| House of Salalila | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Tagalog, Kapampangan, Mestizo |
| Place of birth |  Manila, Maharlika |
| Information | |
| Founder | Rajah Ahmad (semi-legendary, original) Prince Fernando I (modern-day) |
| Notable members | Rajah Matanda Rajah Sulayman Doña María Guinyamat Prince Fernando I Princess Louriza I |
| Current Head | Prince Fernando I |
| Estate | Manila, Maharlika Nueva Ecija, Maharlika Pasay City, Maharlika |
The House of Salalila is a royal family in the Maharlika of princely rank. They currently bear the titles Prince/Princess of Pasig. They are descended from Rajah Sulayman, the most well-known member of the royal family, however their lineages can be traced all the way back to the 1200s, to a figure by the name of Rajah Ahmad.
Although originally a Muslim dynasty, the royal family were converted to Roman Catholicism during the Spanish occupation, and now have become some of the most prominent members of the Roman Catholic Church, specifically the Augustinian Order. Fray Marcelo Banal de San Agustín, a descendant of Rajah Sulayman is the 2nd Filipino to have joined the order, and another member Doña Domingo Custudio donated her lands to the Augustinian Order. The current head, Prince Fernando I is also a member of the Augustinian Order and a noted donor of Augustinian-owned hospitals across the Maharlika.
The modern-day surviving line is descended from Rajah Sulayman's granddaughter Doña María Guinyamat, who married a Don Agustín Turingan. Afterwards, the family lineage became quite lost, up until 2012 when a former Philippine Army Medic by the name of Fernando de Vázquez submitted his DNA and family history (in 2010) to professional genealogy research organizations, and in 2012 were able to trace his ancestry back to Doña María Guinyamat. Thus, the Philippine Royal Senate recognized his descent and in 2012, he was recognized as the Prince of Pasig. The current King of the Pasig, Pablo I recognized this, and attended his coronation, reviving the ancient alliance between the House of Salalila and the House of Tondo (to which Pablo is descended from), as the two had been aligned ever since the Bruneian vassalage days far-predated the Spanish era.
In 2015, more descendants were found, namely from name named Carlos Muñoz, a Mercury Drug regional manager (now Prince or Don Carlos), a woman by the name of Paloma Mendoza - a nurse originally from Pasay City working in Davao, who is now Princess or Doña Paloma as well as José Tronco, a Filipino migrant to Canada to became a civil engineer, later repatriated to the Philippines and got dual citizenship with Canada upon finding out, his daughter Louriza Tronco (now Princess/Doña Louriza Tronco) is an actress. All the members were blessed at the local Roman Catholic parishes.
History[]
The history of the House of Salalila is shrowded in partial legend and partial mystery. According to legend, the Rajahnate or Principality of Maynila was found as a Muslim principality by a prince named Rajah Ahmad who defeated Majapahit forces led by Rajah Avirjirkaya.
However what is confirmed history is that Maynila was already a thriving Muslim principality under the vassalage of the Sultanate of Brunei, ruled by rajahs at the time of the Spanish encounter - who encountered two of its members, Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulayman.
After the disastrous 1574 War that resulted in the burning and sacking of Maynila, Rajah Sulayman still survived. He married a Bruneian princess and conceived two daughters and a son named Rajang Bago ("New Rajah") who perished in the confusion caused by Limahong's attack on Manila.
Rajah Sulayman's two surviving daughters were baptized Roman Catholics, one was named Doña María Laran it is unknown of the other. Doña María Laran married an unknown and unnamed husband, and had two daughters: Doña Inés Dahitim and Doña María Guinyamat. By this point in time, all of Rajah Sulayman's descendants are now Roman Catholics, and the Islamic history of the House of Salalila ends.
Dahitim's descendants died off with Fray Marcelo Banal de San Agustín, the 2nd Filipino to join the Augustinian Order, as they are forbidden from marrying and procreating.
However, Doña María Guinyamat and Don Agustin Turingan's continued to marry and have kids, although the lineage's name got lost within time, all leading down to the current Crown Prince, and head of the royal family - Prince Fernando de Vázquez y Sánchez, a Philippine Army Medic who in 2010.