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Suhita
ꦯꦸꦲꦶꦡ
Maharani of Majapahit
Bhre Daha
Statue of Queen Suhita of Majapahit.
6th Maharani of Majapahit
Reign1429 – 1447
PredecessorVikramavardhana
SuccessorKertawijaya
Bornbefore 1406[citation needed]
Majapahit
Died1447
Majapahit
Burial
Singhajaya
SpouseRatnapangkaja, Prince of Kahuripan
(d. 1446)
Regnal name
Bhra Prabhu Stri Dewi Suhita
(Pararaton)
HouseRajasa
FatherVikramavardhana
MotherKusumawardhani
ReligionHinduism

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

Early life and succession

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
Preceded by Monarch of Majapahit Empire
1429–1447
Succeeded by