Mahendradatta
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Mahendradatta (961–1011 CE), also known as Gunapriya Dharmapatni, was the queen of Bali and wife of Udayana Warmadewa, also popularly known as King Udayana from Warmadewa dynasty. She was also the mother of Javanese hero-king Airlangga. Mahendradatta and Udayana co-ruled Bali, issuing inscriptions in both their names. Her other younger sons are Marakata (who later became king of Bali after the death of Udayana) and Anak Wungçu (who ascended to the Balinese throne after the death of Marakata).
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- female
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- Udayana Warmadewa
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- Airlangga
- Occupation
- monarch
- Noble title
- queen consort
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- date of birth
- 0961-00-00
- date of death
- 1011-00-00
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Mahendradatta (961–1011 CE), also known as Gunapriya Dharmapatni, was the queen of Bali and wife of Udayana Warmadewa, also popularly known as King Udayana from Warmadewa dynasty. She was also the mother of Javanese hero-king Airlangga. Mahendradatta and Udayana co-ruled Bali, issuing inscriptions in both their names. Her other younger sons are Marakata (who later became king of Bali after the death of Udayana) and Anak Wungçu (who ascended to the Balinese throne after the death of Marakata).
==Early life== Gunapriyadharmapatni was born in 961 and grew up in Watugaluh Palace, Eastern Java. She was a Javanese princess of the Eastern Javanese Isyana Dynasty, the daughter of King Sri Makutawangsawarddhana of the late Mataram kingdom period. She was the sister of King Dharmawangsa of Mataram. She was later betrothed to Balinese King Udayana and moved to the island as his wife and assumed the name Mahendradatta.
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