Maynila

Maynila was a fortified Tagalog polity on the south bank of the Pasig River, facing Tondo across the delta. Its rajas maintained marriage ties with Brunei, and Maynila shared a duopoly over the Chinese trade with Tondo.

Chinese junks unloaded at Tondo while Maynila’s fleets retailed goods to other islands. In 1570 Rajah Matanda and Rajah Sulayman ruled jointly when Martín de Goiti stormed Maynila and burned its wooden palisade. In 1571 Miguel López de Legazpi proclaimed the Spanish city of Manila on its ruins, ending its independence.