[1] He was the nephew and also the son-in-law of the previous monarch, King Rajasanagara Dyah Hayam Wuruk.
A succession conflict arose following the death of Wikramawardhana's grandmother, Queen Regnant Tribhuwana (who held the title Princess of Kahuripan once again after her abdication), and her sister Rajadewi in the 1370s.
Rajadewi's husband, Wijayarajasa carried out a separatist action by proclaiming himself as a new king with the regnal name Bhatara Parameswara ring Pamotan.
Hayam Wuruk refused to fight him as his only son from a concubine supported Wijayarajasa, perhaps because he felt more proper of inheriting the throne than Wikramawardhana.
As heir-apparent, Wikramawardhana was the most likely to inherit the high prince title Bhre Kahuripan from his grandmother although it wasn't mentioned clearly in Pararaton.
Another rotation resulted in the title Bhre Wirabhumi was gotten by Hayam Wuruk's son from a concubine inherited from his wife who was also Wikramawardhana's younger sister, Nagarawardhani.
In the Western court, Wikramawardhana ascended the throne over the legitimacy of Kusumawardhani as she was the only child of the late monarch born from the queen consort.
Bhre Wirabhumi felt that he had a better right to be a successor since he was the only son of the late monarch despite his biological mother being a lesser wife or concubine.
Singapore eventually got sacked and destroyed by the Majapahit Tahun çaka netra-paksagni-sitangsu (1322 saka year or 1400), Wikramawardhana abdicated to become a religious.
Nagarawardhani had the smallest possibility as the next sentences of Pararaton would mention the death of Bhre Lasem the Fat.
If the one who had died was Queen Kusumawardhani, then it would have been probably the reason why Wikramawardhana returned to the court and had a feud again with Bhre Wirabhumi in 1401.
[5] The outbreak of the Regreg War in 1406 accidentally killed Chinese envoys in Kedhaton Wetan.
Despite Wikramawardhana's success in winning the war and defeating Bhre Wirabhumi, the civil war gravely weakened previously unchallenged Majapahit hegemony in Nusantara and loosened Majapahit's grip on its far-flung vassal kingdoms.
Wikramawardhana ruled until 1429 and was succeeded by a prabhu stri (queen regnant) who is still debated by historians who was her.
Sama apangarah, bhre Tumapel, bhra Hyang Parameçwara, sami ingaturan.
Dadi kang yuddha, kalah kadaton kulon, kapesan bhra Hyang wiçesa.
Ingaturan bhre Tumapel, bhra Parameçwara: “Sampun age lungha, isun-lawanane”.
Bhre Daha ingemban denira bhra Hyang wiçesa, bhinakta mangilen.
Bhra Hyang wiçesa mokta dhinarmeng Lalangon, bhisekaning dharma ring Paramawiçesapura.