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 Great Queen of Majapahit
Reign1429 – 1447
PredecessorWikramawardhana
SuccessorWijayaparakmarawardhana
Bornbefore 1406
Kingdom of Majapahit
Died1447
Kingdom of Majapahit
Burial
Singhajaya
SpouseRatnapangkaja, Prince of Kahuripan
Regnal name
Prabhu Stri Suhita
HouseRajasa
FatherWikramawardhana
ReligionHinduism

Early life

She was the daughter of King Wikramawardhana (formally Bhra Hyang Wisesa),[1]:242 her predecessor.[2] Her mother was Queen Kusumawardhani. She had two older brothers: Hyang Wekas ing Sukha, and Prince of Tumapel also a younger brother: Dyah Kertawijaya. Both of her older brothers were died before ascended the throne let her gained the power. She was the prabhu stri or "queen regnant" mentioned in Pararaton. Later, she was succeeded by her younger brother Dyah Kertawijaya by the regnal name King Wijayaparakramawardhana.

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 symbolized deceased royalty in transformation.[4]

Ancestry

Singhawardhana, Prince of Paguhan
Wikramawardhana
Bhra Hyang Wisesa
5th Great King of Majapahit
Kertawardhana, Prince of Tumapel
Rajasaduteswari, Princess of Pajang
Tribhuwana Tunggadewi
3rd Great Queen of Majapahit
Suhita
6th Great Queen of Majapahit
Kertawardhana, Prince of Tumapel
Rajasanagara
4th Great King of Majapahit
Tribhuwana Tunggadewi
3rd Great Queen of Majapahit
Kusumawardhani
Princess of Kabalan
Princess of Lasem
Wijayarajasa, Prince of Wengker
Sudevi

Notes

  1. Cœdès, George (1968). The Indianized states of Southeast Asia. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824803681.
  2. Noorduyn, J. (1978). "Majapahit in the Fifteenth Century". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde. 134 (2/3): 207–274. ISSN 0006-2294.
  3. Claire Holt. Art in Indonesia: Continuities and Change. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 1967, p. 276.
  4. Jan Fontein, R. Soekmono, and Satyawati Suleiman. Ancient Indonesian Art of the Central and Eastern Javanese Periods, New York: Asia Society Inc., 1971, p. 146-147.
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