Magat Salamat

This article is about the person. For the ship, see BRP Magat Salamat (PS-20).
In this Philippine name for indigenous people, this person is addressed by the sole name, Magat Salamat.

Magat Salamat
Lakan of Tondo
Reignc. 1580s-1588
Bornc. 1550
Tondo
Died1589 (aged 38–39)
Manila, Philippines
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
FatherBunao Lakan Dula[1]
OccupationDatu in charge of a barangay (a term which at the time meant a "following" or "loyalty group"), recognizing Agustin de Legazpi as lakan (paramount ruler)[2]

Datu Magat Salamat was a Filipino historical figure best known for co-organizing the Tondo Conspiracy of 1587. He was one of at least four sons of Lakandula,[1][Notes 1][3] and thus held the title of Datu under his cousin and co-conspirator Agustin de Legazpi, who had been proclaimed paramount ruler (ruler over other datus) of the indianized kingdom of Tondo after the death of Lakandula, although the position soon became little more than a courtesy title.[2]

  1. ^ a b Dery, Luis Camara (2001). A History of the Inarticulate. Quezon City: New Day Publishers. ISBN 971-10-1069-0.
  2. ^ a b Scott, William Henry (1994). Barangay: Sixteenth Century Philippine Culture and Society. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press. ISBN 971-550-135-4.
  3. ^ Magat Salamat (1550–1589?), Participant in the Tondo Conspiracy Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, nhi.gov.ph


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