Ratu Kalinyamat

Ratna Kencana
Nimas Ratu Kalinyamat
Modern painting of Ratu Kalinyamat
Queen of Kalinyamat
Reign	1549 – 1579
Predecessor	"Monarch Established"
Successor	Pangeran Arya Jepara
Spouse	Sultan Hadlirin
Father	Sultan Trenggana
Religion	Islam

Ratu Kalinyamat or Ratna Kencana (died after 1579) was the queen regnant of Kalinyamat and Jepara, a Javanese Islamic polity on northern coast of Central Java in ca. 1549–1579.^[1] She is mainly known for her attack and naval expeditions against Portuguese Malacca.^[2]

She was the daughter of Sultan Trenggana of Demak and the spouse of Sultan Hadlirin. Ratna Kencana ascended the throne after the assassination of her brother, Sunan Prawoto, and her husband by Arya Penangsang.