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The House of Dula: Lakan Dula, the King of Tondo

Chapter 17 : Some Lakan Dula Descendants Settled in Marikina Valley Due to Hispanic Persecutions in the Tondo Homeland. Who is the present - day Hereditary Leader of Gobernadorcillo Sauza Clan of Marikina?

The first settlers of Marikina were descendants of Lakan Dula in the 1560s in what is now called Jesus de la Pena and the area is part of Kingdom of Tondo, followed by Augustinians who were the first to arrive at the valley in the 1570 at the spot known as Chorillo in Barangka. Catholicism in what is now Marikina began when the settlement was again ceded to the Augustinians by the Jesuits (Wayback Machine). On March 10, 1687, Governor Gabriel Cruz Elasque ordered the transfer of Marikina to the oversight of the Augustinians and merged with the ministry of San Mateo. He instructed Don Juan Pimentel, the Mayor of Tondo, to vacate and demolish the visita of Jesús de la Peña as the Marikina River would flood the site during the rainy season. The visita could not accommodate the growing congregation, forcing the Austin friars to transfer operations across the Marikina to higher ground, where the much larger, present structure was built. The church was subsequently made an independent parish in 1690 (Wikipedia OLA)

According to Dr. Trinidad Pardo de Tavera, the word Marquina was in recognition of Capt. Berenguer de Marquina who led the town in 1788. Mariquina became the capital of the Province of Manila in 1898, when the Philippine Revolution broke out, a period when Philippine Independence was declared by Emilio Aguinaldo, the first Philippine president (Wikipedia, Marikina). The original Marquina is a place in Spain near Galicia. In the Philippines however, from Marquina, it was changed to Marikina, as a sign of defiance to Spain.

Marikina was once the Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina (1809-1870), the land and home was formerly owned by Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios (1777-1880) and his wife Dona Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong (1790-1900). Moreover, Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong (19 November 1790, Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Philippines - 30 January 1900, Banwa, Batan, Aklan, Philippines) was the only daughter of Doña Demetria Sumulong y Lindo and of Señor Felix Berenguer de Marquina y FitzGerald, the former Governor General of the Philippines and from the Royal House of FitzGerald of Ireland (familiasauza). The surname Sumulong is one of the Lakan Dula descendants who settled in Jesus de la Pena together with Dumandan, Capangoy and Gatlabayan. The group of families led by Sumulong and Gatlabayan "ay sumulong papuntang bundok ng Antipolo" from Jesus de la Pena using the present Sumulong Highway route, and from then on, that is the name that the Kingdom of Tondo called them. This family who descended from Lakan Dula owned the hacienda, but as to how it was acquired by the Tuason is still a historical mystery. The Tuasons are also relatives of the Sauza. There are wild stories that an adopted child of the Sauza sold the hacienda to the Tuasons. There are other stories that the hacienda was slowly squandered in a gambling called “panggingge” to the Tuasons. The most acknowledged version is that the Tuasons got the hacienda by force through political connections with the Spanish government.

Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios, a Spanish-Mexican Indian navigator was the 22nd gobernadorcillo in 1809 and the 7th alcalde capitan in 1828 of pueblo de Marikina (presently Marikina City), Philippines. He was one of the founders of the first paper mill in the Philippines in 1825. He was one of the good friends of JOSEPH BONAPARTE or KING JOSEPH I of Spain.

However, the first gobernadorcillo of Marikina is actually Don Benito Mendoza. An adventurous son of a Sephardic Jew Spanish couple, the young Benito left his brothers and sisters at the Lakanate of Lawan and tried his luck in Tondo. He was in love with a pretty daughter of high ranking maginoo family of the Kingdom of Tondo who decided to settle in Jesus de la Pena in the present Marikina Valley to escape the Spanish persecution of the native nobility. Benito is the oldest of nine siblings, and he inherited the headship of the native settlement in what is now called Jesus de la Pena in Marikina and was eventually appointed by the Kingdom of Spain as the first gobernadorcillo of Marikina Valley. According to the historian of the Mendoza Clan of Marikina UP Professor Jaime Mendoza Caro, the following members of the Mendoza principalia clan has served Marikina in the following capacities:

1. Don Benito Mendoza, founding Gobernadorcillo 1787

2. Don Lucas Mendoza, Gobernadorcillo 1803

3. Don Mariano Mendoza, Alkalde 1843

4. Don Rufino Mendoza, Alkalde 1851

5. Don Isabelo Mendoza, Presidente 1910-1911

6. Eugenio Mendoza, Presidente, 1919-23

7. Osmundo De Guzmán (Mendoza), Mayor 1960-86

The descendants of the couple DON SANTIAGO SAUZA Y DELOR RIOS also known as PAPA TIAGO or LORD JAMES OF MARIQUINA (23 April 1777, Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico – 25 December 1880 Intramuros, Manila, Philippines) and DOÑA YSABEL BERENGUER DE MARQUINA Y SUMULONG also known as MAMA ABE and LADY ELIZABETH OF MARIQUINA and LADY DOWAGER OF SAUZA-BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (19 November 1790, Cagsawa,Daraga, Albay, Philippines – 30 January 1900, Banwa, Batan, Capiz, (presently Aklan), Philippines) who lived at Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina, Pueblo de Marikina (presently Marikina City), Republic of the Philippines. The 1st Las Familias Unidas happened on 25 December 1850 at Hacienda Sauza-Berenguer de Marquina, Pueblo de Marikina (presently Marikina City), Provincia De Tondo, Las Islas Filipinas and the 91st Las Familias Unidas was held at Bacolod, Negros Oriental, Republic of the Philippines on 25 December 1941 hosted by Demetrio Sauza y Mendoza and wife Cornelia Palmos.

Unlike the Mendoza’s where several streets are name today, Marikenyos are curious about where are the Sauzas of Marikina now. There seem to be some intermarriages between the Sauza and the Mendoza. The Sauza are said to be found in the present Barangays Sto. Nino and Sta. Elena in Marikina and in the vicinity of the oldest church of Marikina in Jesus de la Pena where the Lakan Dula descendants first settled but no street has been named after the family so far. The Mendozas on the other hand are found along the present location of Our Lady of the Abandoned Church where the first Church of Marikina in Jesus de la Pena was transferred. Several streets had been named after the family. Intermarriages among the principalia families in Marikina and in Tondo are very much an old practice among native nobilities. “The Tioco family was a very rich and generous family from Old Tondo. They owned numerous fishing boats in Tondo and Malabon. Siblings Balbino Tioco and Romana Tioco were illustrious citizens and famous Tondo benefactors of the 19th century. Balbino’s son Maximiano was kidnapped in the late 19th century and ransomed for 3 “kaings” of gold. Maximiano was married to a spanish mestiza Marciana Félix (same Félix family as Joji Félix Velarde and Conchita Félix wife of Felipe Calderón of the Malolos Constitution) Maximiano married Teodorica Ylo (The Cabangis family are also descended from the Ylo’s) They bore 5 children, Nemesio, Salvador, “Beot”, Guadalupe (married to Don Eduardo Barretto), Consuelo (married to Dr Rufino Mendoza, son of Don Isabelo Mendoza de Villablanca, a direct descendant of the spaniard Don Benito Mendoza, first gobernadorcillo of Mariquina in 1787. Benito’s (daughter?) Juana Mendoza Cerbito married Ceferino Dulay, a patriarch of the Rajah Lakandula/Dulay clan. Long after the family had left Old Tondo for the plush villages of Makati and other parts of Manila, there remains Calle Romana* in honor of Romana Tioco, and Calle Tioco* in honor of Balbino and Romana, two personages of the same family in gratitude for their inexhaustible generosity to Tondo. (J.Antonio Mendoza y González)".

Doña Ysabel Berenguer de Marquina y Sumulong, a blue-blooded lady from the Royal and Noble House of the FitzGeralds of Ireland, was the only child of DOÑA DEMETRIA SUMULONG Y LINDO (21 June 1772, Antipolo, Philippines – 01 February 1814, Cagsawa, Albay, Philippines) also known as Metyang, a Chinese-Japanese-Indian-English-Malay-Dumagat blooded lady whose mother is from the Jaucian - Li - Palanca - Uy family of Daraga, Albay, where present Mayor Victor Uy Perete belongs. (The Cagsawa Daraga settlement is as old as 12th century); and of SEÑOR FELIX BERENGUER DE MARQUINA Y FITZGERALD (20 November 1736, Alicante, Spain - 10 October 1826, Alicante, Spain) who was married to MARIA ANSOATEGUI Y BARRON in 1758.

She was baptized on 25 December 1790 at a Franciscan church in Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, the Philippines. Though she was illegitimate by birth, her mother Metyang who was 18 years old by that time never took the plan to abort her because of illegitimacy instead she was born in the vast green fields of Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Philippines. Mama Abe had unique and interesting ancestries both paternal and maternal. She was the 23rd great granddaughter of HER ROYAL HIGHNESS NEST FERCH RHYS, the Princess of Deuhebarth now Wales and of GERALD DE WINDSOR. Her family line and descendants are recorded and kept by the Berenguer de Marquina-FitzGerald relatives in Bristol, United Kingdom and from Madrid, Spain.

Nest first spouse was Gerald de Windsor also known as GERALD FITZWALTER, the progenitor of the FitzGerald and De Barry Dynasties of Ireland and the son of WALTER FITZOTHO and GWLADYS FERCH RYALL. Her second spouse was KING HENRY I OF ENGLAND. Gerald de Windsor's father was OTHO, an honorary baron at the court of KING EDWARD THE CONFESSOR and owner of manors in five English counties. Moreover, Mama Abe was a royal blooded lady because of her FitzGerald ancestry, but in her lifetime, she never allowed herself to be treated as a royal, instead as a commoner.

SEÑOR FELIX BERENGUER DE MARQUINA Y FITZGERALD (1736, Alicante, Spain-1826, Alicante, Spain) was the 55th Governor-General of the Philippines (1788-1793) and the Viceroy of New Spain (1800-1803).

Doña Ysabel Berenguer De Marquina y Sumulong and Don Santiago Sauza y Delos Rios got married on 19 November 1809 at San Francisco Church (presently Mapua Institute of Technology) in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. After their marriage, they moved to Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Philippines and lived there for almost five years (1810-1815). They had the following children:

1. DOÑA HILARIA MARIA DELA VEGA SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (16 December 1810, Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Bicol, Philippines – 23 August 1913, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a well-respected beauty queen of her time married DON TEODORO VICENTE LUIS IMPERIAL Y ORMAECHEA. Some of their descendants are the Aquinos, the Ballesteroses, the Canos, the Castils, the Chatos/Chattos, the Cojuangcos, the Diestors, the Fuenteses, the Fernandezes the Grageras, the Gils, the Getigans, the Ilejays, the Imperials, the Limoses, the Madrids, the Oppuses, the Perezes, the Piconeses, the Pueblases, the Puebloses, the Reyeses, the Silvestres, the Taoys, the Tenepereses, the Tiamsons, the Tolentinos, the Torrefancas, the Tungols, the Villamarins and the Vitors.

2. DON DEMETRIO IGNACIO FELIPE SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (01 December 1811, Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Philippines – 12 September 1904, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a meticulous potter married DOÑA ANUNCIATA PIETRA DI GUIDA, DOÑA MARIA ANGELES TALIP Y REVIL and DOÑA YGNACIA MARGARITA BEATRIZ ORMAECHEA Y ZARASPE. His other partners were SEÑORA MAGDALENA ROSA QUEYONGQUEYONG, SEÑORA MARTINA RELAMPAGOS Y PILAPIL, SEÑORA MARIA LERA Y BORDEOUS and SEÑORA MARIA HONORATA POSAS Y BORDEOUS, some of their descendants are the Apostaderos, the Balanons, the Bohions/Buhions, the Castils, the Chatos/Chattos, the Claretes, the Claudios, the Concepcions, the Diestros, the Grageras, the Gonzagas, the Lipios, the Manhilots, the Matafloridas, the Martoses, the Oppuses, the Pateses, the Talips, the Realistas, the Roceses, the Revils, the Roans and the Uaouaos who eventually became the Walwals.

3. DON FRANCISCO ANTONIO SALVADOR SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (14 October 1812, Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Bicol, Philippines – 25 June 1910, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), an experienced blacksmith and knight and a knowledgeable fencing enthusiast married DOÑA MARIA ROSALIA EULALIA ESCUDERO Y GUANZON. Some of their descendants are the Becos/Bicos/Vicos, the Godoys, the Macatangays and the Marasigans of Lobo, Batangas, Philippines and the Posadases.

4. DOÑA RESTITUTA MARIA DEL CARMEN SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (01 February 1814, Legazpi, Albay, Philippines – 12 January 1916, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines), an expert embroiderer married DON JUAN NOBLEJAS (1st Husband) of Taal, Batangas, Philippines, DON FRANCISCO BANGOY the Elder (2nd Husband) of Baclayon, Bohol, Philippines DON ENRIQUE QUIAMBAO (3rd Husband) of Tarlac, Philippines and DON JUAN JOSE DEL BUENVIAJE DE LA ESTRADA (4th Husband) of Guanajato, Mexico and DON VICTOR PASCUAL Y DE VERA (5th Husband) of Pangasinan, The Philippines. Some of their descendants are the Eugenios, the Lontocs also spelled as Lontok, the Noblejases and the Dioknos of Taal, Batangas, Philippines, the Quiambaos of Tarlac and Pampanga, Philippines, the Bangoys of Davao City, Philippines, the Ylagans and the Ylagas of Lobo, Batangas the Silayans of Binangonan, Rizal, Philippines and the Centeneras and the Garchitorenas of Bicol, Philippines.

5. PADRE LORENZO EDUARDO TEOFILO SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (10 August 1815, Marinduque, Philippines – 31 March 1912, San Jose, Antique, Philippines) (Exhumed 12 December 1939. Reburied at San Francisco Church (presently Mapua), Intramuros, Manila, Philippines), an intelligent speaker who had relationship to the SEÑORA MARIA SALVIEJO Y EVANGELISTA of Badoc, Ilocos Norte, The Philippines, SEÑORA TORIBIA DARAL of Baclayon, Bohol, The Philippines, SEÑORA SIMPLICIA CARTAGENAS of Loon, Bohol, The Philippines, SEÑORA ELENA BALAT of Itbayat, Batanes, The Philippines, the sisters SEÑORA ANA MAGBANUA and SEÑORA SIMPLICIA MAGBANUA of Antique, Philippines, SEÑORA SOLEDAD NER of Angono, Binangonan, The Philippines, SEÑORA CATALINA JALANDONI of Iloilo, Philippines and SEÑORA MARIA PORTICOS of Loon, Bohol, The Philippines. Some of their descendants are the Africas, the Agabins, the Bataras, the Buhions, the Cabuleras, the Cartagenas, the Jalandonis, the Magbanuas, the Miraflors, the Moscosos, the Ners, the Pagdilaos, the Pateses, the Porticoses, the Realistas, the Revils, the Salviejos and the Tuazons.

6. DON XYSTUS AMADEO CELESTINO SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (14 February 1816, Casa Santos, Sta. Elena, Pueblo de Mariquina, (presently Marikina City), Philippines – 26 July 1898, Binangonan, Distrito de Morong, Philippines), an adventurous navigator and a rich businessman married SEÑORA PILAR PAMINTUAN Y BONDOC and after being a widower, he married DOÑA DELFINA YNARES Y ANTAZO. Some of their descendants are the Aparentes, the Apostaderos, the Antazos, the Aragoncillos, the Bernardos, the Ceremoniasm, the Delos Angeleses, the Riveras, the Silayans and the Ynareses.

7. DON MIGUEL JUAN SANTIAGO SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (29 September 1818, Sto. Niño, Pueblo de Mariquina (presently Marikina City), Philippines – 01 March 1925, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a brilliant writer and a professional jeweller married DOÑA MATILDE TUAZON Y DELA PEÑA. SEÑORA MARIA GREGORIA TUAZON Y YUPANGCO was his partner Some of their descendants are the Andreses, the Blancos, the Carvajals, the Celestinos, the Cruzes, the De Guzmans, the Dela Cruzes, the Dizons, the Esperos, the Ledesmas, the Mallillins, the Martagons, the Miraflors, the Peñarandas, the Posadases, the Sagandoys, the Salgados, the Salamats, the Sausas, the Tolentinos, the Tunguls, the Unidads, the Sekews, the Ycays, the Varons, the Villanuevas, the Zaratans, the Zamucos, the Zausas, the Zubiagas.

8. DON JOSE ALBERTO FILEMON SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (18 September 1819, Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Bicol, Philippines – 23 November 1922, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), an industrious farmer married DOÑA ESCOLASTICA GONZALES Y DEL PRADO (10 February 1823, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines – 12 April 1925, Angono, Rizal, Philippines). Some of their descendants are the Abanillas, the Villanuevas of Lobo, Batangas and the Belarminos of Zamboanga, Philippines.

9. SEÑORA BRIGIDA MARIA DEL CIELO SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (08 October 1821, Antipolo, Philipines – 31 October 1830, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a spinster. In the Sauza – Berenguer de Marquina family record, though they were never been lovers, her first love was Fr. Jose Apolonio Burgos y Garcia (1837-1872), one of the Bagumbayan Martyrs. Her recorded boyfriend was Don Francisco Guido of Angono whom she boxed on face because of “lie over wealth”.

10.DOÑA REFUGIO MARIA DEL ROSARIO SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (23 May 1835 Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico – 25 August 1932, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a coloratura soprano married DON TEODORO GUIDOTE Y ENRILE Y ALCEDO. Some of their ancestors are the Magtibays and Dioknos of Batangas, the Fiels in the Visayas and Mindanao and the Guidotes of Bulacan, Philippines.

11. DON ANSELMO BENEDICTO ONOFRE SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (21 April 1838, Villa Fernandina, Ilocos Norte, Philippines-19 July 1940, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a skilled fisherman and champion swimmer, an artistic painter and an angelic tenor married DOÑA AUREA DE VILLA Y SALUD (1837-1855) (1st Wife) of San Juan De Bolboc, Batangas, Philippines, DOÑA MARIA VILLAVICENCIO Y MACATANGAY (1841-1873) (2nd Wife) of Taal Batangas, Batangas, Philippines and DOÑA TEODORA FIEL Y SITJAR (1850-1919) (3rd Wife) of Jimenez, Misamis Occidental, Philippines. Some of their descendants are the Diestros, the Jubans, the Lozos, the Layocs, the Mag-atas, the Merceds, the Saguinsins, the Sorianos, the Tamayos and the Tiamsons (fsbmc).

The Sauza Clan is the Original Owner of the Hacienda Marikina before it was Claimed by the Tuasons. Who is the present day hereditary leader of the Gobernadorcillo Sauza Clan of Marikina?

If we follow the ancient tradition on royal succession, the eldest son of the eldest son of the eldest and so on will be the hereditary leader of the royal lineage. Based on the genealogy of the Gobernadorcillo Sauza, his eldest son is DON DEMETRIO IGNACIO FELIPE SAUZA Y BERENGUER DE MARQUINA (01 December 1811, Cagsawa, Daraga, Albay, Philippines – 12 September 1904, Angono, Rizal, Philippines), a meticulous potter married DOÑA ANUNCIATA PIETRA DI GUIDA, DOÑA MARIA ANGELES TALIP Y REVIL and DOÑA YGNACIA MARGARITA BEATRIZ ORMAECHEA Y ZARASPE. His other partners were SEÑORA MAGDALENA ROSA QUEYONGQUEYONG, SEÑORA MARTINA RELAMPAGOS Y PILAPIL, SEÑORA MARIA LERA Y BORDEOUS and SEÑORA MARIA HONORATA POSAS Y BORDEOUS, some of their descendants are the Apostaderos, the Balanons, the Bohions/Buhions, the Castils, the Chatos/Chattos, the Claretes, the Claudios, the Concepcions, the Diestros, the Grageras, the Gonzagas, the Lipios, the Manhilots, the Matafloridas, the Martoses, the Oppuses, the Pateses, the Talips, the Realistas, the Roceses, the Revils, the Roans and the Uaouaos who eventually became the Walwals.

The eldest son of Demetrio must be identified…and the rest of the lineage of the eldest sons up to the present time. If the present day eldest son of the lineage of the eldest son is known, then, he is the hereditary leader of the Gobernadorcillo Sauza Clan of Marikina. His surname will be Sauza.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Abandoned_Parish_Church_(Marikina). Retrieved December 22, 2019

Archived 18 June 2004 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved December 22, 2019

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marikina. Retrieved December 22, 2019

Daluyan: A Historical Dictionary of the Streets of Manila, Printed by NHI cited at http://remembranceofthingsawry.wordpress.com/ 2010/06/01/the-families-of-old-tondo/

https://familiasauza.webs.com/. Retrieved December 22, 2019

http://fsbmc.yolasite.com/about-us.php. December 22, 2019

The Pre Hispanic Native Royal Houses and Principalia Families of the Republic of the Philippines

The Principalia families of the Philippines are the descendants of the prehispanic lakan, sultan, datu, rajah, hadi of the different ancient prosperous native settlements all over the country that were eventually recognized by the Kingdom of Spain as part of the their royal administration in the country.

This could be a result of the informal alliance between Lakan Bunao Dula of the Lakanate of Tondo with the Kingdom of Spain. Among the agreement of the Lakanate of Tondo and the Kingdom of Spain are : there will be no more armed conflict between the two kingdoms, the native hereditary leaders will be allowed to use their ancient surnames, they will be free from paying taxes, and they will be appointed as gobernadorcillos of their own settlements. As a gesture of this diplomatic alliance between the Kingdom of Spain and the Lakanate of Tondo, Batang Dula, the eldest son and heir apparent of Lakan Bunao Dula and Senorita Goiti were betrothed and the palace of Lakan Bunao Dula, will be under the protection and maintenance of the Kingdom of Spain. Later, the palace was converted into a dormitory and eventually, a church was built on it.

It is now known as the Sto. Nino Church of Tondo. According Rev. Fr. Lito Villegas of the Church of Sto. Nino de Tondo, with the death of Lakan Bunao Dula, the Sto. Nino became the "Lakan of the Kingdom Tondo with children of Lakan Bunao led by his eldest son and heir apparent Batang Dula acting as the regents of the native kingdom. In the later part of the nation’s history, the Philippine Revolution against the Kingdom of Spain will eventually be led by natives of Tondo, Andres Bonifacio and Macario Sakay. When the Philippine Revolutionary Government was hoodwinked by both the Americans and the Kingdom of Spain through the Treaty of Paris, the revolutionary government led by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo filed a formal protest against the treaty and in their protest letter, they mentioned that the sovereignty and mandate of the revolutionary government was derived from the Lakanate of Tondo's mandate of Lakan Bunao Dula.

The recognition of the rights and privileges of the Filipino Principalía as equivalent to those of the Hidalgos of Castile appears to facilitate entrance of Filipino nobles into institutions under the Spanish Crown, either civil or religious, which required proofs of nobility. However, such approximation may not be entirely correct since in reality, although the principales were vassals of the Spanish Crown, their rights as sovereign in their former dominions were guaranteed by the Laws of the Indies, more particularly the Royal Decree of Philip II of 11 June 1594, which Charles II confirmed for the purpose stated above, in order to satisfy the requirements of the existing laws in the Peninsula.

The descendants of Lakan Dula has been spearheaded by the lineage of Batang Dula, through the cadet line of David Dula y Goiti where the Dulay Tribe all over the country emerged. They are recognized by the organizations of indigenous Filipinos headed by Rajah Julian Canonoy and other datu as well as principalia families, royal families from Sarawak, articles, blogs, heritage websites, and historians - - as the cadet line of the Lakanate of Tondo. The descendants of Lakan Dula which is headed by the 5th hereditary leader of the Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina, through their foundation, Ceferino Dulay Memorial Foundation, Inc. (CDM Foundation) has been doing advocacies and projects such as 1. Animal Shelter, 2. Marikina News, 3. Pro - Poor Projects (Feeding Program, Outreach, and Gift Giving), 4. Baybayin, Arnis and Kundiman Revival, 5. Lakanate of Tondo, Royal Houses and Principalia Families, 6. Descendants of Lakan Dula, 7. Sumpa ni Lakan Dula, 8. Indigenous tribal groups in the Philippines and 9. Dine with the Ancestors. The CDM Foundation was organized by the elders of the Dulay Tribe among them was Simon Dulay Sr. of Laoang, Northern Samar in honor of the lineage of the eldest son Ceferino Rivas Dulay, the 4th hereditary leader of Dulay Mendoza Clan of Marikina Valley. The Presidency of the foundation is now with the eldest son and legal heir of Ceferino who is known as the 5th hereditary leader of the clan.

A circle of advocates on specialized fields were involved in the projects: Pastor Jay Enage, founder of Baybayin Buhayin, Inc., Samuel Bambit Dulay for arnis, Arjhay Laurea for Kundiman and the family of the late national artist Lang Dulay for tinalak. The leader of the descendants of Lakan Dula had been interviewed by bloggers, I - Juander of GMA, different students and I -Witness of GMA; and the House of Dulay Mendoza has been a favorite venue for films and documentaries. One of those who took notice of the activities of the descendants of Lakan Dula was a Fil American from New York representing the Wangdom of Ma-I in Bulalacao Mindoro. He wrote a letter to the head of the House of Dula and an informal alliance between the Lakanate of Tondo and Wangdom of Ma-I was discussed in principle to support the existing projects and advocacies. The alliance embarked on a US Mission to Recover Doctrina Cristiana now kept by the US Library of Congress which was coordinated with the Office of the President, National Historical Commission and the Department of Foreign Affairs. The people behind the God's Culture in YouTube visited the House of Dula for a Dine with the Ancestors Ritual Havilah Version. A principalia who is a high ranking Filipino priest and papal official based in Vatican City in Rome later participated in the visioning of an organization of the principalia families in the Philippines which in essence became the foundation of the council. In a meeting between the patriarch of the House of Dula and the parish priest of the Sto. Nino de Tondo, a pilgrimage of Lakan Dula descendants to Tondo was discussed and the necessity of formalizing the Principalia Council was deemed as historical priority.

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