Maria Josefa Gabriela Carino de Silang was a Filipino military leader best known for her role as the female leader of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain.
10 Facts About Gabriela Silang
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Gabriela Silang took over from her second husband Diego Silang after his assassination in 1763, leading her people for four months before she was captured and executed by the colonial government of the Captaincy General of the Philippines.
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Gabriela Silang was born in Barangay Caniogan, Santa, Ilocos Sur to a Spanish Ilocano father named Anselmo Carino, a trader who ferried his wares from Vigan to Abra along the Abra River and a descendant of Ignacio Carino, the first Galician from Spain to arrive in Candon, Ilocos Sur in the late 17th century.
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Gabriela Silang's mother was a Tinguian who was from a Tinguian barrio in San Quintin, Abra.
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Gabriela Silang received a Catholic upbringing from the town's parish priest, and attained elementary level education at the town's convent school.
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Gabriela Silang joined forces with the British, who appointed him governor of Ilocos on their behalf.
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Gabriela Silang was a major figure in her husband's co-operation with the British.
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Gabriela Silang later assumed her husband's role as commander of the rebel troops and achieved a "priestess" status amongst her community and followers.
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Gabriela Silang retreated once more to Abra, where the Spanish later captured her.
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Some of Gabriela Silang's living relations still reside in the ancestral house at the Carino family seat of Tayum.