Rajah Aluy (21st Century Crisis)

Rajah Aluy, later baptized as Pedro Alúy (died circa. 1525), was the last Rajah or King of Bukidnon. He was the king of Bukidnon at the time of encounter with Spanish conquistadors. Not much is known about his background. During the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, he was venerated as a National Hero of the Philippines for his participation of war against the Spanish Empire during the Great War in Mindanao and Sulu.

At the encounter with Spanish conquistadors, Rajah Aluy allowed himself and his family to be baptized as a Roman Catholic. He was given the name Pedro, and his kingdom was accepted to be a vassal state of the Spanish Empire, and he was incorporated into the Principalia de Mindanao or Principalia del Sur. The Spanish referred to his kingdom as the "Reino de Bukidnon", or the "Realm of Bukidnon". The Spanish gave him the title "Don Pedro de Bukidnon".

Eventually, Rajah Aluy relented on his actions. He forebade his daughters from being wed to Spanish colonists, and eventually ordered the slaying and killing of Spanish officers in his realm. In 1522, his signed a pact with the rulers of five other kingdoms, namely the neighboring Rajahnate of Butuan, as well as the Moro Muslim states: the Sultanates of Sulu, Maguindanao, Lanao and Buluan to fight the Spanish conquerers together in what is known a the "Great Alliance of Six".

Angered, the Spanish Viceroyality sent soldiers and more forces to Mindanao to battle the Alliance, with Bukidnon and Butuan recieving the front-ends and brunts of the attacks as the Spanish attacked from Visayas up north. Aluy led a fierce resistance of Manobo warriors, armed with swords against the Spanish conquistadors. After three years of successful resistance, he was killed in the Battle of Kalasungay. After his death, the Spanish conquerers vanquished the rest of the resistance, capturing his two sons, and wedding the to Spanish princesses. They also captured his daughter and wife as fugitives and captives.