- Hamengkubuwana IV
Hamengkubuwana IV (also spelled Hamengkubuwono IV,
April 3 1804 -December 6 1822 ) is the fourthsultan of Yogyakarta , reigning from 1814 to 1822.His reign was a period of political deterioration that ultimately led up to the
Java War . Upon his premature death, rumors circulated that he had been poisoned. His three-year-old son,Hamengkubuwana V , ascended the throne amid controversy over who would act as regent. [M.C. Ricklefs, "A History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1300", 2nd ed., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994, 115-116]Notes
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