Moäng Ratu Dona Ines Ximenes da Silva of Flores, in present-day Indonesia, (fl. c. 1700), was the lady sovereign of the island-principality of Flores, and a member of the Portuguese Ximenes da Silva ruling family.
This long-lived dynasty continued to rule over the island until 1952 and continued as civil rulers until 1960 over Sikka.
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