Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi
Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi or Citra Rashmi, was the princess of the Sunda Kingdom in Western Java. According to the Pararaton or Book of Kings, she was supposed to marry Hayam Wuruk, the new young king of Majapahit who had a great desire to take her as his queen. However in the tragedy known as the The Bubat Incident she took her own life. Tradition describes her as a girl of extraordinary beauty. Hayam Wuruk, king of Majapahit decided, probably for political reasons, to take princess Citra Rashmi as his spouse. She was a daughter of Prabu Maharaja Lingga Buana of the Sunda Kingdom. Patih Madhu, a matchmaker from Majapahit was sent to the kingdom to ask for her hand in royal marriage. Delighted by the proposal and seeing the opportunity to foster an alliance with Majapahit, the mightiest kingdom in the region, the king of Sunda gave his blessing and decided to accompany his daughter to Majapahit for the wedding. In 1357 the Sunda king and the royal family arri...