Raden Wijaya

Raden Wijaya was the Javanese prince who founded the Majapahit kingdom and ruled it from 1293 until his death in 1309. When Kublai Khan's Mongol army landed in 1292 to avenge an insult by the dead Singhasari king Kertanegara, Wijaya enlisted it against Jayakatwang of Kediri, who had overthrown Singhasari.

After Jayakatwang fell in 1293, he turned on the Mongols and drove them from Java, then took the throne. To secure his claim, he married Kertanegara's daughters, including Gayatri Rajapatni, rewarded his ally Aria Wiraraja with Madura, and appointed Nambi prime minister. His son Jayanegara succeeded him.