datu
Sign in to save250px|thumb|right|A pre-colonial couple belonging to the datu or nobility as depicted in the Boxer Codex of the 16th century. Datu is a title which denotes the rulers (variously described in historical accounts as chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs) of numerous indigenous peoples throughout the Philippine archipelago. The title is still used today, though not as much as early Philippine history. It is a cognate of datuk, dato, and ratu in several other Austronesian languages.
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- Overview
- Terminology
- History
- ''Datu'' in Moro and Lumad societies in Mindanao
- The Moro societies of Mindanao and Sulu
- The Lumad societies of Mindanao
- ''Datu'' in pre-colonial principalities in the Visayas
- ''Datu'' in pre-colonial principalities in the Tagalog region
- ''Datu'' during the Spanish period
- Political functions
- ''Paramount datus''
- Nobility
- Indigenous conceptions of nobility and aristocracy
- Membership in the aristocratic class
- Hereditary succession
- Material affluence
- Foreign recognition of nobility
- Popular portrayal as "monarchs"
- Early misidentifications of pre-colonial polities in Luzon
- Reappropriation of "royalty" in popular literature
- Honorary ''datus''
- Present-day ''datus''
- Heirs to the precolonial rank of ''datu'' in the Catholic parts of the Philippines
- Philippine Constitution and the Law on Indigenous Minorities on the contemporary usage of the title ''datu''
- Precolonial polities and ''fons honorum''
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
250px|thumb|right|A pre-colonial couple belonging to the datu or nobility as depicted in the Boxer Codex of the 16th century. Datu is a title which denotes the rulers (variously described in historical accounts as chiefs, sovereign princes, and monarchs) of numerous indigenous peoples throughout the Philippine archipelago. The title is still used today, though not as much as early Philippine history. It is a cognate of datuk, dato, and ratu in several other Austronesian languages.
==Overview==