Manado Kingdom

Manado Kingdom is a kingdom that once ruled city of Manado and the surrounding areas in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. This kingdom is a continuation of the Bowontehu Kingdom, which existed from 1500s to 1670 as Manado Kingdom. In the memory of the governor of the VOC in the Maluku Islands, Robertus Padtbrugge, the territory of the Manado Kingdom included the islands of Siladen, Bunaken, Mantehage, Nain, Talise, Gangga, Bangka, Lembe, and the coastal areas of northern Sulawesi.^[2]

Manado Kingdom Kerajaan Manado (Indonesian) Reino de Manado (Spanish)
1500s–1670
Map of Manado and its surroundings by Europeans in 1679.
Capital	Manado Tua
Common languages	Manado Malay (common) Sangir, Minahasan
Religion	Christianity[1]
Government	Monarchy
Raja
• –1644	Don Fernando
• 1644–1670	Loloda Mokoagouw
History
• Established with named as Bowontehu Kingdom	1500s
• Dissolved and annexed to the Dutch Empire by the VOC	1670
Preceded by Succeeded by Bowontehu Kingdom Dutch East Indies
Today part of	Indonesia

Together with King Posuma of the Kingdom of Siau, the King of Manado, Kinalang Damopolii, was baptized as a Catholic in a large river in city of Manado along with 1,500 of his people.^[1]

List of rulers

The kings who ruled the Manado Kingdom included Don Fernando in 1644, and Loloda Mokoagouw (1644–1670) as the last king. The Kingdom of Manado once played an important role in trade in the Minahasa Peninsula. In the 15th to 16th centuries, the Portuguese and Spanish empires used the Manado Kingdom as a warehouse for storing goods they brought or purchased from the native people.^[2]

See also

• Manado
• Kingdom of Siau
• History of Indonesia during the era of Christian kingdoms