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{{Philippine name|Tupas|ph=indigenous}}{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Tupas
| title        = [[Rajahnate of Cebu|Rajah of Cebu]]
| image        = 
| caption      = 
| reign        = 27 April 1521 — 27 April 1565
| coronation   = 
| full name    = 
| birth_date   = {{circa}} 1497 <!-- {{birth date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| birth_place  = [[Cebu]], [[Rajahnate of Cebu]]
| death_date   = {{BirthDeathAge|df=yes| |1497| | |1568}}
| death_place  = [[Cebu]], [[Captaincy General of the Philippines]]
| burial_date  = 
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| predecessor  = [[Rajah Humabon]]
| successor    = ''Monarchy abolished''<br>[[Miguel López de Legazpi]] (as [[Governor-General of the Philippines]])
| spouse       = 
| issue        = 
| royal house  = [[Rajahnate of Cebu]]
| dynasty      = [[Chola dynasty|Chola]]
| father       = [[Sri Parang the Limp]]
| mother       = 
| religion     = [[Hinduism]] (before 1568)<br>[[Roman Catholicism]] (later life)
| signature    = 
}}

'''Rajah Tupas''' (baptized as '''Felipe Tupas'''; {{circa}} 1497 — 1568) was the last [[Rajahnate of Cebu|Rajah of Cebu]] in the Pre-Hispanic [[Greater India|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,<ref group=nb>He had also been baptized when [[Ferdinand Magellan|Magellan]] arrived together with his wife, her parents, his brother, two sisters in-law and ten nieces.</ref> placing his birthdate at about 1497. He ruled Cebu with his peers until he was defeated by [[Miguel López de Legazpi]]'s soldiers on April 27, 1565. On June 4, 1565, Tupas and Legaspi signed the [[Treaty of Cebu (1565)|Treaty of Cebu]], which effectively gave Spain [[suzerainty]] over Cebu.<ref>{{Harvnb|Scott|1992|pp=50&ndash;53, notes 24 and 25 on pp. 62&ndash;63}}.</ref> He died later in 1568.

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==Bibliography==
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*{{Citation
|title=Looking for the Prehispanic Filipino: and other essays in Philippine history
|last=Scott
|first=William Henry 
|publisher=New Day Publishers
|year=1992
|isbn= 978-971-10-0524-5
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z6ZwAAAAMAAJ
|postscript=.
}}
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{{Historic Filipino monarchs}}
{{India-related topics in Philippines}}

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[[Category:People from Cebu]]
[[Category:Filipino datus, rajas and sultans]]
[[Category:People from the Spanish colonial Philippines]]
[[Category:Filipino Roman Catholics]]
[[Category:Converts to Roman Catholicism]]
[[Category:16th-century monarchs in Asia]]
[[Category:Year of death unknown]]
[[Category:1497 births]]


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