Taytay

Taytay was a precolonial kingdom on the northern coast of Palawan. Its king was said to travel attended by ten scribes.

In 1521 survivors of Magellan's expedition seized the king and his consort to demand supplies before sailing to the Moluccas. The Spanish formally founded the town in 1623. Recollect friars built the stone fort of Santa Isabel from 1667 to 1738 against southern Muslim raiders, and Taytay became capital of Calamianes province in 1818.