Suhita

Suhita or Soheeta (died 1447), was a Javanese queen regnant and the sixth monarch of the Majapahit empire, ruling from 1429 to 1447.

Suhita ꦯꦸꦲꦶꦡ
Maharani of Majapahit Bhre Daha
Statue of Queen Suhita of Majapahit.
6th Maharani of Majapahit
Reign	1429 – 1447
Predecessor	Vikramavardhana
Successor	Kertawijaya
Born	before 1406[citation needed] Majapahit
Died	1447 Majapahit
Burial	Singhajaya
Spouse	Ratnapangkaja, Prince of Kahuripan (d. 1446)
Regnal name Bhra Prabhu Stri Dewi Suhita (Pararaton)
House	Rajasa
Father	Vikramavardhana
Mother	Kusumawardhani
Religion	Hinduism

Early life and succession

She was the daughter of King Wikramawardhana (formally Bhra Hyang Wisesa),^[1]: 242 her predecessor.^[2] Her mother was strongly possibly his principal wife, Kusumawardhani seeing that her name was written without prefixes rabi anom, rabi haji, or rabi ksatria usually used to refer a son or daughter of a concubine. If so, her parents as well as the king and the queen were first cousins. She had two older brothers: Hyang Wekas ing Sukha, and 2nd Prince of Tumapel also a younger brother: Dyah Kertawijaya. Both of her older brothers died during the reign of Wikramawardhana.

As he died in 1429, Pararaton reported that the empire was ruled by a queen regnant or prabhu stri. Suhita was the woman suspected. Later, she was succeeded by her younger brother Dyah Kertawijaya by the regnal name King Wijayaparakramawardhana.

Personal life

Suhita was arranged to marry her close relative, Prince Ratnapangkaja. He was son of Surawardhani and Ranamanggala Dyah Sumirat. He was whose mother was Suhita's paternal aunt, and father was a son of Dyah Sotor, Hayam Wuruk's agnatic half-brother.

Legend

The Damarwulan legend is associated with her reign, as it involves a maiden queen (Prabu Kenya in the story), and during Suhita's reign, there was a war with Blambangan as in the legend.^[3]

A notable monumental sculpture found in Tulungagung Regency, East Java has been identified by some authors as of Suhita. She is dressed in royal attire, including ear pendants, necklaces, bracelets, anklets, and pendants hung from several girdles. In her right hand, she holds a lotus bud, which symbolizes deceased royalty in transformation.^[4]

Ancestry

Singhawardhana 1st Prince of Paguhan

Wikramawardhana Bhra Hyang Wisesa 5th King of Majapahit

Kertawardhana 1st Prince of Tumapel

Rajasaduhiteswari 1st Princess of Pajang

Tribhuwanotunggadewi 3rd Queen of Majapahit

Suhita 6th Queen of Majapahit

Kertawardhana 1st Prince of Tumapel

Rajasanagara 4th King of Majapahit

Tribhuwanotunggadewi 3rd Queen of Majapahit

Kusumawardhani 1st Princess of Kabalan 3rd Princess of Lasem

Wijayarajasa Bhra Parameswara of Pamotan 1st Prince of Wengker

Paduka Sori