Editing Lakandula (section)

==Arrival of Legazpi, May 1571==
When Miguel Lopez de Legazpi arrived at Manila Bay in May 1571, the Lakandula was there to meet him. The two first met on May 17, the day after Legazpi's arrival on the bay, when Rajah Matanda and Lakandula boarded Legazpi's ship to discuss terms with him. Part of these discussions specified that the Spaniards would not land in Tondo, and would instead land in Manila, which had been burned to the ground the year before. Joaquin suggests that Lakandula would "''have seen that Legaspi was being practical. Burned down and emptied, Maynila would be a better spot to fortify, being more strategic.''"<ref name="JoaquinManila"/> In fact, Manila was not conquered, but it was occupied through a peace pact that joined Legazpi and the three kings: the Lakandula, the (older) Rajah Ache and the (younger) Rajah Sulayman.<ref>[http://ffemagazine.com/lakandula-peaceful-king-takes-stand/Lakandula: the peaceful king takes his Stand] Retrieved on January 8, 2018</ref>{{Better source needed|reason="Source is a tertiary source with no claim to expertise within the field. Editorial processes of the source material is unclear, and the publisher/editors are not named. More solid scholarly sources are needed, especially as this seems an oversimplified take on a historical event with very nuanced implications."|date=January 2018}}

On May 18, 1571, the native nobility of Luzon, Rajah Sulayman, Rajah Matanda, and Lakandula, acknowledged the sovereignty of Spain over the islands and proclaimed themselves to be vassals of Spain. On the following day, May 19, Legazpi landed in Manila and took ceremonial possession of the land in the presence of Soliman, Matanda, and Lakandula.<ref name="JoaquinManila"/><ref name="inarticulate"/><ref name="ScottBarangay"/>

Lakandula helped establish a house for Legazpi and build a fort for the Spaniards, giving them fourteen pieces of artillery and twelve jars of gunpowder, a gift much appreciated by the Spaniards, who were running low on ammunition.<ref name="scottparchment"/><ref name="JoaquinManila"/><ref name="inarticulate"/>

Soon after, the Lakandula and his sons were baptized as Catholics. Bunao Lakandula took on the name "Don Carlos Lacandola" after [[Charles I of Spain]].<ref name="Tonda">''A history of Brunei'', Graham E. Saunders, Routledge, 2002, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SQ4t_OJgSjAC&pg=PA54 p. 54]</ref>  To celebrate the event, the Spanish discharged Manila's artillery and arquebuses as part of the ceremony.<ref name="JoaquinManila"/><ref name="inarticulate"/>