Sulaeman Sastrawinata

Raden Adipati Aria
Sulaeman Sastrawinata
Regent of Ciamis
In office
1914–1935
MonarchWilhelmina
Personal details
Born(1869-02-27)27 February 1869
Purwakarta, Dutch East Indies
Died16 June 1951(1951-06-16) (aged 82)
Spouses
  • Mojanegara
    (m. 1896; died 1916)
  • Suhaemi
    (m. 1916)
  • Kancananingrat
    (m. 1919)
ChildrenMultiple, including Kurnianingrat

Raden Adipati Aria Sulaeman Sastrawinata (27 February 1869 – 16 June 1951) was a Sundanese aristocrat and the regent of Ciamis under the Dutch East Indies from 1914 to 1935.

Early life

Sastrawinata was born in Purwakarta, West Java.[1] He had been the chief prosecutor (jaksa) in Serang.[2]

Regent of Ciamis

Sastrawinata was appointed regent (bupati) in 1914, replacing the retiring Raden Adipati Aria Kusumabrata of Galuh. In 1916, he changed the name of Galuh to Ciamis, a move that brought disapproval among many residents.[2]

Death

Sastrawinata died on 16 June 1951.[3]

Marriages and children

Sastrawinata's first marriage was to Mojanegara, whom he married in 1896.[1] She died of dysentery and did not bear him any children, but they adopted a niece and nephew from Purwakarta. When she was seeking treatment from Dutch doctors in Garut, she became fond of a local girls' school teacher named Suhaemi, who was 15 years old at the time. Prior to her death, Mojanegara asked her husband to marry Suhaemi,[4] and the two were married in 1916.[1] Despite being the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Suhaemi was not of noble birth, so she could not become Sastraningrat's official wife and take the title of Raden Ayu.[4] In 1919, he married Kancananingrat, the widowed daughter of the regent of Sumedang, and she became his Raden Ayu.[1][5]

Ten days before Sastrawinata's marriage to Kancananingrat, Suhaemi gave birth to his first child, a daughter whom he named Kurnia, meaning gift. He later appended her name with ningrat to indicate aristocratic descent.[4] Suhaemi's second child, a son, was born in 1924,[6] and two more daughters were born in 1932 and 1934.[7]

References

Citations

Bibliography

  • Kosoh S.; Suwarno K.; Syafei (1994) [1981]. Sejarah Daerah Jawa Barat [History of West Java] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan. OCLC 35218996. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  • Prof. Dr. R. Sulaeman Sastrawinata v. Hasan Prawirasasmita, 1518 K/Pdt/2015 (Supreme Court of Indonesia 27 October 2015).
  • Snouckaert van Schauburg, W.; Irish'Stephenson, M.; Adelink, J. C. H.; Van Woesik, M. F. X. M. (1937). De Nederlandsche Ridderorden, 1900–1936 [The Dutch Orders of Knighthood, 1900–1936] (in Dutch). Amsterdam / The Hague: Nederlandsche Biografische Uitgevers-Maatschappij NV.
  • Zainu'ddin, Ailsa Thomson (1997). "Building the Future: The Life and Work of Kurnianingrat Ali Sastroamijoyo". In Taylor, Jean Gelman (ed.). Women Creating Indonesia: The First Fifty Years. Monash Papers on Southeast Asia. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: Monash Asia Institute. pp. 156–202. ISBN 978-0-7326-1156-9.