Brooke dynasty

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The Brooke dynasty was a British ruling family that governed the Kingdom of Sarawak on the island of Borneo as personal monarchs, known as the "White Rajahs," from the mid-19th to mid-20th century.

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Brooke dynasty canonical 10

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British family ⓘ
ruling dynasty ⓘ
associatedWithEmpire British Empire ⓘ
capitalOfRealm Kuching ⓘ
coatOfArms arms of the Rajahs of Sarawak ⓘ
continentRuled Asia ⓘ
countryRuled Kingdom of Sarawak ⓘ
endCause cession of Sarawak to the United Kingdom ⓘ
endEvent establishment of the Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
endTime 1946 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin British ⓘ
firstRuler James Brooke ⓘ
flag flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak ⓘ
followedBy British Crown Colony of Sarawak ⓘ
founder James Brooke ⓘ
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
hereditary monarchy ⓘ
languageOfAdministration English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
lastRuler Charles Vyner Brooke ⓘ
legacy influence on modern Sarawak identity ⓘ
preservation of some indigenous customary laws ⓘ
legalStatusOfRealm independent kingdom under personal rule ⓘ
mainEconomicActivitiesInRealm agriculture ⓘ
mainEconomicActivitiesInRealm resource extraction ⓘ
trade ⓘ
nickname White Rajahs ⓘ
notableConflict World War II Japanese occupation of Sarawak ⓘ
conflicts with local pirates ⓘ
notableInfrastructureProjects development of Kuching as administrative center ⓘ
notablePolicy protection of indigenous groups (stated policy) ⓘ
suppression of piracy ⓘ
territorial expansion in Borneo ⓘ
notableRuler Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke ⓘ
Charles Vyner Brooke ⓘ
James Brooke ⓘ
numberOfRulers 3 ⓘ
parentCountryAtEnd United Kingdom ⓘ
postDynastyMovement anti-cession movement in Sarawak ⓘ
precededBy Bruneian control over Sarawak ⓘ
regionRuled Borneo ⓘ
religionOfRulers Anglicanism ⓘ
startTime 1841 ⓘ
styleOfRulers Rajah of Sarawak ⓘ
successionType hereditary succession within the Brooke family ⓘ
territorialLocation northwestern Borneo ⓘ
vassalRelations nominal suzerainty of the Sultanate of Brunei (early period) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Brooke → founded → Brooke dynasty ⓘ
Rajah of Sarawak → dynasty → Brooke dynasty ⓘ
Flag of the Kingdom of Sarawak → usedBy → Brooke dynasty ⓘ
Arms of the Brooke dynasty → symbolOf → Brooke dynasty ⓘ
Tuan Besar → usedHistoricallyBy → Brooke dynasty ⓘ
Vyner Brooke → memberOfDynasty → Brooke dynasty ⓘ
Charles Vyner Brooke → memberOfDynasty → Brooke dynasty ⓘ