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Hayam Wuruk

Hayam WurukMonarch of Majapahit Empire

Reign Majapahit: 13501389

Full name Rajasanagara

Birthplace Majapahit

Place of death Majapahit

Predecessor Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi

Successor Wikramawardhana

Consort Paduka Sori

Consort Concubine (Wirabhumi's mother)

Dynasty Rajasa Dynasty

Father Cakradhara

Mother Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi

Genealogy diagram of Rajasa Dynasty, the royal family ofSinghasari and Majapahit. Rulers are highlighted with period of

reign.

Hayam Wuruk, also called (after 1350) Rajasanagara,(13341389), was a Javanese King from Rajasa Dynastyand the fourth monarch of Majapahit empire. Togetherwith his prime minister Gajah Mada, he reigned theempire at the time of its greatest power. He was precededby Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi and succeeded by hisson in law Wikramawardhana. Most of the account of hislife was taken from Nagarakretagama and Pararaton.

Early life

Hayam Wuruk born in 1334, the year that Gajah Madadeclared his oath Sumpah Palapa. Hayam Wuruk means"scholar rooster". He was the son of TribhuwanaTunggadewi and Sri Kertawardhana or Cakradhara. Hismother was the daughter of Raden Wijaya founder ofMajapahit, meanwhile his father was the son of BhreTumapel lesser king of Singhasari. Both Pararaton andNagarakretagama praised Hayam Wuruk as a handsome,bright, talented, and exceptional student in courtly martialart of archery and fencing, also mastering politicsscriptures, as well as arts and music. He was known as anaccomplished ceremonial dancer in the court. Someaccounts report about Hayam Wuruk performances in a traditional ceremonial Javanese mask dance. His mother,Queen Tribhuwana educated and groomed him to become the next monarch of Majapahit.

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The ReignIn 1350 Gayatri Rajapatni died in her retirement at a buddhist monastery. She was the consort of Raden Wijaya, thefirst king of Majapahit, and also the grandmother of Hayam Wuruk. Queen Tribhuwana had to descend from thethrone because she ruled Majapahit under Rajapatni's auspices, and she was obliged to relinquish her throne to herson.Hayam Wuruk inherited the throne in 1350 at the age of 16 when the patih (prime minister) Gajah Mada was at theheight of his career. Under his rule, Majapahit extended its power throughout the Indonesian archipelago.According to Pararaton and Kidung Sunda, in 1357 King Hayam Wuruk was expected to marry Dyah PitalokaCitraresmi, the princess of the Sunda Kingdom. The reason for this royal engagement was probably political, tofoster the alliance between the Majapahit and the Sundanese Kingdoms. However in the Bubat incident, the Sundaroyal family and their guards were involved in a skirmish with Majapahit troops. The planned royal wedding endedin disaster with the death of the princess and the whole Sunda royal party. The court officials blamed Gajah Madabecause it was his intention to demand submission from Sunda Kingdom that ended in bloodshed.Several years later Hayam Wuruk married his cousin, Paduka Sori. In 1365 (or 1287 Saka year), Mpu Prapancawrote the kakawin Nagarakretagama, the old Javanese eulogy for King Hayam Wuruk. The manuscript describedHayam Wuruk's royal excursion around the Majapahit realm to visit villages, holy shrines, vassal kingdoms andterritory in East Java.Hayam Wuruk had a daughter, Cown Princess Kusumawardhani, with Queen Sori. Kusumawardhani married arelative, Prince Wikramawardhana. However from a consort concubine, Hayam Wuruk had a son, PrinceWirabhumi. After Hayam Wuruk's death in 1389, the empire fell into chaos and decline during the contest oversuccession between Wikramawardhana and Wirabhumi. The dispute ended in Wirabhumi's defeat in the Paregregwar. Wikramawardhana succeeded Hayam Wuruk as the King of Majapahit.

Notes

References Pringle, Robert. (2004)A Short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu Realm, Crows Nest, NSW: Allan & Unwin.

PrecededbyTribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi

Monarch of MajapahitEmpire

13501389

SucceededbyWikramawardhana

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