Pakubuwono III

Pakubuwono III (also transliterated Pakubuwana III) (1732–1788) was the second Susuhunan of Surakarta). Also known as Sinuhun Paliyan Negari He was proclaimed by the Dutch as successor to his father in 1749 in accordance to his father's will, but with the ongoing Mataram's War of Succession, only when the Mataram Sultanate was officially divided through the Treaty of Giyanti into the Surakarta Sunanate and Yogyakarta Sultanate in 1755, was he officially proclaimed as the Susuhanan of Surakarta^[1].

Pakubuwono III
Painting of Pakubuwana III, by unknown author.
Susuhunan of Surakarta
Reign	1755–1788
Successor	Pakubuwana IV
Susuhunan of Mataram
Reign	1749 –1755
Predecessor	Pakubuwana II
Born	Gusti Raden Mas Suryadi (1732-02-24)24 February 1732 Kartasura Palace, Kartasura, Mataram Sultanate
Died	26 September 1788(1788-09-26) (aged 56) Surakarta Palace, Surakarta, Surakarta Sunanate
Spouse	Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Kencana
Issue	Pakubuwana IV
Regnal name Sampeyan Dalem Ingkang Sinuhun Kanjeng Susuhunan Pakubuwana Senapati ing Ngalaga Abdurrahman Sayyidin Panatagama Ingkang Jumeneng Kaping III
House	Mataram
Father	Pakubuwana II
Mother	Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas