Kingdom of Larantuka

Kingdom of Larantuka Reino de Larantuca Ilimandiri Larantuka Kerajaan Larantuka
1515–1962
Location of Flores and surrounding islands in Indonesia
Capital	Larantuka
Common languages	Portuguese (official language during its time as a tributary state of the Portuguese Empire) Larantuka Malay Lamaholot Li'o Dutch (official language during its time as a vassal state and of the Dutch East Indies) Indonesian (official language during its time as an autonomous region of the State of East Indonesia and of Indonesia)
Religion	Catholicism
Government	Elective Monarchy
Raja
• ?-1768	Dom Gaspar Dias Vieira Godinho
• 1768-?	Dom Manuel Dias Vieira Godinho
• –1812	Dom André Dias Vieira Godinho
• 1812-1849	Dom Lorenzo Dias Vieira Godinho
• –1861	Dom André II Dias Vieira Godinho
• 1861–1877	Dom Gaspar II Dias Vieira Godinho
• 1861–1877	Dom Domingus Dias Vierra Godinho
• 1887–1904	Dom Lorenzo II Dias Vierra Godinho
• 1912–1919	Dom Johannus Servus Diaz Vierra Godinho
• 1938–1962	Dom Lorenzo Oesi Diaz Vieira Godinho III (Dom Lorenzo III)
Regent/Acting Raja
• before 1785–1812	Dom Constantino Balantran de Rozari
• 1904—1906	Louis Balantran de Rozari
• 1919–1938	Antonius Belantran de Rosari
Vice-Raja
• 1912–1919	Johan (Johannes) Balantran de Rosari
History
• Portuguese arrival	1515
• Conversion to Catholicism	1650
• Purchase by Dutch East Indies	1859
• Converted to a Zelfbesturende Landschappen (princely state) within the Dutch East Indies	1904
• Converted to a Daerah Swapraja (autonomous region) within the State of East Indonesia	1946
• Control transferred to the Republic of Indonesia	1950
• Converted into a Kecamatan (district) by Republican Authorities	1962
Today part of	Indonesia

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The kingdom of Larantuka was a historical monarchy in present-day East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It was one of the few, if not the only, indigenous Catholic polities in the territory of modern Indonesia. Acting as a tributary state of the Portuguese Crown, the Raja (King) of Larantuka controlled holdings on the islands of Flores (eastern part), Solor, Adonara, and Lembata. It was later purchased by Dutch East Indies from the Portuguese, prior to its annexation in 1904.^[1]

Despite losing its effective sovereignty after the annexation, the kingdom's royal family retained nominal authority over their lands prior to the final abolition of the royal structure by republican authorities in 1962.^{[2]: 175 [3]}