User:Alternativity/sandbox/Rulers and nobles in early Tagalog history

This article covers the various Tagalog rulers and persons of nobility who lived during early Philippine history and prehistory, including individuals who have been described in firsthand historical accounts, as well as those only mentioned in surviving oral literature.

The early history of the Tagalog people formally began with the creation of the Philippines' earliest surviving written document, the Laguna Copperplate Inscription (LCI) in 900 C.E., and formally ended with the founding of the City of Maynila by Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1572. Additionally, this formal "early historic" period overlaps with what has been called the Philippines' "protohistory" - a period characterized by extensive archeological finds dated to as far back as the 14th century, which was the point of reference for scholars of early Philippine history prior to the discovery of the LCI.

Sources

Historical documents which specifically list various rulers of the Tagalog people include:

the epistolary firsthand accounts of the members of the Magellan and Legaspi expeditions, referred to in Spanish as "relaciones";^[1]
various notarized genealogical records kept by the early Spanish colonial government,^[1] mostly in the form of last wills and testaments of descendants of said rulers;^[2] and,
in the case of Jayadewa, specific mention in the Laguna Copperplate Inscription.^[3]

Many other rulers of the Tagalog people are known only through oral histories, which in turn have been recorded by various documentary sources, ranging from historical documents describing oral histories, to contemporary descriptions of modern (post-colonial/national-era) oral accounts. Scholarly acceptance of the details recounted in these accounts vary from case to case, and are subject to scholarly peer review. These accounts include:

orally transmitted genealogical traditions, such as the Batu Tarsila, which have since been recorded and cited by scholarly accounts;
legends and folk traditions documented by anthropologists, local government units, the National Historical Institute of the Philippines, and other official sources; and
recently published genealogical accounts based on contemporary research.

Historical Rulers

Agustin Legaspi of Tondo

Rajah Matanda (Ache) of Maynila

Rajah Sulayman of Maynila

Lakandula of Tondo

Rajah Kalamayin of Sapa/Namayan

Historical Nobles

Legendary Rulers

Nunong Karugtong of Infanta

Legendary Nobles

References

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