Qualla: Battle of Gegodog https://qualla.com/battle-of-gegodog en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:27 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Gegodog https://qualla.com/battle-of-gegodog Battle of Gegodog: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-gegodog/ The crown prince expected a performance, not a battle. When the Mataram army met Trunajaya's rebel forces at Gegodog on the north coast of Java in October 1676, Pangeran Adipati Anom believed his former protege would stage a sham fight. The two sides would clash, appearances would be satisfied, and then both armies would turn against the king they both despised. Trunajaya had other plans. What unfolded on that coastal plain east of Tuban was a genuine battle that shattered the royal army, killed an eighty-year-old prince who refused to stop fighting, and cracked open the Mataram Sultanate like a dropped jar.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/z/b/battle-of-gegodog-wp/qqzb-battle-of-gegodog-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Gegodog: Friends Who Shared an Enemy https://qualla.com/battle-of-gegodog/ The roots of Gegodog reach back to 1670, when the Madurese nobleman Trunajaya was living in exile at the Mataram court. His father-in-law, the prominent nobleman Raden Kajoran, introduced him to the crown prince. The two men discovered they had something powerful in common: a per...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/z/b/battle-of-gegodog-wp/qqzb-battle-of-gegodog-friends-who-shared-an-enemy.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Gegodog: Nine Thousand Against an Empire https://qualla.com/battle-of-gegodog/ In 1676, Trunajaya's forces crossed from Madura to Java with an army of 9,000 fighters: East Javanese, Madurese, and Makassarese warriors under his command and that of his ally Karaeng Galesong. They took Surabaya, the principal city of East Java, almost immediately. King Amangku...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/z/b/battle-of-gegodog-wp/qqzb-battle-of-gegodog-nine-thousand-against-an-empire.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Gegodog: The Betrayal at Gegodog https://qualla.com/battle-of-gegodog/ The two armies met at Gegodog, east of Tuban on the north coast of eastern Java. The crown prince still expected the choreographed battle he and Trunajaya had presumably arranged, after which both forces would unite against the king. But the presence of other princes complicated ...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/q/q/z/b/battle-of-gegodog-wp/qqzb-battle-of-gegodog-the-betrayal-at-gegodog.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Gegodog: An Empire Unravels https://qualla.com/battle-of-gegodog/ Gegodog broke Mataram's offensive capability in a single afternoon. Defections accelerated as Javanese subjects switched allegiance to the winning side. Trunajaya's forces swept westward along the northern coast, and by January 1677, nearly every coastal town from Surabaya to Cir...

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