Sultanate of Cirebon

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Sultanate of Cirebon كسلطانن چيربون‎
1447–1679
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Map of Java from 1598 by Joannes van Doetecum the Elder, showing the city of Cirebon (Charabaon) with a flag on top of it.
Status	Vassal of the Sunda Kingdom (1445–1515) Puppet state of Demak (1479–1546)[1] Vassal of the Mataram Sultanate (1613–1705)
Capital	Cirebon
Common languages	Sundanese, Javanese
Religion	Islam
Government	Monarchy
• 1447–1479	Prince Cakrabuana
• 1479–1568	Syarif Hidayatullah
• 1649–1677	Panembahan Ratu II
History
• Prince Cakrabuana was appointed as the ruler of Cirebon	1447
• Cirebon Independence from Sunda Kingdom	1479
• Cirebon under the rule of Mataram Sultanate	1613
• First disintegration of the Cirebon Sultanate	1677
• The founding of Kasepuhan and Kanoman	1679
• Final loss of authority to colonial government	1679
Preceded by Succeeded by Sunda Kingdom Mataram Sultanate Dutch East Indies
Today part of	Indonesia

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The Sultanate of Cirebon (Indonesian: Kesultanan Cirebon, Pegon: كسلطانن چيربون‎, Sundanese: Kasultanan Cirebon) was an Islamic sultanate in West Java founded in the 15th century. It is said to have been founded by Sunan Gunungjati, as marked by his letter proclaiming Cirebon's independence from Pajajaran in 1482,^[2] although the settlement and the polity had been established earlier, in 1445. Sunan Gunungjati also established the Sultanate of Banten. It was one of the earliest Islamic states established in Java, along with the Sultanate of Demak.

The sultanate's capital lay around the modern-day city of Cirebon on Java's northern coast. Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, the sultanate thrived and became a major regional centre of trade and commerce, as well as a prominent centre of Islamic learning. The sultanate split into three royal houses in 1677, and a fourth split off in 1807, each with their own separate lines of descent and kratons; Kraton Kasepuhan, Kraton Kanoman, Kraton Kacirebonan, and Kraton Kaprabonan. They remain today, performing ceremonial duties.