datu

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.

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female form of label: Datu

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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