paku Alaman; Dutch-spelling: Pakoe-alaman) is a minor Javanese princely state within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta.<!--

Key facts

Country.common_name
Pakualaman
Country.conventional_long_name
Principality of Pakualaman
Country.native_name
ꦏꦢꦶꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦦꦏꦸꦮꦭꦩ꧀ꦩꦤ꧀
Country.religion
Islam
Country.p1
Yogyakarta Sultanate
Country.s1
Special Region of Yogyakarta
Country.event_start
Coronation of Paku Alam I
Country.event_end
Integration with Indonesia
Country.date_end
4 March
Country.image_flag
Flag of Pakualaman.svg
Country.image_coat
Emblem of Pakualaman.svg
Country.symbol_type
Emblem (Poho)
Country.image_map
Mataram 1830-en.png
Country.map_caption
Location of Pakualaman (yellow) within the Yogyakarta Sultanate (green).
Country.capital
Pakualaman
Country.common_languages
Javanese
Country.government_type
Absolute monarchy (until 1945)Devolved Constitutional monarchy within the unitary presidential republic (from 1945)
Country.title_leader
Duke of Pakualaman

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Formation
  • Princely state
  • List of rulers
  • References

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 helping the British quell the conflict in Yogyakarta in June 1812. It became the mirror image of Mangkunegaran in the territory of the Surakarta Sunanate.

A Pakualaman Corps of 100 cavalry (later 50 cavalry and 100 infantry) was established, but was never to become as significant as the Mangkunegaran Legion, and disbanded in 1892. Due to Paku Alam VIII's role in the Indonesian independence movement, a law was passed to allow the position of vice-governor of the Yogyakarta Special Region to be filled hereditarily by the reigning Prince Paku Alam at any particular time, while the Sultans of Yogyakarta fills the role of Governor on a hereditary basis.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pakualaman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.