María Josefa Gabriela Cariño Silang
Living Descendants
Lolita Eva Cariño 6th Generation
Robin Cariño Padilla 7th Generation
Mario Cariño Merritt 7th Generation
Gloman Merritt 8th Generation
Glozy Merritt 9th Generation
Quasar Merritt 9th Generation
Queen Gabriela Baclaan Merritt 9th Generation
Christian Merritt 8th Generation
Princess Mynn Hosea Merritt 9th Generation
Gloria Sophie van der Eijk 8th Generation
Sebastian Joel van der Eijk 8th Generation
Angel Merritt 8th Generation
Gabriela Cariño Silang
Joan of Arc of Ilocandia, Filipino Heroine
March 19, 1731 – September 20, 1763) was a Filipino military leader best known for her role as the female leader of the Ilocano independence movement from Spain. She 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.
Legacy
Did you know that the Gabriela Silang monument in Ayala Triangle Gardens got inaugurated by Gabriela Silang’s great-granddaughter Gloria Cariño and her great-grandson Mario Cariño Merritt in 1971 created by Jose M. Mendoza, the Gabriela Silang Monument commemorates one of the first Filipina revolutionaries who sacrificed her life for our country’s freedom.
