Brooke family

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The Brooke family were a British dynasty known as the "White Rajahs" who ruled the Kingdom of Sarawak on the island of Borneo from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British family
dynasty
monarch
monarch
monarch
monarchy
alsoKnownAs White Rajahs of Sarawak
linked to: White Rajahs
capitalOfRealm Kuching
coatOfArms Arms of the White Rajahs of Sarawak
continent Asia
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
endTime 1946
ethnicOrigin British
firstRuler James Brooke
founder James Brooke
governmentForm hereditary monarchy
hasMember Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke
Charles Vyner Brooke
linked to: Rajah of Sarawak

James Brooke
language English
lastRuler Charles Vyner Brooke
locatedOn Borneo
maintainedRelationsWith British Empire
Brunei Sultanate
linked to: Brunei Darussalam
motto Dum Spiro Spero
notableAs White Rajahs
notableFor establishing a quasi-independent state in Borneo
personal rule over Sarawak
period 19th century
20th century
realmBecame British Crown Colony of Sarawak
religion Anglicanism
role founder of the Brooke dynasty
ruled Kingdom of Sarawak
ruledRegion Borneo
ruledTerritory Sarawak
rulingDynasty Brooke family
secondRuler Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke
signedCessionTreatyWith United Kingdom
United Kingdom
startTime 1841
thirdRuler Charles Vyner Brooke
title Rajah of Sarawak
Rajah of Sarawak
Rajah of Sarawak
Rajah of Sarawak

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Sarawak historicalRuler Brooke family
Kingdom of Sarawak rulingDynasty Brooke family
subject linked to: Brooke family