Paku Alam III

Paku Alam III was a ruler of the principality of Pakualaman between 1858 and 1864, making it the second shortest reign of a prince of the Pak Alam.

Pakualaman (also written Paku Alaman) became a small hereditary Duchy within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta, as a mirror-image of the Mangkunegaran principality in the territory of the Susuhunanate of Surakarta.

Paku Alam III was considered to be an enthusiastic author and literary patron ^[1]

Location of Pakualaman within the Yogakarta Sultanate.

The son of Paku Alam II, Paku Alam III was buried at Kota Gede.

Subsequent list of rulers

• Paku Alam IV, 1864 – 1878
• Paku Alam V, 1878 – 1900
• Paku Alam VI, 1901 – 1902
• Paku Alam VII, 1903 – 1938
• Paku Alam VIII, 1938 – 1999
• Paku Alam IX, 1999 — 2015
• Paku Alam X, 2015 -

Notes

1. page 120 Ricklefs, M. C. (Merle Calvin) (1981), A history of modern Indonesia : c.1300 to the present, Macmillan ; Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ISBN 978-0-333-24380-0