The Macapagals Descended from a Heroic Granddaughter of
Lakan Bunao Dula.
Don Juan
Macapagal, Datu of Arayat, was the great-grandson of the last ruling Lakandula
(King) of Tondo, Don Carlos.The eldest son of Lakan Dula is Batang Dula who was
married to the relative of the de Goiti, the founder of Manila. The marriage
gave birth to three children, the eldest is David de Goiti Dula, next is Daba
de Goiti Dula and the youngest is Dola de Goiti Dula. Batang Dula has five
brothers and one sister, namely: Martin Lakan Dula, Magat Salamat, Phelipe
Salonga, Don Dionisio Capulong, Luis Taclocmao and Maria Poloin. The Lacandola
of Arayat came from one of the grandchildren of Lakan Dula of Tondo named Dola,
who is from San Luis, Pampanga. When Dola married, she insisted to use the
surname Lacandola for her children to maintain connection with his grandfather
from Tondo and partly, to hide from Spanish authorities. She has nine children
and one of them married a Spanish mestizo surnamed Reyes. Eventually, the Reyes
- Lacandola was married into a Macapagal. Dola in her old age was jailed by the
Spanish authorities on charges of treating wounded native rebels. She was
eventually executed. Her children and grandchildren reacted to her execution by
being friendly to the Spaniards, to avoid further persecution of their family.
Don Juan Macapagal was given the title Maestre de Campo General of the natives
Arayat, Candaba and Apalit for his aid in suppressing the Kapampangan Revolt of
1660. He further aided the Spanish crown in suppressing the Pangasinan Revolt
of Don Andres Malong in the same year, and the Ilocano Revolt of 1661. Don Juan
Macapagal died in 1683. Don Juan Macapagal is a direct ancestor of Philippine
Revolutionary General, Lazaro Macapagal and two former Philippine President
Diosdado Macapagal and his daughter, former Philippine President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo (https://www.geni.com).
Was Lakan Bunao Dula Baptized to Christianity?
Lakan Dula, is
the last King of Manila before the kingdom was totally subdued by the Spanish
authorities through a series of intense persecution of the native aristocracy.
These persecutions forced the native aristocracy to leave their homeland
Intramuros and escaped to friendly settlements in Candaba, San Luis in Pampanga,
Pasig, Marikina, Antipolo, Samar, Cebu, North Cotabato, Pangasinan, Nueva
Viscaya...mostly within the river and sea routes. The real name of Lakan Dula
is Bunao Dula but because he is the Lakan or, according to Henry Scott, the
"paramount ruler", he became officially known as Lakan Bunao Dula and
much later Lakan Dula. His people in Tondo, Manila recognized this very vividly
that is why they named a public school for him into Lakan Dula High School. Was
he baptized into Christianity? There is no historical evidence that he was
actually baptized. Some history books are telling that he died a Muslim, some
are saying that he is an animist. There are evidences however that he tends to preserve
his kingdom and bloodline down to his to the death. For one, he participated in
series of secret meetings with non-Hispanic European royalties, with the
British, planning for the restoration of his Lakanate. Lakan Dula has a British
blood from Oxfordshire through his mother Ysmeria Doylly. Second, he initiated
a well-planned protective escaped of his children and grandchildren outside of
Intramuros to friendly settlements just to protect his bloodline. Thirdly,
there is no historical documents or evidenced that he was really baptized into
Christianity. There is no baptismal certificate to show that he was actually
baptized, otherwise, that baptismal certificate would had been kept securely
and propagated by the Spaniards to the natives and use it as a come on for them
to join Christianity. Fourthly, if he was baptized, he would have used his new
surname for his children, but records show that his children have different
surnames: Batang Dula, Magat Salamat, Dionisio Capulong, Felipe Salonga, Martin
Lakan Dula, and Maria Poloin. The use of different surnames aside from his legal
surname Dula is still a historical mystery up to now. Also, it is very unkingly
for Lakan Dula to agree to changed his name, if ever he was indeed baptized,
because Spaniards may force him to drop the title Lakan in his name in the
process and practically reduce him to plain common man. Therefore, Lakan Dula,
in the absence of historical evidences that he was indeed baptized to
Christianity should be referred to in history as Lakan Bunao Dula (title, first
name and surname) as a sign of respect Filipino history and identity. This will
also avoid claims of some corrupt Filipino families that Lakan Bunao Dula was
baptized as Eddie Gil, or Carlos Lacandola, or Joaquin Ayala, or Dencio
Edralin, or Honorato Aquino,or Miguel Araneta, or Perfecto Tuason just to start
a long-shot claim to the lineage of Lakan Dula of Tondo and declare their
family as Royal blooded. A claim to the lineage of Lakan Dula should be
properly addressed through the lineage from his children and not from a claim
that Lakan Dula changed his name and because his new name is similar to your
surname, you are now a royal blood. A family from Lubao, Pampanga whose leader
is in jail, has done this cheap way of connection to Lakan Dula through one
article in an audience edited Wikipedia which is intended to change the name of
Lakan Bunao Dula to Lacandola, their surname, an act which is offending the
real descendants of Lakan Bunao Dula.
Is there a probability that the Macapagal Family are not
descendants of Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo but to a certain Mr Lacandola of Arayat?
A study on the
current Wikipedia article entitled Lakandula written by a paid writer of the
Macapagal Family reveals the following:
1. That Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo is different from Mr.
Carlos Lacandola. Pre-hispanic Filipinos has no surname, it is just title and
the name. Ex. Lakan Timamanukum, Lakan Dula, Batang Dula. Lakan means paramount
ruler, Batang means younger Dula, or prince Dula. Mr. Carlos Lacandola is a
latter person as shown by the fact that he is already influenced by the
Spaniards "first name - surname system". So, he is different from
Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo. One big evidence that Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo and
Carlos Lacandola of Arayat are different is that they have different sets of
children.
2. If Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo was baptized as Mr. Banao
Dula, he will never be baptized again as Mr. Carlos Lacandola. Two baptisms on
one person are not allowed in the Catholic Church.
3. There is no baptismal certificate on church records that
showed Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo being baptized as Mr. Banao Dula and later Mr.
Carlos Lacandola. Maybe the reasons why the National Museum has no artifact of
Lakan Bunao Dula's birth certificate is that he was only baptized in a ceremony
but retained his name. Or maybe, he was baptized by giving him a first name and
retaining Dula as his surname, and the birth certificate under a Dula surname
was ignored by our historians. They never thought that the birth certificate of
a guy with a Dula surname is actually that of Lakan Bunao Dula. They did not
realize that birth certificates do not show titles of the person being
baptized. Besides, it will be for the interest of the Spanish government and
the Church at that time to erased the title Lakan in Lakan Bunao Dula's new
Christian name to slowly eradicate the Filipino native aristocracy.
4. One proof that Lakan Bunao Dula did not changed his name
to Mr. Bunao Dula and later to Mr. Carlos Lacandola was that his children and
grandchildren did not carry the supposed surname Lacandola. The surnames of the
children of Lakan Dula are Batang Dula, Magat Salamat, Dionisio Capulong,
Felipe Salonga, Martin Lakan Dula and Maria Poloin
5. Since no child of Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo carried the
surname of Lacandola, then, the surname Lacandola is not a descendant of Lakan
Dula of Tondo but a descendant of Mr. Carlos Lacandola of Lubao. And since the
claim of Macapagal of their decendancy to Lakan Dula of Tondo is anchored on
the surname Lacandola, therefore, the Macapagal are not descendants of Lakan
Dula of Tondo but of Mr. Carlos Lacandola of Lubao, the traitor who sided with
the Spaniards against the native patriots.
6. One probable proof of their Lakan Bunao Dula lineage is
that one grandchild of Lakan Dula of Tondo married a guy with a surname
Lacandola, a common surname among Filipinos, but the Wikipedia article of the
Macapagal entitled Lakandula is not saying so.
7. Another probable proof also is that one granddaughter of
Lakan Dula was named Dola Goiti Dula and was hidden in San Luis, Pampanga by
giving her a big farm now known now as Candola, or owned by Dola. And that
granddaughter changed the surname of her family to Lacandola to hide them from
Spanish prosecution. But, the Macapagal has not identified a relative from Candola,
San Luis, Pampanga with a surname Lacandola. Their Wikipedia article entitled
Lakandula is not showing it.
8. The desire of the Macapagal Family to change the name of
Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo from where the Lakan Dula High School was named, to
Lakandula and later on to Lacandola in some official documents, awards (e.r.
Order of Lakandula) and in Wikipedia is their desperate desire to link with
their surname Lacandola to Lakan Bunao Dula, forgetting that to prove their
descendancy to Lakan Bunao Dula, a closely similar name is immaterial, they
must link their bloodline with one of the children of Lakan Dula, or
grandchildren, which their own Lakandula article in the Wikipedia did not show.
9. Now, given that their Lacandola gambit to connect with
Lakan Bunao Dula is a failure because they did not connect with one of the
seven children of Lakan Bunao Dula of Tondo, watch out, they might eventually
connect with one of the Lakan Dula children or grandchildren, or might even
invent a Lakan Dula child with a surname Lacandola. But, what will they do with
the much publicized “Lacandola of Lubao Tall Tales” that made them traitors
siding with the Spaniards, against native Filipino patriots? Will they just
say, ok, my bad! misdeal?
This Website is Searching for the Descendants of Lakan Bunao
Dula
Some
historians interpret as abandonment of the Kingdom when Lakan Bunao Dula sent
his heir apparent and several trusted warriors as well as members of his clan
to different places of the archipelago using the galleon trade and river
routes. But, there are historians who say that this is a brilliant tactical
move to mass up forces from different parts of the Philippine Islands, regroup,
consolidate and drive away the Spaniards in the proper time. This could also be
a way to preserve his bloodline - by sending his eldest son and heir apparent,
and some children and relatives to faraway lands. He feared that his bloodline
will be slowly murdered by the Spaniards to totally erase the native
aristocracy. This tactical move proved to be a long-term strategy and had gone
beyond his lifetime. This explains why there are Lakan Bunao Dula descendants
in Pampanga, La Union, Marikina, Northern Samar, Sorsogon, Quezon Province,
Pangasinan, Quirino, Bulacan, Davao, Zamboanga, Panay Islands, Rizal, Cebu and
in many other far flung places of the country. Lakan is prefix to Tagalog name,
which once meant "paramount ruler" according to W. H. Scott in his
paper, "Prehispanic Source Materials for the Study of Philipppine
History", revised edition, 1984. So, Lakan is the title, which meant
"paramount ruler", and Bunao Dula is the name of the paramount ruler
of Tondo. The descendants are usually carrying native sounding or non-Hispanic
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 even disregarded the “dula” root word and adopted totally different
native sounding surnames like magsaysay, agbayani, salonga, bacani, macapagal,
guingona, pangilinan, sumuroy, dagohoy, kalaw, salalima, soliman, pagdanganan,
macalintal, angara, datumanong, panganiban, katigbak, macarambon, aglipay,
kasilag, salamat, karingal, daza, lacanilao, lacanlale, gatchalian, manalo,
lagumbay, tamano, ilagan, bunye, pangandaman, maliksi, silang,
badoy,puno,lapid,nalupta, binay,gatbonton, capulong,puyat,gatmaitan, dagami,
ablan, capinpin, punongbayan, madlangbayan, gatlabayan, cabangbang, calungsod,
capangoy, kapunan,etc. There are those who actually embraced Spanish surnames
like guevarra, legaspi, mendoza, estanislao, fernando, delapaz, santos, de
guzman while some adopted chinese surnames of their mother like lim, uy, go,
tan, etc.Although some website thinks that Diosdado Macapagal could be a
descendant of Lakan Dula, there are historians and descendants of Lakan Dula,
specifically those associated with the blog of Ellen Tordisillas who claim that
the macapagals are not really descendants of Lakan Dula. For one, the
macapagals are not really from Lubao, but from Candaba, Pampanga. The
Macapagals are desendants of Lacandola of Lubao, a spanish collaborator. They
say that the claim of the Macapagals to the Lakan Dula heritage is based on the
tall tales concocted by the father of President Diosdado Macapagal who can
write stories. These tales seem to have shaped the formative years of young
Diosdado which planted the seeds for his presidential ambition. He sustained
the tale during his term and at present, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo seem
to be sustaining the same tale. Some websites wish to appeal to fellow
descendants of Lakan Bunao Dula to be inclusive rather than exclusive. Even God
is against exclusivity, that is why He warned the humanity against the evil of
666. In short, let us welcome any family or clan who has a long-cherished
family legend or tales that in one way or another is linked to the old Manila
Kingdom of Lakan Bunao Dula. The Jewish people have their own myths, legends,
practices and tales. And they believe them to the point that they are willing
to die for them. In the face of the present day Filipino Diaspora, if the
history, legends, myths and tales around Lakan Bunao Dula will give us our
lasting identity and unity, then, by all means let us continue to make family
tales and myths around Lakan Bunao Dula, the Old Manila Kingdom, the
pre-Hispanic grandeur of native aristocracy, the dying wish of Lakan Bunao Dula
for his descendants, the legend of the “lineage of the first-born son”, the
“descendant” Philippine deliberant, the “Sumpa ni Lakan Dula” etc. And let them
flourish into culture, religion, cult, drama, literature and even civilization.
This could be the start of the Philippine greatness that Lakan Bunao Dula has
wished for.
Some comments from the selected descendants of Lakan Bunao
Dula of Tondo:
Rajah Lakandula
jjmacam - May
31st, 2011 - Gloria Macapagal first
claimed that they were part of the Lakan Dula family by using the historical
account of my ancestor Pampalung Gatbonton who is in "his youth was known
as Macapagal". the reason why Pampalung Gatbonton used the Macapagal as an
alias is that obviously he shield himself from the Spanish authorities in fear
of being exterminated. after a carry on order to crush all the Royal Families
of Tondo. the Gatbontons from Tondo sailed to Pampanga via Pasig river and
settled in Candaba and Apalit. the phrase 'in his youth" determines that
he was only using the name Macapagal for a limited time. conclusion: the
Macapagals claim as a member of the Lakan Dula clan thru the Gabonton is
nothing but a hoax.
http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/jsp/db/board.jsp?id=78656
Descendants of Lakan Dula of Tondo
Willy Ronquillo - June 30th, 2009
In 1587
Magat Salamat, one of the children of Lakan Dula, and Augustin de Legazpi,
Lakan Dula's nephew and the chiefs of the neighboring areas of Tondo, Pandacan,
Marikina, Candaba, Navotas and Bulacan were executed for secretly conspiring to
overthrow the Spanish colonizers.Before the execution, the third generation
descendants of Lakan Dula has already been moving to settlements along the sea
and river routes, to escape the intense Spanish persecutions. An incident
happened in Pampanga during the famine. The Pampangos sought the help of the
Borneans for their plan to enter Manila one dark night to massacre all the
Spaniards. Unfortunately, a native woman married to a Spanish soldier betrayed
the plan. Many Pampangos were arrested and executed. In Northern Mindanao,
Governor Fajardo executed the chieftain of the Manobos named Dabao, after he
accepted Fajardo's offer of amnesty. David Dula y Goiti, a grandson of Lakan
Dula with a Spanish mother escaped the persecution of the descendants of Lakan
Dula by settling in Isla de Batag, Northern Samar and settled in the placed now
called Candawid (Kan David). Due to hatred to the Spaniards, he dropped the
Goiti in his surname and adopted a new name David Dulay. He was eventually
caught by the Guardia Civil based in Palapag and was executed together with
seven followers. They were charged with planning to attack the the Spanish
detachment. In 1762, Palaris led a revolt of Pangasinan and waged war that last
for two years. This rebellion was crushed in 1765 and Palaris was hanged.
Apolinario de la Cruz or popularly known as Hermano Pule revolted caught and
after a hasty trial was executed and his body was dismembered and exhibited in
the town of Tayabas. The execution of local priests Gomez, Burgos and Zamora,
in February 17 1872, maliciously charged by the friars gained sympathy among
the natives that led to numerous uprisings. However these uprisings
unfortunately ended up in the execution of leaders and sympathizers. For
instance, the 13 martyrs of Cavite, leaders in Bulacan and Nueva Ecija but the
most gruesome and well remembered of all these executions was the execution of
Jose Rizal on Dec. 30, 1896
Omeng - January 13th, 2010 -
You mentioned in
your article that the Kapunan family name (originally from Mambusao town in the
province of Capiz, Panay Island) are descendants of Lakan Dula of Tondo.
From what I know
in our family history, Kapunan is not the real family name but Lopez. The Lopez
name are numerous and also notorious at that time associated with all kinds of
misdeeds. Out of disgust and not wanting to be drag into so many scandals, five
brothers from one of the Lopez family deliberately changed their family name.
In essence the Kapunan's are related to the Lopezes' that came from Panay
island.
If your tracing of
the descendants of Lakan Dula of Tondo is correct, the Lopezes trace their
roots to Lakan Dula.
The Dulays from Pangasinan - July 21st, 2010 -
So how about the
Dulays from Pangasinan?Are we related or just namesake?My grandfather's
ancestral birth origin was La Union!
jjmacam - May
31st, 2011 - True. the Gloria Macapagal
clan is trying to invent another royal family out of nowhere by affixing their
names into someone elses. First they tried to associate with us in our
Gatbonton family side but her arch rival FPJ is a real Gatbonton being the
grandson of Martha Gatbonton Kelley. During the height of the presidential
elections, the Gat bonton Wikipedia page was gone in the web. Now they are
trying to connect themselves to Lakan Dula, the Son of Raha Sulaiman Salalila ,
but to no avail. while the Lakan Dula heirs were dying for the country Juan
Macapagal of the Lacandolas of Lubao was busy helping the spanish position to
supress the Filipino revolt. There is a traitor in our midst!
anonymous - November 28th, 2010 -
i read your article about lakan dula,you think dulatre is
one of descendant of lakan dula of tondo. but thier from la union
jmacam - May 29th, 2011 -
During the height
of the elections, (Macapagal-Arroyo versus Fernando Poe Jr.) the Entry 'The
gatbontons" in wikipedia was removed. Fernando Poe Jr. is a grandson of
Martha Gatbonton Kelley. the Gatbontons are descendants of King Lakan Dula of
Tondo. The chieftain who established a small kingdom in Barrio kapalangan
(Palang is the pampango word for sword or bolo), Apalit, Pampanga was Pampalung
Gatbonton. In his younger days he was nicknamed Macapagal, if translated in
english means "one whos very tiring.." (hyperactive?) or in tagalog
nakakapagud. maybe this inspires Diosdado Macapagal to brew a story connecting
him to the royal filipino lineage, as scholars have claimed it. (note:
macapagal was just an alyas and was not a first name or a last name) If by
chance someone discovers the entry in Wikipedia, the talltale created by
Diosdado Macapagal which even until now is continued by Gloria will be
revealed, at the same time will benifit Fernado Poe Jr., as the real
descendant. On the other hand the discovery can be used to heighten the drama
in the elections.
j macam
grandson of
Feliza Gatbonton Corrales-Macam
of Bulacan
jmacam - May 29th, 2011 - (view article)
The Dulays of sgay city are very good looking mestizos..
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