Born 21 April 1879 Jepara , Central Java , Dutch East Indies Died 17 September 1904 (aged 25) Rembang , Central Java, Dutch East Indies ( now Indonesia ) Other names Raden Adjeng Kartini Known for Women's emancipation; national heroine Spouse(s) Raden Adipati Joyodiningrat Children Soesalit Djojoadhiningrat Kartini was born into an aristocratic Javanese family when Java was part of the Dutch colony of the Dutch East Indies . Kartini's father Sosroningrat became Regency Chief of Jepara . Kartini's father was originally the district chief of Mayong. Her mother Ngasirah was the daughter of Madirono and a religious teacher at Telukawur. She was his first wife but not the most important one. At this time, polygamy was a common practice among the nobility. Colonial regulations required a regency chief to marry a member of the nobility. Since Ngasirah was not of sufficiently high nobility, [3...