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Rajah Humabon (also Hamabao or Hamabar in other editions of the "First Voyage Around the World") [1] later baptized as Don Carlos Valderrama, ... Humabon, his wife, ...
Fort Margherita was erected by Rajah Charles and named after his wife, the Ranee Margaret. The coaling station of Brooketon in Brunei was named after the Brooke family. The architectural legacy of the dynasty can be seen in many of the country's 19th-century and colonial heritage buildings.
Margaret, Lady Brooke, Ranee of Sarawak (born Margaret Alice Lili de Windt; 9 October 1849 – 1 December 1936) was the Ranee of the second White Rajah of Sarawak, Charles Anthony Johnson Brooke. She published her memoir, My Life in Sarawak, in 1913. The memoir offers a rare glimpse of life in The Astana in Kuching and colonial Borneo.
Brett married Rajah Vyner of Sarawak at St Peter's Church, Cranbourne, Berkshire, just before her 26th birthday on 21 February 1911.They first met in 1909 when she joined an all-female choral orchestra, established by Vyner's mother. [3]
Charles Vyner Brooke was the son of Charles Brooke and Margaret de Windt (Ranee Margaret of Sarawak). He was born in London and spent his youth there, being educated at Clevedon, Winchester College, and Magdalene College, Cambridge. [1]
Kandarapa was born in 1553 and she married the Spanish soldier and European settler, Juan de Salcedo in 1572, at the age of 19. According to Philippine historical documents and a written account by Don Felipe Cepeda, Salcedo's aide, [4] who returned to Acapulco, recount that after the Spanish conquest of Luzon with Mexican and Visayan assistance, and their consequent takeover of the Pasig ...
According to the genealogy proposed by Mariano A. Henson [5] in 1955, and asserted by Majul in 1973, [6] Sulayman was the 14th [5] Raja of Manila since it was founded as a Muslim [5] principality in 1258 [5] by Rajah Ahmad when he defeated the Majapahit suzerain, Raja Avirjirkaya. [5]
Raja (/ ˈ r ɑː dʒ ɑː /; from Sanskrit: राजन्, IAST rājan-) is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia .