Mangubat (surname)

Mangubat (Mang-gubat) (Spanish: Guerrear); is a Spanish Filipino surname of Mactan Island origin which means "to wage war" in Cebuano language. It belongs to a noble lineage according to Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent Chronicler King of Arms of the Kingdom of Spain and the last Cronista Rey de Armas appointed by the Spanish Ministry of Justice. with a Spanish heraldry (Royal Coat of Arms) of Azure shield, a gold pike (weapon) or pica, set on stick and positioned vertically at the center of the shield. As a family name it predated the year 1849 Claveria's Decree. Restricted and exclusively used for the male descendants of Mangubat who was the king of Mactan and successor of Lapu-Lapu in the 16th century to avoid any false claims to special rights and privileges belonging only to the Lords and nobles. As the kingdom of Mactan joined the Spanish Empire, in late 1560s the mangubat left Mactan Island for the conquest of Luzon, Mindanao, Borneo, and all the other Islands to help the Spanish forces unify the archipelago originally composed of several kingdoms and dominions with peoples of different cultures, religions, languages and ethnic backgrounds into one state known as the Spanish East Indies. with the (kingdom of Castile) as the mother country, united through Spanish Empire a confederated monarchy composed of many kingdoms and colonies. The Spanish East Indies (chiefly the Philippine Archipelago) then known as the Philippine Republic as it was transferred to the U.S. and given its independence in 1946. Before the American came to the Philippines, and before the Republic of the Philippines existed as a Sovereign state in 1946, the Philippine archipelago and the Kingdom of Mactan were part of the territory of the Spanish Empire up to 1899 as Datu Mangubat and other Visayan monarchs joined the Empire. Filipino Indian monarchs became Filipino Spanish kings, and their warriors were converted into Spanish Imperial Army of the Spanish East Indies Territory, particularly those Indian kingdoms that helped the European Spanish Expeditionary team to gain foothold in the region and voluntarily set out for conquest using their own resources and people, Attacking neighboring kingdoms that refuses to be part of the Union.