A different Spanish East Indies

I was thinking - If Luzon or at least Northern Luzon has a different Political condition, the term Selurong referred to Luzon, since the term Selurong was used even before Manila was established , if Demak gains recognition as the successor of Majapahit and annexes Malacca from Portugal - I think Demak would subjugate Aceh and Saludong(Majority of Luzon) due to them being vassals of Majapahit, although Manila and environs would remain under Brunei, Lakandula and Salcedo would not be able to make a setup against the ruler of Macabebe since it is under Demak suzerainty as the subject of the NeoMajapahit Empire and they would not mind the Bruneians.

I think Spain would annex the Bruneian territories and ignore the lands recognizing Demak's due to them being backwater to the Spanish.
 
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@kasumigenx I think that there would have to be royal struggles in Brunei for Spain to conquer it. If the Spaniards reach the interior of Borneo, then it would have to ally with the Dayaks to defeat Borneo.
 
@kasumigenx I think that there would have to be royal struggles in Brunei for Spain to conquer it. If the Spaniards reach the interior of Borneo, then it would have to ally with the Dayaks to defeat Borneo.
The other scenario I am thinking is that Northern Luzon led by Tarik not allying with Sulayman which prevents Lakandula and the Spanish conspiring to conquer Northern Luzon which ends Tarik's betrothal with Kandarapa, nullifying their peace pact with the Bruneians which due to the Bruneians annexing Tondo from them in this scenario, I think the Spanish would get the Port cities such as that Ilocos and the Spanish get the Bruneian held lands in Luzon which might be a win-win for both the parties because the Bruneian held Luzon is occupied by the Spanish instead..

I think this is a harder scenario to do than Demak reassuming the Majapahit control of the part Luzon under Majapahit influence.
There were frequent Bruneian dynastic struggles which included the Castillan war, the Dayaks allying with the Spanish is a possible scenario since there people in the Philippines related to the Dayaks.
 
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