María Josefa Gabriela Cariño de Silang 

(Tagalog: [siˈlaŋ]; 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.