1. Princess Hayu was born in Yogyakarta on 24 December 1983.
11 Facts About Princess Hayu
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Princess Hayu is the fourth daughter of five siblings: 1.
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Princess Hayu competed in a national championship to represent her province in 1992 and won a gold medal.
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Princess Hayu attended junior high school in Australia for a year before returning to Indonesia.
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Princess Hayu then continued her studies at SMAN 3 Padmanaba Highschool Yogyakarta, a high school that was attended by her future husband Prince Notonegoro.
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Princess Hayu took a Computer Science Major at Stevens Institute of Technology, in the US, before moving to Bournemouth University in England to study Design and IT Project Management.
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Princess Hayu is married to Prince Notonegoro, an executive in the United Nations Development Programme Indonesia and a professional in the United Nations, New York, United States.
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Since Princess Hayu was the last of her parents' children to get married, the wedding was arranged as a cultural event for the people in Yogyakarta.
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On 22 October 2013, Princess Hayu was officially married to Prince Notonegoro.
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Princess Hayu is serving as the chief of Tepas Tandha Yekti, a new department in the Palace which manages IT and documentation affairs.
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Princess Hayu is seen as a modern independent woman which negates the image of woman being subservient in Javanese culture especially among royals.