22/03/2026
PRINCESS OF SULU AND BRUNEI. THE ONLY ROYAL CHILD OF THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI. THE LEGAL HEIRESS OF SABAH/NORTH BORNEO.
BORN AT THE ROYAL BRUNEI ASTANA PALACE AND GREW UP IN LUUK, SULU.
IF PEOPLE ASKED WHY SHE GREW UP IN LUUK, SULU IT IS BECAUSE HER FATHER THE FORMER SULTAN OF BRUNEI RAJA MUDA "DATU JAMASALI" BOLKIAH BROUGHT THE LITTLE PRINCESS OF BRUNEI TO SULU FOR HER SAFETY AS BRUNEI AND THE UK WAS AT WAR. THE LATE SULTAN RAJA MUDA DATU JAMASALI BOLKIAH DOES NOT WANT HIS ONLY ROYAL PRINCESS TO GET HURT OR EXPERIENCE THE BATTLE DURING THAT ERA.
UNFORTUNATELY THE LATE SULTAN RAJA MUDA DATU JAMASALI BOLKIAH DIED OF AN ILLNESS THAT TOOK HIS LIFE. ACCORDINGLY,
HOWEVER THE UK FORCES WAS DEFEATED AND LOST THE WAR BECAUSE HIS MAJESTY SULTAN RAJA MUDA DATU JAMASALI BOLKIAH WAS BRAVED ENOUGH TO DEFEAT U.K. AND HIS MAJESTY SULTAN RAJA MUDA DATU JAMASALI BOLKIAH WAS THE ONE WHO TOOK OVER THE BRUNEI THRONE HELPED HIS FATHER THE FORMER SULTAN OF BRUNEI WHO ABDICATED FOR HIM REGAINED BRUNEI FROM THE BRITISH.
PRINCESS NORMA DAYANG DAYANG PIANDAO JIKIRI JAMASALI BOLKIAH STILL REMEMBERED HER HAPPY CHILDHOOD DAYS IN THE BRUNEI ROYAL PALACE WITH HER FATHER THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI AND GRANDPARENTS THE FORMER KINGS AND QUEENS OF BRUNEI AND MALAYSIA, UNCLES AND AUNTIES OF THE BOLKIAH ROYAL HOUSE FAMILY. HOWEVER, HER ROYAL TIES WITH THE BOLKIAH ROYAL FAMILY WAS STILL ESTABLISHED AND SHE HAD BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM CONSTANTLY. DESPITE HER COUSIN THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI THAT TIME TOLD HER TO GO HOME TO BRUNEI AND ENJOY THE LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS STATUS, HER PALACE AND INHERITANCE, THE VAST WEALTH THAT HER FATHER LEFT TO HER BUT SHE REMAINED IN SULU TO HELP AND PROVIDE SOCIAL SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF SULU AND MINDANAO, SHE WANTED TO HELP POOR FAMILIES, AND SHE WANTS TO CONTINUE THAT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE UNTIL HER SUDDEN DEATH. MAY ALLAH BLESS HER SOUL AND GRANT HER AL-FIRDAUS/PARADISE FOR HER DEDICATION IN HELPING POOR PEOPLE RATHER LIVE A LUXURIOUS LIFE IN THE BRUNEI PALACE.
EVERYONE IN SULU AND MINDANAO LOVE AND RESPECT HER FOR SHE IS APPROACHABLE,, KIND, CHARITABLE, A DARLING OF THE CROWD., A JOYFUL PERSONALITY.
HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS DAYANG DAYANG PIANDAO JAMASALI BOLKIAH also known as PRINCESS NORMA JAMASALI OF SULU. Photo shoot in Jolo, Sulu.
Wearing her traditional Tausog or Sulu tradition attire called Batawi and Sablay. The late Princess was fond of wearing this rich traditional custom attire coupled with big pearl ring and century old humongous gold bracelet made of pure gold called bulawan Kamaasan and a diamond necklace and big gold earrings, accordingly, the late Princess. was an icon and legendary when it comes to fashion and style, the princess loved to wear this during special occasions as a symbol of her rich Sulu royal background, the royal elite and high society status of the late Princess Norma Dayang Dayang Piandao Jamasali Bolkiah as the only royal child /heiress of the late Sultan of Brunei Sultan His Royal Highness General Raja Muda Bolkiah a.k.a Datu Jamasali, the late Sultan Datu Bolkiah Jamasali married a tausug woman Dayang Dayang Siti Jaliha Jikiri - Jamasali Bolkiah (she was the daughter of a known and notable Sulu Tausog warrior Panglima Maas Jikiri of Luuk, Sulu).
Panglima Maas Jikiri was supplied by Brunei Military Artillery by Sultan General Datu Jamasali Bolkiah commander in chief of the Brunei Royal Armed forces. They fought side by side to defeat the colonizations.
The JAMASALI BOLKIAH ROYAL FAMILY had controlled and ruled Sulu archipelago and Brunei since the 12th century and most of the land titles were passed on to her as royal descendant. The late HRH Princess Norma Dayang Dayang Piandao Jikiri Jamasali Bolkiah was the Chief of Ministry of Social Welfare and Development throughout Mindanao and Sulu.
The princess was an educated woman, a civil service professional passer, promotion examinations, and has been appointed by the previous Philippines Presidents to administer the Social Welfare Department in Sulu and Mindanao. The late Princess Norma Piandao was also very active during the second world war where she helped thousands of Tausogs evacuate and provided social services to the people such as medicines, foods, clothes to the victims. The late Princess Norma Dayang Dayang Piandao was the most qualified in that position as Chief for many years until her demised. She was bright and intellectual, the late Princess can speak fluently in English, Tausog, Sama, Maguindanao, Maranao, Yakan, Chavacano/Spanish and other local dialects in Mindanao. she spoke in hard deep tausug accent particularly Luuk side, the place where she grew up with her beloved mother and thousands of tausug royal guards who protected her while growing up.
Many say the late Princess Norma Jamasali Bolkiah was the epitome of beauty, brains and glamour. Following her footsteps many tausug women emulate the late Princess when wearing this traditional tausog attire that one must use top notch jewelry to showcase beauty and glamour and the rich traditional tausog custom and tradition. This is the way of life of a real tausug woman.
The late Princess Norma Jamasali Dayang Dayang Piandao jewellery was handed down to her by her ancestors the Queens of Brunei. specifically from her grandmother the late Her Majesty Queen Raja Fatima Bolkiah of Brunei. The late Princess Norma Dayang Dayang Piandao Jamasali Bolkiah is the rightful and legal owner of Sulu by virtue of law in succession that goes as far as Sabah.
