The Order of the House of Dula

       The two Historical Royal Houses in the Philippines

The Philippines has two historical Kingdoms that had been rewarding loyal allies with symbols for their support to the Kingdom. These two kingdoms are the Sultanate of Sulu and the Lakanate of Tondo. The Sultanate of Sulu is based in the Province of Sulu with Muslims as their subjects while the Lakanate of Tondo is based in Tondo, Manila with Christians and Filipinos with other religions as their allies.

The Royal and Hashemite Order of the Pearl is the dynastic order of the Royal House of Sulu, which serves as the premier institution and the highest personal honor of and in the Royal Sultanate of Sulu. The order is an honorable and nobiliary corporation instituted as a dynastic Order of Datuship analogous to traditional dynastic orders of chivalry, and is in direct continuation from the ancient customs and distinctions of the Royal Sultanate of Sulu and the Court of the Sultan. Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram, as Head of the Royal House of Sulu, is the hereditary sovereign who processes the fons honorum and Grand Sayyid of the order, and his heirs and successors as heads of the Royal House of Sulu, shall ever be sovereigns and Grand Sayyids of the order. In his care for preservation of the ancient customs of the Sultanate and the values of the nation, Ampun Sultan Muedzul Lail Tan Kiram in 2011 used his sovereignty right of fons honorum to create an Order, thus developing the traditional honors of the Royal court in a form accepted internationally.Membership within the Order is conferred upon those who have performed worthy and meritorious service of an exceptional level for the Royal House of Sulu; upon those of any nationality who, in any field of endeavor, have become distinguished and respected figures of international renown by virtue of their celebrated activities; and upon those who have performed loyal and faithful service to the Royal House and its members.
The Lakanate of Tondo has the Order of the House of Dula. Sulaiman I (Sulayman) is the Kingdom of Manila's second to the last indigenous leader-- Lakan Bunao Dula (Lakan Dula) is the last, as the state was absorbed into the Spanish Empire. His eldest son, Lakan Bunao Dula was crowned Lakan (King) when Sulaiman I was too sick to function as a monarch. Sulaiman I is the grandson of Abdul Bolkiah and the son of Sulaiman Bolkiah. Sulaiman I however, did not use the surname Bolkiah but instead used the official title "Soliman Dula I" to mark the new lineage of Maynila aristocracy. The regnal surname "Dulay", later spelled as "Dula" came from the native Baybayin direct translation of "Doyley", the surname of the royal - blooded British wife of Rajah Sulaiman I named "Ysmeria Doyley", mother of Lakan Dula and Rajah Sulaiman II. In the ancient Baybayin alphabet, there is no letter "Y" so, the Baybayin translation of Doyley becomes a native sounding surname Dulay, and later written in official documents as Dula losing the Y, the current surname of Lakan Dula of Kingdom of Maynila (Talastas, 2019).
The confirmations of the rank of Knight or Baron of the Order of the House of Dula were done by the Principalia Hereditary Council of the Philippines after a comprehensive study on the quality of the potential awardees using the following point system:

Point System,  Ranking and Title for the Order of the House of Dula



Titles:
Knights : from points 1 to 14
Baron : from points 15 and above
Title and Degree Ranking System:
Knight1 is Knight first degree for those who were evaluated with 1 point
Knight2 is a knight second degree for those evaluated with 2 points…..and so on…
It can written before the the name as Knight or after the name as Knt2 (depending on the degree)
Baron15 is a baron 15 degree for those evaluated with 15 points
Baron16 is a baron 16 degree for those evaluated with 16 points
or can be written before the name as Baron or after the name as Brn15 …. and so so

How are they addressed in Public?
Don Manuel Araneta, Knt2
Knight of Bacolod City
Or
Knight Manuel Araneta of Bacolod City
Is the title hereditary?
Yes. It is inherited by one of the children of the knight or the baron, probably the eldest son or the eldest daughter. But they have to start as a Knight, 1st Degree or a Baron 15th degree and work his way up in their lifetime. The title can be inherited even while the Knight or Baron is still alive.
A Baron is entitled to endorse a candidate Knight with him as the historical protector of the prospective knight or baron.
The prospective knights and barons will have to request in writing to be evaluated.The computation of rankings and the names of the evaluators are highly confidential and never to be discussed with anyone.

Sources:
The Order of Lakandula - Official Gazette,  Retrieved at https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/the-order-of-lakandula/ on August 7, 2022
Ka Totoy Talastas Philippines & World History. https://www.facebook.com/katotoytalastas/?tn-str=k*F  retrieved May 30, 2019

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