Researching Paku Alam
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Records of Paku Alam on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paku Alam and the Alam Family History
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Some Famous People called Paku Alam
Paku Alam VIII
Sri Paku Alam VIII (10 April 1910 – 11 September 1998) was the second Governor of Yogyakarta. He was the son of Paku Alam VII and Gusti Bendara Raden Ayu Retno Poewoso. His child name was Gusti Raden Mas Harya Sularso Kunto Suratno and his adult name was Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Prabu.
He acceded to the throne of the Pakualaman principality Kadipaten Pakualaman on 12 April 1937 with the official name Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Paku Alam VIII. The Pakualaman dates from 1812 and is an enclave within the Yogyakarta Sultanate.
He died in office in 1998, and was buried in the family graveyard at Girigondo.
Paku Alam VIII was a major figure in the independence struggle. His contribution, together with that of Hamengkubuwono IX, led to Yogyakarta gaining status as a Special Region where the sultan and the prince serve respectively as governor and vice-governor for life.
Source: Paku Alam VIII, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPaku Alam VII
Paku Alam VII acceded to the throne of the Pakualaman principality Kadipaten Pakualaman in 1903, and died in 1937.
Pakualaman (also written Paku Alaman) became a small hereditary Duchy within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta, as a mirror-image of the Mangkunegaran principality in the territory of the Susuhunanate of Surakarta.
On the 25th Anniversary of his rule in 1931, six years before his death, he was celebrated with special events and a book
The Pakualaman dates from 1812 and is an enclave within the Yogyakarta Sultanate. He was succeeded by his son.
Source: Paku Alam VII, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPaku Alam IX
KGPAA Paku Alam IX (7 May 1938 – 21 November 2015) was the ruler of Pakualaman, in central Java, Indonesia. His court name before he became Paku Alam IX was Bendara Raden Mas Ambarkusumo. He succeeded as Paku Alam upon the death of the last ruler, his father Paku Alam VIII, on 11 September 1998, and was formally installed as Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya Paku Alam IX on 26 May 1999.
Like his predecessor, he was also the vice-governor of the Yogyakarta Special Region, serving under Sultan Hamengkubuwana X.
Paku Alam IX resided in Paku Alaman palace in Yogyakarta. He died on 21 November 2015 after being admitted to a hospital five days earlier.
He is buried in the family cemetery in Girigondo in the nearby Kulon Progo district.
On January 7, 2016, his eldest son Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Haryo (KGPH) Suryodilogo succeeded him as Paku Alam X.
Source: Paku Alam IX, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPaku Alam X
KGPAA Paku Alam X (born in Yogyakarta on 15 December 1962) is the ruler of Pakualaman, a small principality in Yogyakarta in central Java, Indonesia. He succeeded as Paku Alam upon the death of the previous ruler, his father Paku Alam IX, who died on 21 November 2015. He was formally crowned with the Royal Javanese title of Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Arya (KGPAA) Paku Alam X on 7 January 2016, and as stated in the National Constitution, on 25 May 2016, He was sworn and appointed as the hereditary Vice-Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region.
Source: Paku Alam X, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Alam
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Ahlin Ahlum Alaimo Alamia Alamo Alan Alen Aleon Alewine Aliano Allain Allam Allamby Allan Allein Alleine Allemby Allen Allena Alleyn Alleyne Allin Allom Allon Allone Allum Allun Allwein Allwine Allyn Alm Almaw Almey Almy Alumbaugh Alwen Alwin Alwine Alywen Alywin Aylen Aylin Aylwin
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