 The throne of Ternate was left vacant from 1914 to 1927, until the board of ministers under the blessing of the Dutch created Crown Prince Iskandar Muhammad Jabir the next Sultan.Sultan Mudaffar Sjah II died in 2015.The male members of his wife's family, the Dutch Van Gelders, were named Prince of Ternate in 2012, and rule the island since Mudaffar's death.