Maulana Hasanuddin of Banten

Maulana Hasanuddin (also spelled Hasanuddin) was the second ruler of the Banten Sultanate, following the mysterious Sunan Gunung Jati when he left to found Cirebon. Hasanudin reigned from c. 1552 to 1570.

Maulana Hasanuddin
First ruler of Banten Sultanate
Sultan of Banten
Reign15521570
PredecessorSunan Gunung Jati (sultan of Cirebon)
SuccessorMaulana Yusuf
Born1478
Died1570
Banten Sultanate
Burial
IssueMaulana Yusuf of Banten
Pangeran Sunyararas
HouseAzmatkhan
FatherSunan Gunung Jati
MotherNyi Kawunganten
ReligionSunni Islam

He extended the domains of Banten to the pepper-producing region of Lampung, in South Sumatra. This area, which already had long-standing ties with West Java, facilitated Banten's rise to prominence as a pepper port.[1]

Notes

  1. M.C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia Since c. 1300, 2nd ed., Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994, 38
Preceded by
Sultan of Banten
ca. 15521570
Succeeded by
Maulana Yusuf of Banten


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