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  2. Timawa - Wikipedia

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    The timawa were the feudal warrior class of the ancient Visayan societies of the Philippines. They were regarded as higher than the uripon (commoners, serfs, and slaves) but below the tumao (royal nobility) in the Visayan social hierarchy. They were roughly similar to the Tagalog maharlika caste. The term later lost its military and nobility ...

  3. Maharlika - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The maharlika ( Baybayin pre-virama: ᜋᜑᜎᜒᜃ meaning freeman or freedman) were the feudal warrior class in ancient Tagalog society in Luzon, the Philippines. They belonged to the lower nobility class similar to the timawa of the Visayan people. In modern Filipino, however, the word has come to refer to aristocrats or to royal ...

  4. Rodolfo Ganzon - Wikipedia

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    Rodolfo Tiamson Ganzon Sr.(25 March 1922 - 29 October 2003)[1]was a Filipino politician and lawyer from Iloilowho became Senator of the Philippinesand was known as the Grand Timawa(Freeman). Early life and education[edit] He was born on 25 March 1922 in Molo(now a district of Iloilo City)[1]to Leopoldo Ganzon, who later became Mayor of Iloilo ...

  5. Datu - Wikipedia

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    t. e. 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. [ 1]

  6. Maginoo - Wikipedia

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    The Pilipino had a three-class social structure consisting of the maginoo (royalty), the maharlika ( lit. freemen; warrior nobility), and the alipin ( serfs and slaves). Only those who could claim royal descent were included in the maginoo class. Their prominence depended on the fame of their ancestors ( bansag) or their wealth and bravery in ...

  7. Tondo (historical polity) - Wikipedia

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    Tondo Conspiracy (1587–1588) The Tondo Conspiracy of 1587–1588, also referred to as the " Revolt of the Lakans " and sometimes the " Conspiracy of the Maharlikas " was a plot against Spanish colonial rule by the Tagalog and Kapampangan nobles of Manila and some towns of Bulacan and Pampanga. [ 3]

  8. Principalía - Wikipedia

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    The system of indirect government helped in the pacification of the rural areas, and institutionalized the rule and role of an upper class, referred to as the " principalía " or the " principales ", until the fall of the Spanish regime in the Philippines in 1898. [ 21]: 726–727;735. The Spanish dominion brought serious modifications to the ...

  9. Precolonial barangay - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary period (1986–present) By topic. Philippines portal. v. t. e. In early Philippine history, barangay is the term historically used by scholars [ 1] to describe the complex sociopolitical units [ 2]: 4–6 that were the dominant organizational pattern among the various peoples of the Philippine archipelago [ 3] in the period ...