The History of the Dulay Tribe in the Philippines
All modern Filipinos today with the Dulay surname are related by bloodline that dates back centuries ago. Some historians would say that the Dulay surname plays a very important role in the history of the ancient Kingdom of Tondo whose seat is in the City of Manila, the Philippines. The Kingdom of Tondo is one of the oldest and biggest kingdoms of the ancient Philippines. The surname Dula was introduced in the Kingdom of Tondo by Princess Ysmeria Doyley, a member of the British Aristocracy and the wife of Rajah Suleiman Bolkiah. Their marriage gave birth to Lakan Bunao Dula, Rajah Suleiman ll and Rajah Matanda. According to the historians, the surname Doyley was later pronounced by the natives as Dulay and written in the ancient Filipino alphabet Baybayin as Dula because there is no single letter Y in the ancient Baybayin. Lakan Dula, has seven children, namely, Batang Dula, the eldest and heir apparent; Magat Salamat, the warlike son; Dionisio Capulong, Phelipe Salonga, Maria Poloin, Luis Taclocmao and Martin Lakandula. Only the eldest and the youngest carried the regnal surname Dula. Based on the history of Martin de Goiti and the Macapagal Clan, Batang Dula was betrothed to a member of Martin de Goiti Family which signaled the long peace covenant between the Kingdom of Spain and the Lakanate of Tondo. The marriage gave birth to three royal offsprings, namely, David de Goiti Dula, Daba de Goiti Dula and Dola de Goiti Dula. After long years of peace, the Spanish Kingdom became suspicious that the British lineage of the Tondo aristocracy caused the pockets of uprisings by the natives, so secretly, it slowly initiated persecutions of the native Maginoo (native nobility). Batang Dula and Senorita de Goiti presided over a series of secret diaspora for native royals out of their Tondo homeland. David was hidden in Candawid, Lakanate of Lawan; Daba was adopted by Dionisio Capulong in what is now known as Candaba. Dola was hidden in Candola, in San Luis, Pampanga. Daba would become as Daba Capulong and Dola would be known as Dola Lacandola. David Dula y Goiti married Julya, a grand daughter of Datu Iberein and raised several children. In 1602, they have their eldest son which they named as David Dulay. Their second son is named as Francisco. In 1649, David Dulay will be involved in the Sumuroy Revolt and will be executed by the Spanish Guardia Civil in Palapag town in Samar. This signalled the secret return of the descendants of David Dulay to their Tondo homeland to escape the intense violence in the Lakanate of Lawan. A younger brother of David by the name of Francisco returned to their Tondo homeland using the surname de la Cruz and eventually settled in La Union and some his descendants used their original surname Dulay. Another descendant used the surname Gatdula and settled back in Tondo while one descendant of David Dulay went back to his Tondo homeland but settled later in Marikina Valley. With the passage of time, the lineage of David Dulay carries the surnames Dulay, Gatdula and Dula and settled in different places of the Philippine, as far as Mindanao, forgetting their historic role in the Kingdom of Tondo. In recent years, with the initiative of Rev. Fr. Estelito Villegas, the descendants of Lakan Dula are doing annual pilgrimage to the Sto. Nino de Tondo Church, the site of the ancient palace of Lakan Dula, the last King of Tondo.
The Principalia Council ( Principalia Hereditary Council of the Philippines)
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The CDM Foundation for the logistical support,
The House of Dula for the historical data,
"Makabayang Tugtugin" performed by Renato Salazar;
and, The Descendancy YouTube Channel.
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