List of recorded datu in the Philippines

The datu have ruled over portions of the islands that are now the Philippines before Spanish colonization in the 16th century. This article lists the pre-colonial leaders of individual kingdoms and polities in Philippine history.

Pre-colonial history of the Philippines
Barangay government
Ruling class (Maginoo, Tumao): Apo, Datu, Lakan, Panglima, Rajah, Sultan, Thimuay
Middle class: Timawa, Maharlika
Serfs, commoners and slaves (Alipin): Aliping namamahay, Alipin sa gigilid, Bulisik, Bulislis, Horohan, Uripon
States in Luzon
Caboloan
Cainta
Ma-i
Rajahnate of Maynila
Namayan
Tondo
States in the Visayas
Kedatuan of Madja-as
Kedatuan of Dapitan
Rajahnate of Cebu
States in Mindanao
Rajahnate of Butuan
Sultanate of Sulu
Sultanate of Maguindanao
Sultanates of Lanao
Key figures
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Tondo Dynasty

Name	Image	Title held	From	Until
Unknown, represented by Hwan Nāyaka Jayadewa of Pailah in the LCI		Senapati (analogous to "admiral")	900?	?
Timamanukum		Lakan Timamanukum	1150?	?
Alon		Lakan Alon	1200?	?
Gambang		Lakan Gambang	1390?	1417?
Suko		Lakan Suko	1417?	1430?
Lontok		Rajah Lontok	1430?	1450?
Kalangitan		Dayang Kaylangitan, Queen of Namayan and Tondo	1450?	1515?
Salalila		Rajah Salalila or Rajah Sulayman I	1515?	1558?
Matanda		Rajah Matanda or Rajah Sulayman II or Rajah Ache, King of Namayan	1558?	1571
Lakan Dula		Banaw Lakandula, King of Tondo and Sabag	1558?	1571
Sulayman		Rajah Sulayman III, King of Tondo	1571	1585
Magat Salamat			1575	1587

The Datus of Madja-as

Commander-In-Chief	Image	Jurisdiction	From	Until
Datu Thel		Kabuyaw	13th century	1212
Datu Anne		Kabuyaw	13th century	1212
Datu Puti		Whole Aninipay	13th century	1212
Datu Sumakwel		Antique	12 century-Borneo
Datu Lubay		Malandug	?	?
Datu Paiburong		Irong-Irong	?	?
Datu Paduhinog		Malandug	?	?
Datu Bankaya		Kalibo	1365	1437
Datu Dumangsol		Malandug	1437-	?
Datu Dumalugdog		IMalandug	?	?
Datu Dumangsil		Taal	?	1565
Datu Balensucla		Taal	?	?

Rulers of the Maynila

Name	From	Until
Sultan Bolkiah	1500	?

Monarchs of the Butuan Kingdom

The Royal Title of the Reigning Rajah	Image	Events	From	Until
Rajah Kiling		The Embassy of I-shu-han (李竾罕)	989	1009
Sri Bata Shaja		Mission by Likanhsieh (李于燮)	1011	?
Rajah Siagu		Annexation by Ferdinand Magellan	?	1521

Rajas of Cebu

The Royal Title of the Reigning Rajah	Image	Events	From	Until
Sri Lumay				?
Rajah Humabon		Annexation by Ferdinand Magellan		?
Rajah Tupas		Spanish Period

Sultans of Maguindanao

Reign	Sultan	Other name(s)
1520–1543
1543–1574	Sultan Maka-alang Saripada
1574–1578	Sultan Bangkaya
1578–1585	Sultan Dimasangcay Adel
1585–1597	Sultan Gugu Sarikula	Datu Salikala
1597–1619	Sultan Laut Buisan	Datu Katchil
1619–1671?	Sultan Muhammad Dipatuan Kudarat	Datu Qudratullah Katchil
1671?–1678?	Sultan Dundang Tidulay	Sultan Saif ud-Din (Saifud Din)
1678?–1699	Sultan Barahaman	Sultan Muhammad Shah Minulu-sa-Rahmatullah
1699–1702	Sultan Kahar ud-Din Kuda	Maulana Amir ul-Umara Jamal ul-Azam
1702–1736	Sultan Bayan ul-Anwar { Maruhom Batua }	Dipatuan Jalal ud-Din Mupat Batua (posthumously)
1710–1736 (in Tamontaka)	Sultan Amir ud-Din	Paduka Sri Sultan Muhammad Jafar Sadiq Manamir Shahid Mupat (posthumously)
1736–1748 (in Sibugay, Buayan, Malabang)	Sultan Muhammad Tahir ud-Din	Dipatuan Malinug Muhammad Shah Amir ud-Din
1733–1755 (paramount chief of Maguindanao by 1748)	Sultan Rajah Muda Muhammad Khair ud-Din	Pakir Maulana Kamsa Amir ud-Din Itamza Azim ud-Din Amir ul-M'umimin
1755–1780?	Sultan Pahar ud-Din	Datu Panglu/Pongloc Mupat Hidayat (posthumously)
1780?–1805?	Sultan Kibad Sahriyal	Muhammad Azim ud-Din Amir ul-Umara
1805?–1830?	Sultan Kawasa Anwar ud-Din	Muhammad Amir ul-Umara Iskandar Jukarnain
1830–1854	Sultan Qudratullah Untung	Iskandar Qudratullah Muhammad Jamal ul-Azam Iskandar Qudarat Pahar ud-Din. Properly place, his name was Ullah Untong and seated as Sultan Ashrf Samalan Farid Quadratullah or better known as Sultan Qudarat. www.royalsultanate.weebly.com
1854–1884	Sultan Muhammad Makakwa
1884–1888	Sultan Wata	Sultan Muhammad Jalal ud-Din Pablu
1888–1896	No sultan Sultan Anwar ud-Din contested Datu Mamaku (son of Sultan Qudratullah Untung) of Buayan for the throne versus the then sultan Datu Mangigin of Sibugay.
1896–1898	Sultan Taha Colo	Sultan Rabago sa Tiguma
1908–1933	Sultan Mastura Kudarat	Sultan Muhammad Hijaban Iskandar Mastura Kudarat, Sultan Mastura

The Sultans of Sulu (1405–present)

Sultans	Image	From	Until
Sharif ul-Hashim of Sulu		1480	1505
Sultan Kamalud-Din		1505	1527
Sultan Amirul-Umara		1893	1899
Jamal ul-Kiram I		1893	1899
Mahakuttah Kiram		1974	1986
Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram		1986

Datus in the Maragtas epic

• Datu Kalantiaw III /Rajah Bendahara Kalantiaw, according to the local oral tradition of Panay, is said to have enacted a body of laws, which is now called the Code of Kalantiaw in 1433.
• Datu Puti – One of the 10 Bornean Datus to arrive in Iloilo before the Spanish colonization.
• Datu Sumakwel – Leader of the 10 Bornean Datus. He settled in Antique.
• Datu Bangkaya
• Datu Paiburong
• Datu Marikudo – the Ati (Aeta) Datu of Panay, from whom the 10 Bornean Datus purchased the lowlands of the Island, in exchange for a golden Salakot (Bulawan nga Saduk), and a long pearl necklace that could touch the ground (Manangyad).

Datus during the Spanish colonization

• Rajah Colambu – King of Limasawa in 1521, brother of Rajah Siagu of Butuan. He befriended Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan and guided him to Cebu on April 7, 1521.
• Rajah Humabon – King of Cebu who became an ally of Ferdinand Magellan and the Spaniards. Rival of Datu Lapu-Lapu. In 1521, he and his wife were baptized as Christians and given Christian names Carlos and Juana after the Spanish royalty, King Carlos and Queen Juana.
• Sultan Kudarat – Sultan of Maguindanao.
• Lakan Dula or Lakandula – King of Tondo, one of the last princes of Manila.
• Datu Lapu-Lapu – King of Mactan Island. He defeated the Spaniards on April 27, 1521.
• Datu Sikatuna – King of Bohol in 1565. He made a blood compact with Spanish explorer, Miguel López de Legazpi.
• Datu Pagbuaya – King of Bohol. He governed with his brother Datu Dailisan, a settlement along the shorelines between Mansasa, Tagbilaran and Dauis, which was abandoned years before the Spanish colonization due to Portuguese and Ternatean attacks. He founded Dapitan in the northern shore of Mindanao.
• Datu Dailisan – King of Mansasa, Tagbilaran and Dauis and governed their kingdom along with his brother Datu Pagbuaya. His death during one of the Portuguese raids caused the abandonment of the settlement.
• Datu Manooc – baptized as Pedro Manuel Manooc, son of Datu Pagbuaya who converted to Christianity, defeated the Higaonon tribe in Iligan, Mindanao. He established one of the first Christian settlements in the country.
• Datu Macabulos – King of Pampanga in 1571.
• Rajah Siagu – King of the Manobo in 1521.
• Apo Noan – Chieftain of Mandani (present day Mandaue) in 1521.
• Apo Macarere – Famous Chieftain of the Tagbanwa warrior tribe in Corong Island (Calis).
• Rajah Sulaiman III – One of the last King of Manila, was defeated by Martín de Goiti, a Spanish soldier commissioned by López de Legazpi to Manila.
• Rajah Tupas – King of Cebu, conquered by Miguel López de Legazpi.
• Datu Urduja – Female Leader in Pangasinan.
• Datu Zula – Chieftain of Mactan, Cebu. Rival of Lapu-lapu
• Datu Kalun – born Pedro Cuevas Javiér on May 6, 1845 from Bacoor, Cavite. Ruler of the Island of the Basilan and the Yakans in Mindanao, defeated the real Datu Kalun after a Yakan-Chavacano confrontation, assumed the title and converted his line to Catholicism. Founder of Lamitan City.
• Datu Sanday – Ruler of Marawi City
• Datu Saiden Borero – King of Antique
• unnamed Datu – King of Taytay Palawan. Mentioned by Pigafetta, chronicler of Magellan. The king, together with his wife were kidnapped by the remnant troops from Magellan's fleet after fleeing Cebu to secure provisions for their crossing to the Moluccas.
• Datu Cabaylo (Cabailo) – The last king of the Kingdom of Taytay
• Datu Piang - the most prominent datu of Cotabato during the late Spanish period up to the American era. He is also the first Governor of Cotabato.

1. Muslim Datus in Mindanao

In some indigenous Lumad and Muslim societies in Mindanao, titular Datus of ancient royal and noble families still exist. Some of them are active government officials of the Republic of the Philippines, while continuing their cultural and tribal roles as community leaders of their people. Some, although do not have official duties in the Republic, exercise some leadership roles in their tribes. Still others are claimants to these titles. Some of these present day Datus are:

• Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr. – Present datu and one of the most infamous among datus, because he is the culprit of Maguindanao Massacre.
• Datu Pax S. Mangudadato – Present day datu and governor of Sultan Kudarat (2001–2004)
• Datu Zaldy Ampatuan – Regional Governor, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
• Datu Zamzamin Ampatuan – Undersecretary, "Department of Energy"
• Datu Micko Alunan S. Ampatuan also known as Datu Alunan – born in 1995, was the next in line to the datus. He is the successor of Datu Andal Ampatuan Sr..
• The Sultanate of Sulu has had succession of titular Sultans[1] during the past decades: Mohammad Jamalulul Kiram III (1984–1990);[2][3] Mohammad Akijal Atti (1990–1999), who was Raja Muda to self-proclaimed Sultan Mohammad Jamalulul Kiram III before he assumed the title as self-proclaimed titular Sultan;[4][5][6] However at present, the legitimate ruling house of the Sultanate of Sulu (Cf. Royal Sultanate of Sulu), states Raja Muda Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram of Sulu is the legitimate head and Sultan of Sulu. Datu Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram was crowned in 1974 as Raja Muda ( Crown Prince) through an official Memorandum Order N. 427, issued by Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos.[7][8] He was crowned beside his father, Sultan Moh. Mahakuttah A. Kiram, the last Philippine Government recognised Sultan of Sulu.[9] Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram is the last Raja Muda (Crown Prince) of Sulu to receive official recognition from a Philippine President.[10][11]
• The Sultanate of Maguindanao has an incumbent titular Sultan, Hajji Datu Amir bin Muhammad Baraguir – the 25th Sultan of Maguindanao.Son of Al-Marhum Sultan Hajji Datu Muhammad G.M. Baraguir,Llb. the 24th Sultan of Maguindanao[12]
• The Maranaos have sixteen royal houses who rule the four principalities in what is referred to as the Confederation of Sultanates in Lanao.

2. Lumad Datus in Mindanao

A 1926 photograph of Bagobo (Manobo) warriors in full war regalia. The Bagobo tribe is one of the Lumad tribes in Mindanao.

• Datu Benhur – Lumad leader of the Banuaon tribe[13]

• Datu Viloso Suhat, also known as Datu Lipatuan – a tribal leader from the Tinananon Menuvo tribe in Arakan, North Cotabato, and the first Lumad to sit in a local legislative body in central Mindanao.[14]

• Datu Lamparan Talima Danda – the tribal chief from Subanen tribe, and a second generation descendant of Timuay Danda Antanao from Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay. Elected Mayor of Kabasalan, serving from 1961 to 1964. He was the Secretary General of United Subanen Community Association Inc.

• Datu Wata Eduardo Lihao Danda- a tribal leader in charge of the communications for the entire Subanen Tribe. He functioned under Datu Lamparan Lihao Danda, his elder brother. He was enlisted into United States Armed Forces of the Far East (USAFFE) during World War II, attach to the Medical Detachment of 106th Infantry (Filipino) Division with rank of Corporal, and captured by the Japanese in May 1942. Datu Wata Eduardo was imprisoned in Camp 78 in Davao, escaped the same year and re-joined with US Army 41st Division. After the liberation of the Philippines from Imperial Japanese forces, he reenlisted to the Philippine Constabulary and retired in 1972. He served as the Secretary General of United Subanen Community Association, Inc. in Zamboanga Sibugay, succeeding his elder brother.

• Datu Labi José Lihao Cayon – a tribal chief of the Subanen tribe and the 1st cousin of Datu Wata Eduardo Lihao Danda and Datu Lamparan Lihao Danda

• Datu Labi Julius Mascarinas Cayon – board member of Zamboanga Sibugay Province And the Son of late Datu Labi JoseLihao Cayon, he is recognized as the Tribal Chieftain not just in Zamboanga Sibugay but entire Region 9 and partly in Region 10. "NCIP" - national commission on indigenous people, record section.

• Datu Lumok Imbing – 2nd cousin of Datu Laparam Talima Danda and a tribal leader from Subanen Tribe, who leads the aborigins of the Municipality of Lapuyan, Zamboanga Del Sur Province.

• Datu Wilborne Sanghanan Danda – a board member of Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Zamboanga Sibugay (2000–2013), Elected Vice Mayor of Municipality of Kabasalan, Zamboanga Sibugay from year 2010–2013, He is the son of Datu Lamparan Talima Danda.

• Datu Langhap Dacanay – he is the 2nd generation of the royal blood stream and a 3rd degree relative of Datu Wilborn Sanghanan Danda

• Bae Sonita Manda Ryde – the 1st highest women handle the position she was proclaimed by former President Gloria Arroyo and she is in the 2nd generation royal blood stream a relative of Datu Lamparan T. Danda, Datu Wata Eduardo Lihao Danda and Datu Labi Jose Lihao Cayon

• Datu Wilfredo Lunsayan Sunggayan – 1st Indigenous Peoples representative in local legislative councils in the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay an none blood stream ordained appointed as Datu for Subanen political affair from the provincial down to the barangay level pursuant to RA 8371.

Other Present day Datus in Ancestral Domains under IPRA Law

• Apo Dr. Pio Lledo – Tagbanwa Tribal Chieftain of Calauit Is. Ancestral Domain[15]
• Apo Rodolfo Aguilar – Tagbanwa Paramount Tribal Chieftain of Coron Is. Ancestral Domain[16]

See also

• President of the Philippines
• Governor General of the Philippines
• Heads of state and government of the Philippines
• List of sovereign state leaders in the Philippines

• List of ancient Philippine consorts
• Indian honorifics, Filipino, Indonesian, Malay and Thai titles originated from these
• Thai honorifics
• Thai royal and noble titles
• Malay styles and titles
• Filipino styles and honorifics
• Indonesian honorifics
• Greater India
• Indosphere

References

1. Sultan of Sulu
2. ‘Sultan of Sulu’ attends wedding in Malaysia | Free Malaysia Today Archived 2011-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
3. Jamalul Kiram III was a member of the Rumah Bichara (Council of the Sultan) during the reign of his late uncle, Sultan Esmail Kiram (1962–1974). He himself acted as "Interim Sultan" during the absence of his father Punjungan Kiram while in Sabah (1974–1981) and proclaimed himself in 1984 as Sultan of Sulu. He was crowned on June 15, 1986 in Jolo, Sulu.
4. Titular Sultan of Sulu from 1990–1999
5. Ismael Kiram II is the second son of Punjungan Kiram and younger brother of Jamalul Kiram III, and titular Sultan of Sulu since 1999.
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12. The Sultans: Members Family Of The Royal House Of Maguindanao
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14. Lumad first to sit in council | Inquirer News
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