Rajah Tupas (baptized as Felipe Tupas; 1497 — 1568) was the last Rajah of Cebu in the Pre-Hispanic Indianized polity of Philippines. He was the son of Sri Parang the Limp, and the cousin of Rajah Humabon. He is known to have been baptized under duress on March 21, 1568, at age 70,He had also been baptized when Magellan arrived together with his wife, her parents, his brother, two sisters in-law and ten nieces. placing his birthdate at about 1497. He ruled Cebu with his peers until he was defeated by

Miguel López de Legazpi Miguel López de Legazpi (12 June 1502 – 20 August 1572), also known as ''Adelantado, El Adelantado'' and ''El Viejo'' (The Elder), was a Spanish conquistador who financed and led an expedition to conquer the Philippines, Philippine islan ...

's soldiers on April 27, 1565. On June 4, 1565, Tupas and Legaspi signed the Treaty of Cebu, which effectively gave Spain

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over Cebu.. He died later in 1568.

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* People from Cebu Filipino datus, rajas and sultans People from the Spanish colonial Philippines Filipino Roman Catholics Converts to Roman Catholicism 16th-century monarchs in Asia Year of death unknown 1490s births {{SEAsia-hist-stub