Brooke family

E159031

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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Label Occurrences
Brooke family canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British family
dynasty
monarch
monarch
monarch
monarchy
alsoKnownAs White Rajahs
surface form: White Rajahs of Sarawak
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
Rajah of Sarawak
surface form: Charles Vyner Brooke

James Brooke
language English
lastRuler Charles Vyner Brooke
locatedOn Borneo
maintainedRelationsWith British Empire
Brunei Darussalam
surface form: Brunei Sultanate
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 Crown Colony of Sarawak
surface form: British Crown Colony of Sarawak
religion Anglicanism (broadly)
surface form: Anglicanism
role founder of the Brooke dynasty
ruled Crown Colony of Sarawak
surface form: Kingdom of Sarawak
ruledRegion Borneo
ruledTerritory Sarawak
rulingDynasty Brooke family self-linksurface differs
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
Brooke family rulingDynasty Brooke family self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Kingdom of Sarawak