Surakarta Sunanate
Surakarta Sunanate Surakarta Sunanate is a Javanese monarchy centered in the city of Surakarta, in the province of Central Java, Indonesia. The Surakarta Kraton were established in 1745 by Pakubuwono II. Surakarta Sunanate and Yogyakarta Sultanate are together the successors of Mataram Sultanate. While Yogyakarta rulers are called sultans, the rulers of Surakarta are called as sunans. After Sultan Agung, the power and prestige of Sultanate of Mataram was declining due to power struggle and conflict of succession within the royal family. The VOC exploited the power struggle to increase its control on Java, and manage to gain concessions of Mataram's former colony in Priangan and Semarang. The Mataram seat in Plered near Kotagede were collapsed after the Trunojoyo revolt in 1677. Sunan Amral (Amangkurat II) relocate the palace to Kartasura. During the reign of Sunan Pakubuwono II, in 1742 Raden Mas Garendi (Sunan Kuning) led the Chinese mercenaries and launched a revolt against t...