Paku Alam III

{{Short description|Ruler of Pakualaman}}

Paku Alam III was Duke (Adipati) of Pakualaman between 1858 and 1864, making him the second shortest reigning Paku Alam.

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| image = COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Pangeran Adipati Soerio Sasra Ningrat, de latere Pakoe Alam III van Jogjakarta TMnr 60009413.jpg

| reign = 1858 – 1864

| succession = 3rd Adipati of Pakualaman

| predecessor = Paku Alam II

| successor = Paku Alam IV

| birth_date = December 20, 1827

| birth_place = Yogyakarta Sultanate

| death_place = Yogyakarta Sultanate

| death_date = October 17, 1864

| title = Kanjeng Gusti Pangeran Adipati Surya Sastraningrat

| father = Paku Alam II

| mother = Gusti Kanjeng Ratu Hayu of Yogyakarta

| royal house = Mataram

| spouse = Bendara Raden Ayu Surya Sastraningrat

}}

Pakualaman became a small hereditary Duchy within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta, as a mirror-image of Mangkunegaran in the territory of the Susuhunanate of Surakarta.

Paku Alam III was considered to be an enthusiastic author and literary patron.{{Citation |page=120 |last1=Ricklefs |first1=Merle Calvin |title=A history of modern Indonesia : c.1300 to the present |publication-date=1981 |publisher=Macmillan; Bloomington : Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-333-24380-0 }}

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The son of Paku Alam II, Paku Alam III was buried at Kota Gede.