Biography of rajah lakandula
• Tondo's Lakan Dula may have been unusual in being neither foreign nor muslim. This was indicated by his use of the native term Lakan instead of the foreign title Rajah. Lakan dula can be presumed… to have been reared in the anito cults. One guess is that he converted to islam, then changed his mind and returned to his native faith
• Banaw was the given name of the lord of Tondo at the time of the Spanish advent, and his title "Lakan" denoted a "paramount ruler" (or more specifically, "paramount datu") of one of the large coastal settlements (known as a "bayan" or "large barangay") of the Tagalog people. This leaves the matter of the addendum "dula" to be settled, however, suggested that Dula was not a personal name at all, but a local word for "Palace," such that "Lakandula" was the local-language title, "Lord of the Palace" of the rulers of Tondo. Analogously, Rajah Ache was also referred to as Rajah Matanda (Old Rajah), while Rajah Sulayman was sometimes referred to as Rajah Muda or Rajamora (Young Rajah)
• Tondo had replaced Namayan as the chief port of entry on Manila Bay. Tondo was right on the seaside. This was the advantage it had over Namayan, which was upriver inland. So the merchant ships that came into the bay preferred to unload their goods at the port of Tondo. And now it was the king of Tondo who was responsible for sending the merchandise upriver to the lakeside communities, there to be traded for local products. Tondo was thus the distributing center, or entrepot, on the delta... At the time of Lakan Dula, Tondo was at the height of its career as an entrepot….
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Lakandula
Lakan of Tondo
Lakandula (Baybayin: ᜎᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ, Spanish orthography: Lacandola) was the title of the last lakan or paramount ruler of pre-colonialTondo when the Spaniards first conquered the lands of the Pasig River delta in the Philippines in the 1570s.
The firsthand account of Spanish Royal Notary Hernando Riquel says that he introduced himself to the Spanish as "Sibunao Lacandola". While his given name has since been interpreted as being "Bunao", the historic meaning of the word Lakan, was a title equivalent to prince or paramount ruler, meaning he was the principal Datu or Prince of his domain.
Along with Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulayman, Bunao Lakandula (or Lakan of Tondo), was one of three rulers who played significant roles in the Spanish conquest of the Pasig River delta polities during the earliest days of the Philippines under Spanish colonial period.
While it is questionable whether "Lakandula" represented a single titular name during his own lifetime, a few of his descendants in the first few generations after his death came to refer to themselves as the "Lakandula of Tondo", taking that name on as a noble title.
Name and title
Over time, the Lakandula's name has come to be written in several ways. However, according to the firsthand account written in Spanish by Hernando Riquel, the royal notary who accompanied Miguel López de Legazpi, the Lord of Tondo specifically identified himself as "Sibunao Lacandola, lord of the town of Tondo" when he boarded Legazpi's ship with the lords of Manila on May 18, 1571. According to Riquel, the lords of Manila introduced themselves as "Rajah Ache the Old and Rajah Soliman the Young, lords and principals of the town of Manila"
In page 13 of "Cracks in the Parchment Curtain", preeminent historian William Henry Scott quotes Riquel's original text, which he found in the Span
Lakandula facts for kids
In this Philippine name for indigenous people, this person is addressed by the sole name, Dula.
Quick facts for kids Lakandula | |
|---|---|
| Lakan of Tondo | |
| Reign | c. 1521–1571 |
| Successor | Agustin de Legazpi |
| Full name | ᜊᜓᜈᜂ ᜎᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ |
| Born | c. 1503 |
| Died | 1575 (aged 71–72) |
| Noble family | Tondo |
| Issue | Batang Dula Dionisio Capulong |
Lakandula (Baybayin: ᜎᜃᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜎ, Abecedario: Lácandólá) was the regnal name of the last Lakan (paramount ruler) of pre-colonialTondo when the Spaniards first conquered the lands of the Pasig River delta in the Philippines in the 1570s.
The firsthand account of Spanish Royal Notary Hernando Riquel says that he introduced himself to the Spanish as "Sibunao Lacandola", indicating for later Filipino historians that his given name was "Bunao". However, the word Lakan which in current Tagalog form means gentleman, was a title equivalent to prince meaning he was Prince Dula. He later converted to Christianity and was baptised Carlos Lacandola. Another common variation of the name is Gat Dula (alternatively spelled as a single word, Gatdula). He is sometimes erroneously referred to as Rajah Lakandula, but the terms "Rajah" and "Lakan" have the same meaning, and in this domain the native Lakan title was used, making the use of both "Rajah" and "Lakandula" at the same time redundant and erroneous.
Along with Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulayman, he was one of three rulers who played significant roles in the Spanish conquest of the Pasig River delta polities during the earliest days of the Philippines' Spanish colonial period.
While it is unclear whether the entire name "Lakandula" represented a single titular name during his own lifetime, a few of his descendants in the first few generations after his death came to refer to themselves as the "Lakandula o BRP Rajah Lakandula (PF-4)BRP Rajah Lakandula
History United States Name Camp Builder Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas Laid down 27 January 1943 Launched 16 April 1943 Commissioned 16 September 1943 Recommissioned 31 July 1956 Renamed USS Camp (DER-251) Reclassified Radar Picket Stricken 30 December 1975 Motto If by sea Fate Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy on 13 February 1971. South Vietnam Name Tran Hung Dao Operator Republic of Vietnam Navy Acquired 13 February 1971 Decommissioned 1975 Fate Escaped to the Philippines in 1975 after the fall of South Vietnam. Philippines Name Rajah Lakandula Namesake Lakandula was the native ruler of the pre-colonial Kingdom of Tondo when the Spanish colonizers first came to the island of Luzon. Operator Philippine Navy Acquired 5 April 1976 Commissioned 27 July 1976 Decommissioned 1988 Stricken 1988 Fate Decommissioned from the Philippine Navy in 1988, used as a stationary barracks ship as until 1999. Probably sold as scrap. General characteristics Class and type Rajah Lakandula-class destroyer escort / frigate Displacement 1,200 tons standard, 1,590 tons full load Length 306 ft (93 m) Beam 36.83 ft (11.23 m) Draft 12.25 ft (3.73 m) Installed power 6,000 hp (4,500 kW) Propulsion Speed 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (maximum) Range 9,100 nmi (16,900 km; 10,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) Armament