Rajah Sulayman (also Sulayman I,
1558–1575,[1]) was the Rajah or ruler of the Kingdom of Maynila, a pre-Hispanic
state at the mouth of the Pasig River where it empties into Manila Bay in what
is now the Philippines, who reigned after Rajah Lontok. He was also the ruler
of Kingdom of Tondo inheriting from a long line of rulers: Timamanukum, Alon,
Gambang, Suko and Lontok–Kalangitan. Sulayman I was the ruler of Namayan
succeeding from Kalangitan and Ache. In effect, Sulayman I is the ruler of the
united kingdoms of Manila. He was the kingdom's second to the last indigenous
ruler (Lakan Banao Dula is the last), as the state was absorbed into the Spanish
Empire during the latter's conquest of Luzon and the archipelago. His eldest
son, Lakan Bunao Dula was crowned Lakan (paramount ruler) or King of the United
Kingdom when Sulayman I was too sick to function as monarch. Sulayman I is the
grandson of Abdul Bolkiah and the son of Sulayman Bolkiah. Sulayman I however
did not use the surname Bolkiah but instead used the official title of Rajah
Soliman Dula l, to mark the new lineage of the united Manila aristocracy
[2][3][4]. The regnal surname Dulay,
later spelled as Dula came from the native ancient alibata direct translation
of Doylly, the surname of the British wife of Rajah Sulaiman I named Ysmeria
Doylly, mother of Lakan Dula, Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulaiman II. In the
ancient alibata alphabet, the translation of Doylly becomes Dulay, and later
became Dula because there is no letter Y in the alibata, the ancient Filipino
alphabet. .
Sulayman II resisted Spanish forces, and
thus, along with Rajah Matanda and Lakan Dula, was one of three Rajahs who
played significant roles in the Spanish conquest of the kingdoms of the Pasig
River delta in the early 1570s.[5]
The Ancestors of
David Dulay (David Dula y Goiti)
1.
Batang Dula: Father of David Dula y Goiti; Son of Lakan Dula and
Mutya;Brother of Magat Salamat, Felipe Salonga, Martin Lakan Dula, Dionisio
Capulong, Luis Taclocmao and Maria Poloin.
2. Lakan Dula (1503 - 1589): David's
grandfather; Husband of Mutya; Son of Rajah Sulaiman I and Ysmeria Doylly;
Father of Batang Dula,Martin Lakan Dula, Magat Salamat, Felipe Salonga,
Dionisio Capulong,Luis Taclocmao and Maria Poloin.
3. Mutya: David's grandmother; Wife of Lakan
Dula; Mother of Batang Dula, Felipe Salonga, Magat Salamat, Dionisio
Capulong,Luis Taclocmao and Maria Poloin.
4. Rajah Sulaiman I: David's great
grandfather; Son of Rajah Lontok and Dayang Kalangitan; Husband of Ysmeria
Doylly; Father of Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II,; Brother of Dayang
Panginoan, Dayang Lahat and Gat Kahiya.
5. Ysmeria Doylly: David's great grandmother;
Wife of Rajah Sulaiman I; Mother of Lakan Dula, Rajah Matanda and Rajah
Sulaiman II.
6. Rajah Lontok: David's second great
grandfather; Son of Sultan Bolkiah and Lela Mechanai; Husband of Dayang Kalangitan;
Father of Dayang Panginoan, Dayang Lahat, Rajah Sulaiman I and Gat Kahiya;
Brother of Rajah Gappandan
7. Dayang Kalangitan: David's second great
grandmother; Wife of Rajah Lontok;Mother of Dayang Panginoan, Dayang Lahat,
Rajah Sulaiman I and Gat Kahiya
8. Sultan Bolkiah: David's third great
grandfather; Son of Sultan Sulaiman; Husband of Lela Mechanai; Father of Rajah
Lontok and Rajah Gatpandan.
9. Lela Mechanai: David's third great
grandmother; Daughter of Sultan Amir Ul-Ombra; Wife of Sultan Bolkiah; Mother
of Rajah Lontok and Rajah Gatpandan
10. Rajah Gambang: David's third great
grandfather; Father of Dayang Kalangitan
11. Sultan Sulaiman: David's fourth great
grandfather; Father of Sultan Bolkiah
12. Sultan Amir Ul-Ombra: David's fourth great
grandfather; Father of Lela Mechanai
13. Rajah Alon: David's fifth great
grandfather; Son of Lakan Timamanukum
14. Lakan Timamanukum: David's 6th great
grandfather; Father of Rajah Alon.
The Gatbonton Clan is one of the
earliest clans in the Philippine history which was able to show their link with
the pre-Hispanic native nobility. Their research is comprehensive and often
cited by Filipino historians. One of their clan members is Fernando Poe, Jr.
who won the Philippine Presidency but was cheated by Gloria Arroyo, from the
Lacandola Clan of Arayat Pampanga, who was jailed later on the charges of
election offenses and plunder. The Gatbonton Clan kept an ancient secret
genealogy of the native Filipino royalty.
The genealogy of the Gatbonton Clan
shows that the Dulay Clan of Marikina Valley are direct descendants of Lakan
Dula of Tondo from the eldest and heir apparent Batang Dula. One of the
respected traditional leaders of the Gatbonton Clan who has the key on this
secret genealogy, said:
“I am a grandson of
Feliza Gatbonton Corrales-Macam. The Gatbontons are not descendants of Lakan
Dula but rather a direct relative. Gatbonton (mandala) who was the
administrator of the rice granary of the kingdom. He was the son of Dayang
Lahat, sister of Raja Sulaiman Sri Lila (salalila)I. His other kin were MONMON,
GATCHALIAN, GATMAITAN, MACARALAGA, GATMAITIM, MANDIC, GATDULA and
DUMANDAN." Note, the Gatdula of today is not in the line of the present
day Dula but surely of the Gatbontons as their Father was Gat Timog. The will
says:"GATBONTON married MACAYABONGDILI (in English: the one with the
ladies in waiting), a sister of my father*. They had five children, namely
LOVERA, MACABAT, CAPITANGAN, TAUI and PAMPALUNG (founder of the Kingdom of
Apalit) whom they called MACAPAGAL. The name could have been used as a cover up
to avoid persecution when the Gatbontons escaped Tondo for Candaba via Rio
Grande River. The name was used during his youth and assumed another before he
died. He had also a son named Palong Gatbonton. From this line comes the line
of my great Grandmother Simeona Gatbonton-Corrales, Martha
Gatbonton-Kelly;grandmother of FPJ, Juan Gatbonton, Liborio Gatbonton, Manolo
Gatbonton and Zcarina Gatbonton."
This Gatbonton Clan
Genealogy is somewhat triangulated with the
genealogy coming from the descendants of Rajah Suleiman l and his wife
Esmeria Doylly who started the Dula (Doylly/Dulay) royal lineage when they
decided to crown Rajah Bunao Dula as Lakan Bunao Dula. Lakan means paramount
ruler, or the supreme leader among all rajahs. This somewhat manifested the
secret influence of the British Royalty on ancient Filipino nobility. That era
was a struggle of the Spanish Empire against the British Empire. The crowning of
Tondo - based Rajah Bunao Dula as the Lakan over his brothers Rajah Matanda and
Rajah Suleiman lll gave birth to the consolidated Kingdom of Manila based in
Intramuros. In western nomenclature, Lakan is equivalent to King. This also
signal the intense Spanish prosecution of the native aristocracy since the
regnal name Dula (Doylly/Dulay) is close to the British Empire.
The descendants of
Lakan Dula of Tondo can be traced by knowing the present descendants of his
seven children, namely: Batang Dula, Martin Lakan Dula, Magat Salamat, Dionisio
Capulong, Felipe Salonga, Maria Poloin and Luis Salugmoc. Take note that only
two children are allowed to use the regnal surname Dula, the eldest and heir apparent
Batang, and the brightest Martin.Some historians however say that the heir
apparent Batang Dula on his olden years hid his identity by changing his
surname from Dula to Capulong after he escaped a bloody purge of the native
aristocracy in the Intramuros - based Kingdom, into a fertile land now known as
Candaba and presently part of the province of Pampanga. He also hid his
children by making them acquire new names, far different from Dula. The family
of Diosdado Macapagal has been claiming descendancy from Lakan Dula of Tondo
but they cannot point out who among the Lakan Dula children they came from.
They always end up not connected with any children of Lakan Dula, but with a
certain guy with a surname Lacandola from Arayat, Pampanga who turned out to be
a traitor to the natives and pro Spaniards, whose one of the children is
surnamed Reyes who married Juan Macapagal where the present Macapagal of Lubao
came from. This is confirmed indirectly in the present Wikipedia article on
Lakan Dula which is rating as number 1 in the Google search and which is
dominated by the paid hacks of the Macapagal but is boycotted by respected
Philippine historians. Lacandola is a very common Filipino surname but to show
that it is a descendant of Lakan Dula of Tondo, it must show that it came from
one of the seven children of Lakan Dula. Maybe, the Macapagal came from
Gatbonton Clan, whose great great grandfather is the "administrator of the
rice granary of the Kingdom of Lakan Dula". The assertion of some local
historians of Pampanga are however possible,
that since Batang Dula is the eldest son of Lakan Dula, his children has
to be hidden from bloody Spanish persecution far away in plantations owned by
the Kingdom of Tondo and protected by their relatives. The eldest son of Batang
Dula is David Goiti Dula who was hidden from Spanish persecution under the
protection of the Sumoroy family in Northern Samar, was given a vast plantation
which is now known as Candawid and was was given another identity as David
Goiti Dulay. The second child is Daba
Goiti Dula who was given a big plantation now known as Candaba, protected by
the Capulong family and was hidden as Daba Goiti Capulong. The youngest child
is Dola Goiti Dula and was hidden in a vast tract of plantation now known as
Candola in San Luis, Pampanga. She was
hidden as Dola Goiti Lacandola. This lineage is where the Macapagals came from.
Lots of native
sounding Filipino surnames today, just like the Gatbontons, are descendants of
the relatives of Lakan Dula who served in special capacity in the Kingdom of
Lakan Dula. As a general rule, modern Filipinos who have native sounding names
are descendants of the loyalists of the Lakan Dula Kingdom to the point that
they resisted the official order of the government of Spain for Filipinos to
adopt Spanish surnames. Historians have several theories why they are loyal to
the native Kingdom: maybe they are relatives by blood of the ruling Lakan Dula
family, or maybe they occupy responsible positions in the kingdom, or maybe
they are relatives by affinity, or maybe they are just by nature
patriotic. The Spanish persecutions of
the descendants of Lakan Dula continued and intensified, but a lot of
descendants maintained their native surnames like lakandula, dula, dulay,
gatdula, dulayan, abdullah, rebadulla, dulatre, duldulao, dulayba, lakandola,
lacandalo, lacandola, lacandula, dula - torre and many others revolving around
the root word “dula”. During the intense persecution of the Spaniards on the
native aristocracy, some descendants have to disregard the “dula” root word and
adopted totally different native sounding surnames for disguise, like magsaysay,
lontoc, agbayani, acuna, salonga, gatchalian, bacani, macapagal, guingona,
gatpandan, pangilinan, sumuroy, dagohoy, kalaw, salalima, soliman, pilapil,
mabini, pagdanganan, macalintal, angara, bamba, datumanong, panganiban, katigbak, macarambon, sakay, aglipay,
kasilag, salamat, karingal, kiram, daza, lacanilao, lacanlale, gatchalian, manalo, lagumbay, tamano, ilagan, bunye,
pangandaman, maliksi, silang, badoy, puno, lapid, ziga, nalupta, binay,
gatbonton, sinsuat, capulong, puyat, gatmaitan, macuja, dagami, ablan,
capinpin, punongbayan, madlangbayan, gatlabayan, batungbakal, cabangbang,
sumulong, gustilio, calungsod, capangoy, kapunan, etc, but continued fighting
for the liberation of the natives from
Spain. Some of the descendents hid their Lakan Dula heritage by changing their
names into the likes of guevara, aguinaldo, legaspi, aquino, mendoza, osmena,
de Leon, estanislao, laurel, fernando, ejercito, delapaz, mercado, santos,
bonifacio, de guzman, etc, while some adopted chinese surnames of their mother
like lim, uy, go, tan, etc, but they continued to pursue a belligerent posture
against Spain. The Spanish authorities
know this and they countered by betrothing Spanish ladies to the heirs of the
native aristocracy which explains why the Capulongs, Dulays, and Gatbontons,
etc, of today have fairer complexion than the ordinary natives in the
localities. There are however few who were forced to collaborate with the
Spanish authority. Wishing to avoid the persecution experienced by his latter
ancestors, Lakan Dula's alleged great grandson Juan Macapagal, but the number 1
Wikipedia article is suggesting that he is actually a descendant of certain Mr.
Lacandola of Arayat who is a traitor to the natives and a proud pro Spaniards
that is why their paid hacks are making efforts to combine the correct name of
Lakan Banao Dula, (title - first name- surname), into Lakandula, which is
nearer to their surname Lacandola of Arayat. Based on their own Lacandola of
Arayat family history, their ancestor aided the Spanish authorities in
suppressing the 1660 Kapampangan revolt of Francisco Maniago, and the
Pangasinan revolt of Andrés Malong, and the 1661 Ilocano revolt. To some
natives, this is an act of treason against their cause, but some leaders
understand this as a heroism to save the future descendants of Lakan Dula, (if
they are indeed descendants).
The Philippine
Genealogical Society has the official list of these native Filipino surnames in
its website at https://angkangpilipino.wordpress.com. Each surname may have
some secret family history that will show their designation or role in the
Kingdom of Lakan Dula, the way the Gotbonton Clan had documented their clan
history from the past. One example of which is the surname Lacandola of Arayat,
who is proudly anti - native and pro Spaniards. Other native sounding surnames
may have exciting histories, like the Sumulong of Antipolo who actually led the
migration to the mountain (sumulong sa kabundukan) from Marikina Valley
settlement of Lakan Dula descendants near the bank of Marikina River, using the
present “Sumulong Highway path”. The pangilinan ancestor is a great warrior of
the kingdom who was given a very special weapon, "nilagyan ng
pangil". The unknown Pacqiao ancestor could have been a very succesful travelling
businessman in the kingdom "na mahilig mamakyaw ng chinawares at dinadala
sa malayong lugar".The calungsod ancestor may have been a neighbor of
Lakan Dula of Tondo but settled in the far far away southern territory. The
agbayani ancestor is actually a hero of the kingdom who was given vast tract of
land in the northern part of the kingdom as a reward. The magsaysay ancestor is
a great story teller of the kingdom.The Angara ancestor could have been the
native fashion model of the kingdom because "ang gara nyang manamit."
The Aguinaldo ancestor may have given Lakan Dula a gift, a sword made of gold. There
are several others very exciting family histories that are still on the
research process.
Where can you find
some descendants of Lakan Dula? According to local Marikina historian Servando
de los Angeles, the earliest inhabitants of Marikina valley are descendants of
Lakan Dula of Tondo who moved out of their homeland into a fertile valley along
the Pasig river which is now knows as Marikina, to escape from the bloody
Spanish persecution of native aristocracy centered in Intramuros. The
descendants found peace in their new found land, an aura which they still carry
up to the present time. A typical Sunday of the descendants, after a mass at the Our Lady of the Abandoned, Marikina natives would walk through the old
Spanish jail which is now converted into Shoe Museum, dine in Isabelo's Secret
or Tableria and walk leisurely towards Butiki Park and into the riverbank
jogging lane. In that old path, people can’t help but notice an old white
"bahay na bato" with balcony, attic, and lots of trees, ancient
looking gate, capiz windows, Spanish looking iron grills, and vigan tiles. Some
natives call it "bahay ni rizal", GMA 7, one of the two leading TV
stations in the Philippines has twice shoot TV documentaries on it (one is
about the Kingdom of Tondo, the other is Relasyon), an indi film featuring
native Marikeno Lito Legazpi has done a film on it, some students film projects
like Noli Me Tangere were filmed in the house, a commercial for Tabata
slippers, and several others. What is
the mystery behind the house? It is the place where the descendants of Lakan
Dula, some coming from as far as Zamboanga City, do their "Dine with the
Ancestors Rituals". When the image of Our Lady of the Abandoned was
declared by the Pope as Shrine, the image stayed in the house for one week. All
the last four Mayors of Marikina has dined in the house in different occasions.
Miss Philippines contestants has dined in it. The members UP College of Law
moot court debate team has practiced in the house, the Upsilon Sigma Phi
Fraternity of UP has done initiation in it. At its main door are old alibata
encryptions which read as "Lakan Dula", at the back of door is
another baybayin encryptios which says, "Angkan ng Dulay". At the
gate, there is a brass plate which says: "The House of Dulay Mendoza
Clan". Sephardi Jewish Benito Mendoza was the first Teniente Mayor of
Marikina, and the clan house is found in Isabelo Mendoza Street. Isabelo was
another Teniente Mayor. At the back of the Shrine is and old cemetery with a
jewish type columbarium and buried there was Ceferino Rivas Dulay, the 4th
hereditary leader of the Dulay Clan of Marikina Valley. The clan house is the
residence of the hereditary leaders of the Dulay Clan of Marikina Valley, a
descendant of Lakan Dula of Tondo. The clan house, found in Isabelo Mendoza St.
in San Roque (Poblacion), Marikina, is also the corporate office of the The CDM
Foundation: the Administrator of the Descendancy of Lakan Dula, the Last King
of Manila. The chairmanship of the foundation is traditionally bestowed to the
hereditary patriarch of the Lakan Dula descendancy who serves as the unifying
symbol of all descendants and Filipinos with native sounding surnames all over
the land.
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