Rajah Matanda

Early life Among the Spanish accounts of Ache's capture, that of Rodrigo de Aganduru Moriz is considered Encounter as Crown Prince of Luzon with Sebastian Elcano, an expeditionary captain for Spain (1521) Aganduru Moriz recounts that in 1521, Ache was in command of the Bruneian fleet when they chanced upon what remained of the Magellan expedition, under the command of Sebastian Elcano, Before he died, Legazpi granted Rajah Matanda's wish that Rajah Sulayman be declared Paramount ruler of Maynila. The unnamed author of the "Anonymous 1572 Relacion" (translated in Volume 3 of Blair and Robertson) explains that this was in keeping with indigenous laws, which allowed inheritances to be passed on to "legitimate" children. While Rajah Matanda did in fact have children, they were not born of his "legitimate wife". The unnamed author of the relacion, explaining the custom as he understood it, says: == Descendants ==

According to archival research of historian Luis Camara Dery, Rajah Matanda had at least two sons and one daughter: Don Ambrocio Mag-isa Ladyangbata, Don Luis Ylao, and Doña Maria Bolactala. Dery theorizes as Dery notes: == Name origin ==

Ache is nicknamed "raja matandâ" which means "the old king". In accordance with this, Spanish records also refer to him as Raja Ache el Viejo (King Ache the Old). He is also sometimes referred to as Raja Laya, a name that some historians propose to have been derived from an intermediate appellation Ladyang Matanda – a Tagalog approximation of his title. == Sources ==