page_title: Datu
hierarchical_section_title: Datu
caption_attribution_description: English: Depiction of a pre-colonial noble Filipino couple in the Boxer Codex.
context_page_description: 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, especially in Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan, but it was used much more extensively in early Philippine history, particularly in the regions of Central and Southern Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
context_section_description: 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, especially in Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan,  but it was used much more extensively in early Philippine history, particularly in the regions of Central and Southern Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao.
caption: A pre-colonial couple belonging to the Datu or nobility as depicted in the Boxer Codex of the 16th century.
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