The land of the Ricewine - An Alternate History of the Philippines

The land of the Ricewine - An Alternate History of the Philippines


The area of Faru where Jayadewa established his state

A Pelayo in the Philippines
On 1500, the Javanese grandsons of Dayang Sasaban, relatives of Girindrawardhana claimed pieces of the former Tondo Confederacy such as Namayan and Kumintang and some principalities and warring against their Bruneian overlords but when will this end, will the Kingdom regain its independence in the future.

On the early part of 1500’s a son of Girindrawardhana of Majapahit would go to the Tondo confederacy and rallied the other descendants of Dayang Sasaban, he introduced himself as Jayadewa.

Jayadewa proclaimed himself the rightful King of the Tagalogs and established a state on the Northeastern Part of Saludang in the area of Faru, Irraya and Laoag where the exiles from Tondo and Majapahit migrated causing the already Javanese influenced language of Faru[1] in this area to become an mix between Javanese and Northern Philippine, the new state established by Jayadewa, Saludang would attract Javanese refugees and the people of the Kingdom of Tondo who are against the Bornean rule, the rulers of Namayan and Kumintang would flee to in order to find support from Jayadewa, this started the Balinese and Javanese migrating to Saludang, the other reason for the migration to Saludang is that Saludang’s mountains have a lot of gold and for that reason, the new state is also known as Gintu.

1. the OTL name of Faru is Aparri, the language mentioned is OTL Ibanag.

Note: Rather than Infidels being called as Igorot, the Infidels in Luzon that are subjects of the state established by Jayadewa are called as Tagalogs..

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Ferdinand Magellan

Magellan
Heading northwest, the crew reached the equator on 16 February 1521. On 6 March they reached the Marianas and Guam. Pigafetta described the "lateen sail" used by the inhabitants of Guam, hence the name "Island of Sails", but he also writes the inhabitants "entered the ships and stole whatever they could lay their hands on", including "the small boat that was fastened to the poop of the flagship.":129 "Those people are poor, but ingenious and very thievish, on account of which we called those three islands the islands of Ladroni.":131
On 16 March Magellan reached the island of Homonhon in the Philippines, with 150 crew left. Members of his expedition became the first Europeans to reach the Philippine archipelago.
Magellan relied on Enrique, his Malay servant and interpreter, to communicate with the native tribes. He had been indentured by Magellan in 1511 after the colonization of Malacca, and had accompanied him through later adventures.

Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly towards Magellan and the Spaniards; both he and his queen Hara Amihan were baptized as Christians and were given the image of the Holy Child (later known as Santo Niño de Cebu) which along with a cross (Magellan's Cross) symbolizes the Christianization of the Philippines. Afterward, Rajah Humabon and his ally Datu Zula convinced Magellan to kill their enemy, Datu Lapu-Lapu, on Mactan. Magellan wanted to convert Lapu-Lapu to Christianity, as he had Humabon, but Lapu-Lapu rejected that. On the morning of mid 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan with a small attack force. During the resulting battle against Lapu-Lapu's troops, Magellan was struck by a bamboo spear, and later surrounded and finished off with other weapons.

Magellan provided in his will that Enrique, his interpreter, was to be freed upon his death. But after the battle, the remaining ships' masters refused to free the Malay. Enrique escaped his indenture on 1 May with the aid of Rajah Humabon, amid the deaths of almost 30 crewmen.

Pigafetta had been jotting down words in both Butuanon and Cebuano languages – which he started at Mazaua on 29 March and his list grew to a total of 145 words. He continued communications with indigenous peoples during the rest of the voyage.

note:
There are slight differences compared to OTL landing of Magellan due to certain butterflies, the arrival of Jayadewa and the Javanese refugees will change Saludang aka Luzon forever.

Tagarug River Valley

Before the Conquests of the Spanish
After the visit of Magellan and the establishment of the Kingdom of Ginto, the Javanese refugees would remain migrating to Saludang in the Kayan River Valley[1] and the Tagarug[2] river valley, the Tagarug River Valley has an unclear suzerainty because the Pagans side with the Gintu Kingdom and the Muslims side with the Puppet Tondo Kingdom which is suzerain to Brunei, the two river valleys settled by Javanese, Malay and Balinese Hindus, Buddhists and Pagans as well as affected by wars in Javanese and Chams from Vietnam which mingle with the natives creating a new language that is Mix between the dialects that are already influenced by Javanese and Javanese itself making a mixed Northern Philippine and Javanese creole.

The Chinese called the new Kingdom of Ginto or the new Tagalog Kingdom established by Jayadewa as the Kingdom of Baipuyan.

For the Mindanao Island, most of it would be under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Maguindanao or rather the Sultanate of Maguindanao which is de jure a confederacy like the Kingdom of Tondo but would evolve as a Kingdom of its own right when the Spanish conquer the Island, the Sultanate of Maguindanao would receive some Javanese refugees as well but it is a smaller population.

Both the Kingdoms of Gintu and Maguindanao(Iranun) will evolve from confederacy to actual kingdoms tested by the Spanish colonization in the archipelago.

For Visayas, it would remain in a fragmented state under the loosely held states which are Madya-as and Cebu and the other parts remain ruled by chieftains who ruled tribes.

1. OTL Cagayan River
2.OTL Pampanga River

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The languages, Ibanag, Irraya, Malaweg, Itawis, Kapampangan and Tagarug will be absorbed by the new Javanese-Northern Philippine creole in its formation but some words from these languages such as Pronouns will remain in use in the region were the languages were spoken, their substrata makes them different dialects, Ilocano, Gaddang, Yogad, Isneg, Sambal, Pangasinan/Kaboloan and the Cordilleran languages such as Ifugao will escape the absorption from the creole.

Map of the Philippines in 1560

Miguel Lopez de Legaspi

Conquistas de Filipinas - Cebu

In early 1564, Velasco commissioned Miguel López de Legazpi and Andrés de Urdaneta to lead an expedition across the Pacific to the Spice Islands, where Ferdinand Magellan and Ruy López de Villalobos had landed in 1521 and 1543, before the expedition was made Miguel Lopez de Legaspi would die before the expedition even started and replaced by his grandson Felipe de Salcedo.

On November 19 or 20, 1564, five ships and 500 soldiers, sailed from the port of Barra de Navidad, New Spain, in what is now Jalisco state, Mexico (other sources give the date as November 1, 1564, and mention 'four ships and 380 men').[citation needed] Members of the expedition included six Augustinian missionaries, in addition to Fr. Andrés de Urdaneta, who served as navigator and spiritual adviser, Melchor de Legazpi (son of Adelanto de Legazpi), Felipe de Salcedo (grandson of Miguel Lopez de Legazpi), and Guido de Lavezarez (a survivor of the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan).

Felipe de Salcedo and his men sailed the Pacific Ocean for 93 days. In 1565, they landed in the Mariana Islands, where they briefly anchored and replenished their supplies. There they fought with Chamorro tribes and burned several huts.

Felipe de Salcedo's expedition anchored off the Indianized Rajahnate of Cebu on February 13, 1565, but did not put ashore due to opposition from natives.

On February 22, 1565 the expedition reached the island of Samar and made a blood compact with Datu Urrao. The Spaniards then proceeded to Limasawa and were received by Datu Bankaw, then to Bohol, where they befriended Datu Sikatuna and Rajah Sigala. On March 16, Legazpi made a blood compact with Datu Sikatuna.

On April 27, 1565, the expedition returned to Cebu and landed there. Rajah Tupas challenged the Spaniards, but were overpowered by them. The Spaniards established a colony, naming the settlements "Villa del Santisimo Nombre de Jesús" (Town of the Most Holy Name of Jesus) after an image of Sto. Niño in one of the native houses.

They called the new colony as the land called as Filipinas which is initially centered in Cebu, they would move to find a more nicer location for the capital of the colony.

note:
I made his death as the butterfly of the event but did not change the strength of the army.

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Coasts of Manila Bay

Conquistas de Filipinas - Manila
After the Spanish had already pacified the whole of Visayas, they have heard of a rich land in the north that could be the center of the colony.

Panay and the Coasts of Mindoro were easy to gain and Lubang has been attacked

On 1570, the Spanish led by Salcedo had pacified the Coasts of Mindoro and pushed forward to the southern part of the Kingdom of Tondo and gone to Manila and Tondo which is its capital, Lakandula sided with the Spanish against Soliman, his nephew and defeated his nephew and his coalition, the people of Lakandula that sided with the Spanish became the Spanish subjects, the Pagans had been under the suzerainty of the Kingdom of Ginto or the Kingdom of Saludang or the Kingdom of the Tagalogs established by Jayadewa.

The Spanish conversions of the Pagan people in Saludan or Saludang has been mostly a failure except for the coast of Manila bay and Kumintang and Ibalon[1] Coast, the area in South of the Pasig river has been controlled by the Spanish and the Area of Manila bay and a lot of the population South of Pasig river that is Pagan either fled north or Fled to the Mountains, the Bataan region would be under the Spanish where the population is not that big, the remnant population in the Spanish occupied parts that has not fled would be Christianized or remain in the mountains retaining their old religion.

Due to what happened in the South of Saludang and in Bataan, the plains south of Saludang would be Visayan and Chavacano speaking and after the conquest of Bataan, the control of the Spanish in Bataan would be reduced to just the coastal town of Mariveles and Coregidor.

1. Bikol

Luzon is called by the Spanish and the locals as Saludang or Saludan in this TL or Nueva Castilla.

Painting of Maria, Duchess of Viseu, Queen of France
European Butterflies
In July 1523, Eleanor of Austria was married to Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, in an alliance between Charles and Bourbon against France, the marriage does come into fruition and she does give birth to a daughter named Margaret on 1525, who became the second wife of the Duke of Ferrara after Renee of France died.

On August 29, 1533, Anne Boleyn gives birth to the waited son of Henry VIII named Edward, duke of Cornwall, however she dies a few months after giving birth, for Catherine of Aragon, she dies the following on 1534 a year after due to succumbing to cancer.

Henry VIII wanted to recognize the legitimacy the son from Anne Boleyn and so he needed to reconcile with Charles V, he would marry the Dowager, Queen of Hungary, Mary and he would marry his daughter Mary to Francis I of France on 1535.

Mary, Dowager, Queen of Hungary would give birth to Henry, Duke of York on June 4, 1536 and a daughter, Elisabeth on April 4, 1540.

On 1538, Francis, Duke of Brittany and Dauphine du Viennois have been married to Infanta Maria of Portugal, Duchess of Viseu, the daughter of Eleanor of Austria, for Jeanne of Albret, Queen of Navarre, she would marry the Charles, Duke of Orleans while Margaret of Valois, Duchess of Berry, she would marry Philip II after the death of Maria Manuela in childbirth.

For Mary, she gave birth to two daughters for Francis I, namely Elisabeth(b. August 1, 1535) and Margaret(b. March 2, 1537), she was very attractive for Francis I that he became sick in bed due to frequently trying to bed her, for Mary, she hated her husband and tried to avoid being close to him and she married Antoine, duke of La Marche just after the death of Francis I on 1545, the 29 year old dowager Queen of France is still an attractive match, she would have sons namely, Henry(1546) and Alexander(1548) and Francis II.

The marriage of Francis II and Maria of Viseu would save the Valois as she would provide four sons for him namely, Henry(b. 1538), Francis(b. 1540), Manuel(b. 1546) and Charles(1550) and two daughters Elisabeth(b. 1542) and Catherine(b. 1545), the same can be said for the marriage between Jeanne d’Albret and Charles of Orleans, the sons of Catherine of Medici and Prince Henry of France whose sons never had issues but his daughters, the two marriages did save the line of the Valois.





Charles of Orleans m. Jeanne d’Albret
Henry, Duke of Beaumont (1551–1553)
Henry III of Navarre 13 December 1553
Louis-Charles, Count of Marle (1555–1557)
Madeleine de Valois (1556)
Catherine de Valois 7 February 1559


Henry, Duke of Auvergne m. Catherine of Auvergne(Catherine de Medicis)
Francis of Auvergne , born 19 January 1544..
Elizabeth of Auvergne, born 2 April 1545.
Louis of Auvergne, born 3 February 1549.
Charles of Auvergne,born 27 June 1550.
Henry of Auvergne, born 19 September 1551.
Margaret of Auvergne, born 14 May 1553.
Hercules of Auvergne, born 18 March 1555
Victoria of Auvergne, born 24 June 1556

A beach in Ciudad de Nueva Leon(OTL Cebu)

Consolidation of Las Islas Filipinas
The Spanish would be distributing lands in the Philippines as encomiendas.

On 1600, the Colonization of the Philippines and the Proselytization of Catholicism started but the Prosetylization efforts in the Lower Tagarug river valley fail, on the upper part of the Tagarug River Valley, Sambali and Kaboloan which is the Agno basin and Samtoy have been secured by the Kingdom of Gintu, but Bataan and the urban part of Buracan and Tundun province would fall under the Spanish rule but since the people of Bataan did not accept any of the rule of the Spanish, the Spanish only would retain Mariveles and Coregidor on 1610, the Spanish would retain only the Tundun province and the city of Mariveles and Coregidor as Spanish territories in the North of Pasig river, many of the population of southern part of Saludang would flee to the Northern part of Saludang and into the mountains due to them refusing the Spanish reducciones, due to this the Spanish would settle the parts emptied by these people by Visayans and some people from the Merdicas which would introduce Chavacano in the southern part of Saludang, the city of Balayan would be renamed as Cantabria.

The Spanish hold in Visayas and Butuan would strengthen but the Spanish would fail also in most of Mindanao like in Saludan.

The Spanish experienced some revolts in Visayas which were quelled when they were consolidating the north, so the Spanish decided to give up trying to put the capital of Las Islas Filipinas in Saludang and put the capital in Cebu where the Spanish first landed and made Manila a simple trading city which would be more richer in the Acapulco-Leon-Manila trade which will give American gold to the Chinese coffers and Chinese goods to the Europeans, but the gold will not be enough to cause an inflation in China, the City of Cebu would be renamed as the City of Nueva Leon because one of the settlements in Cebu used to be called as Singhapala, Visayas on the Spanish documents would be called as Nueva Leon, Spanish Saludang would be called as Nueva Castilla and Spanish Mindanao would be called as Nueva Aragon.

Due to what happened to Saludan, the languages of Ibalon and Kumintang would be moribund nowadays and are being phased out in favor of Chavacano de Saludan and Saludanese Visayan.