<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Spain" id="mwaQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philip II of Spain">Philip II</a> recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" id="mwag" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principalía" id="mwaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Principalía">Principalía</a> (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).