Dayang Kalangitan
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Kalangitan
| caption = A noble Tagalog couple, in typical dress and finery, as depicted in the Boxer Codex, c. 1590.
| succession1 =
| full name = ᜃᜎᜅᜒᜆᜈ᜔
Kalangitan
Cálan͠gúitán
| spouse = Gat Lontok
| issue = Dayang Panginoan
Dayang Lahat
Rajah Salalila
Gat Kahiya
| religion = Anitism
| royal house = Pasig
}}
Dayang Kalangitan (Baybayin: ᜃᜎᜅᜒᜆᜈ᜔ , Abecedario: Cálan͠gúitán) is a legendary figure in early Philippine history who was said to be Dayang of the pre-colonial Indianized polity of Pasig.{{Cite book |last=Eugenio |first=Damiana L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v67fAAAAMAAJ&q=Kalangitan+lontok |title=Philippine Folk Literature: The myths |date=2001 |publisher=University of the Philippines Press |isbn=978-971-542-291-8 |language=en}}{{cite book |author=Odal-Devora |first=Grace |title=The River Dwellers |publisher=Unilever Philippines |year=2000 |editor-last=Alejandro |editor-first=Reynaldo Gamboa |pages=43–66 |editor-last2=Yuson |editor-first2=Alfred A. |editor-link2=Alfred Yuson}} She co-ruled Pasig with her husband, Gat Lontok. She is one of the very few known female leaders in precolonial Philippine history.{{Cite journal |last=Wensley M. Reyes |date=2018 |title=Ang Araw ng Pasig: Isang Pagsisiyasat |url=https://www.ejournals.ph/article.php?id=13718 |journal=Saliksik e-Journal |language=en-US |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=1}}
Life
She was mentioned in the Will of Fernando Malang Balagtas (1589).{{Cite book |author=Isabelo de los Reyes y Florentino |author-link=Isabelo de los Reyes |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6PfAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA179 |title=El folk-lore filipino |volume=2|date=1889 |language=es}} Dayang Kalangitan was married to Gat Lontok. Together with her husband, Kalangitan ruled over the area around the Pasig River.{{Cite book |last=Dery |first=Luis Camara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fUBwAAAAMAAJ |title=A History of the Inarticulate: Local History, Prostitution, and Other Views from the Bottom |date=2001 |publisher=New Day Publishers |isbn=978-971-10-1069-0 |language=en}} Throughout her life, she had four children, who were Panginoan, Lahat, Salalila of Maynila and Kahiya.{{Cite book |last=Fernández |first=Leandro Heriberto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YyQOAAAAYAAJ&q=Kalangitan+lontok |title=A Brief History of the Philippines |date=1919 |publisher=Ginn and Company |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Panganiban |first1=José Villa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CD0RAQAAIAAJ&q=Kalangitan+lontok |title=A Survey of the Literature of the Filipinos |last2=Panganiban |first2=Consuelo Torres- |date=1962 |publisher=Limbagang Pilipino |language=en}} Her daughter Dayang Panginoan was married to Prince Balagtas, the son of Empress Sasanban of Sapa.
Her son, Salalila succeeded her as monarch; and after converting to Islam, he adopted his more famous name, Sulaiman. Tondo and Maynila became separate kingdoms after Kalangitan. Tondo was ruled by Salalila's eldest son, Lakandula and Maynila by Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulayman. Namayan came under the rule of Rajah Kalamayin.
In popular media
=Literature=
- Kalangitan is a novel written by A.F. Eleazar. The plot revolves around a princess named Kalangitan, who became the Queen regnant of Namayan, Tondo, and on her realm at Bitukang Manok, which is the seat of power. As described on the novel, Kalangitan is the most powerful woman in the Maisung at the time of her reign. The novel tackled the history of pre-Hispanic Philippines and the tradition of monogamy, justice system, culture and social norms. The main gist of the novel is about feminism during the pre-colonial era as it shows on the way it was written. It also explore the genre of Philippine mythology, epic and legends. It also contains allegories and sublimal messages as seen on the succeeding chapters of the book.[http://jobert.blogspot.com/2006/02/ancient-history-of-philippines World Famous in the Philippines: Ancient History of the Philippines]
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| before = Araw and Maylak
| title = Dayang of Pasig
| after = Rajah Salalila
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Category:Filipino datus, rajas and sultans