Dayang Kalangitan

Dayang Kalangitan (Baybayin: ᜃᜎᜅᜒᜆᜈ᜔ , Abecedario: Cálan͠gúitán) (r. c.1450–c.1500) is a legendary figure in early Philippine history who was said to be Dayang of the pre-Hispanic Indianized polity of Pasig. She was co-regent of Pasig with her husband, Rajah Lontok, and later sole ruler of their realms. She is one of the very few known female leaders in precolonial Philippine history.

In this Philippine name for indigenous people, this person is addressed by the sole name, Kalangitan.

Kalangitan
A noble Tagalog couple, in typical dress and finery, as depicted in the Boxer Codex, c. 1590.
Dayang of Namayan and Tondo
Reignc.1450–c.1500
PredecessorRajah Lontok
SuccessorUnknown
Dayang of Pasig
Reignc.1450–c.1500
PredecessorPosition established
Rajah Lontok (as the Lakan of Namayan and Tondo)
SuccessorPosition abolished
SpouseRajah Lontok
IssueDayang Panginoan
Dayang Lahat
Rajah Sulaiman I
Gat Kahiya
Names
ᜃᜎᜅᜒᜆᜈ᜔
Kalangitan
Cálan͠gúitán
HouseNamayan, Pasig, and Tondo
ReligionIslam

She ruled Pasig from her seat of power in Bitukang Manók. Her children are Dayang Panginoan, Dayang Lahat, Rajah Salalila of Maynila and Gat Kahiya.

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