Dayang Kalangitan

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Kalangitan
Rajah Lontok (left) and Dayang Kalangitan (right). Illustrated in Boxer Codex.
Dayang of Namayan and Tondo
Reign	1450–ca. 1515
Predecessor	Rajah Lontok
Successor	Unknown
Dayang of Pasig
Reign	1450–ca. 1515
Predecessor	Position established Rajah Lontok (as the Lakan of Namayan and Tondo)
Successor	Position abolished
Spouse	Rajah Lontok
Issue	Rajah Sulaiman I
Names ᜃᜎᜅᜒᜆᜈ᜔ Kalangitan Cálan͠gúitán
House	Namayan, Pasig, and Tondo
Religion	Tagalog animism

Dayang Kalangitan (Baybayin: ᜃᜎᜅᜒᜆᜈ᜔ , Abecedario: Cálan͠gúitán) (r. 1450–ca. 1515) is a legendary figure in early Philippine history who was said to be Dayang of the pre-Hispanic Indianized Philippine polity of Pasig.^[1] She ruled Pasig together with her husband, Rajah Lontok. She is one of the very few female leaders in early Philippine history.

She ruled Pasig from her base of power in Bitukang Manok. Her children are Dayang Panginoan, Dayang Lahat, Rajah Salalila of Maynila and Gat Kahiya.

Life[]

Dayang Kalangitan was married to Gat Lontok, (later Rajah Lontok) of Tondo. Together with her husband, Kalangitan established a small kingdom upstream to the east of Tondo around the Bitukang Manók (today Parian Creek in Pasig).^{[citation needed]}

Sometime around 1450, she became sole ruler of both Tondo, which included Bitukang Manók, the place she had established with her husband.^{[dubious – discuss]} In order to consolidate power, her daughter , was married to , the son of Empress Sasaban of Namayan.

However, at around 1500, the Sultanate of Brunei made an attack on the Kingdom of Tondo and established the Kingdom of Maynila and put Kalangitan's son, Salalila as the monarch of Maynila.

Dayang Kalangitan's son Salalila succeeded her as monarch; after converting to Islam, he adopted his more famous name, Sulaiman.^[1]

Tondo and Maynila became separate kingdoms after Salalila. Tondo was ruled by Salalila's eldest son, Lakan Dula and Maynila by Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulayman. Namayan came under the rule of Rajah Kalamayin.

In popular media[]

literature[]

• Kalangitan is a novel written by A.F. Eleazar. The plot revolves around a princess named Kalangitan, who became the Queen regnant of Namayan, Tondo, and on her realm at Bitukang Manok, which is the seat of power. As described on the novel, Kalangitan is the most powerful woman in the Maisung at the time of her reign. The novel tackled the history of pre-Hispanic Philippines and the tradition of monogamy, justice system, culture and social norms. The main gist of the novel is about feminism during the pre-colonial era as it shows on the way it was written. It also explore the genre of Philippine mythology, epic and legends. It also contains allegories and sublimal messages as seen on the succeeding chapters of the book.^[2] The story was set in Manila during 1450 AD.^[3]

See also[]

• List of ancient Philippine consorts
• Pasig
• Namayan
• Barangay state

References[]