Her Highness Ratu Hemas of Yogyakarta |
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Deputy Speaker of the Regional Representative Council | |
Assumed office 2009 |
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President |
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
Ratu of Yogyakarta | |
Assumed office 1989 |
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Monarch | Hamengkubuwana X |
President |
Suharto B. J. Habibie Abdurrahman Wahid Megawati Sukarnoputri Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Joko Widodo |
Personal details | |
Born |
Tatiek Drajad Supriastuti October 31, 1952 |
Spouse(s) | Hamengkubuwana X |
Children |
Princess Mangkubumi Princess Candrakirana Princess Maduretno Princess Hayu Princess Bendara |
Parents | Colonel Soepono Digdosastropranoto Raden Nganten Soesamtilah Soepono |
Residence | The Royal Palace of Yogyakarta |
Education | Trisakti University (unfinished 1968) |
Profession | Politician |
Religion | Islam |
Yogyakarta Royal Family |
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Extended royal family
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Ratu Hemas of Yogyakarta (born October 31, 1952) is the queen consort of the Kingdom of Yogyakarta, a special region in Indonesia
Ratu Hemas, born as Tatiek Dradjad Supriastuti is the third child and sole daughter of seven siblings. She grew up in Kebayoran Lama, Jakarta Selatan. Her Father, Colonel Soepono Digdosastropranoto, was an official in the Indonesia Army who was born in Yogyakarta. Her Mother, Raden Nganten Susamtilah Soepono, was a housewife from Wates, Kulonprogo. Hemas went to school in Jakarta until she graduated from High School and continued to pursue her study in the department of Architecture in Trisakti University. She did not finished her study in the university and got married in 1968 Hemas then followed her husband and live in Yogyakarta
Every year Tatiek's family has the family tradition to go to her grandfather's house in Soronatan Yogyakarta. The grandfather was a retired palace official. In late 1960s, Tatiek met the oldest son of the late reigning Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Herjuno Darpito, who, later on, succeeded his father as Sultan Hamengkubuwono X. At the age of 19 Hemas was married to Herjuno Darpito (6 years older) and left her study in the university. Her name was changed for the first time as Bandara Raden Ayu Mangkubumi, before finally was changed to Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hemas when Herjuno Darpito ascend the throne and became Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X. Her marriage was blessed with five children; Princess Mangkubumi, Princess Candrakirana, Princess Maduretno, Princess Hayu, and Princess Bendara.