Rosaura Veléz Alava de la Peña

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

From Quito, she married Francisco Antonio de la Peña, son of Rosa Zárate. He was a young colonel in the independence army who was among those killed in the attacks on prisoners on 2 August (1810?). She was persecuted and sentenced to death and died very young, in 1813, leaving a young daughter, Manuela. (Monsalve, 47-48)

Life Events

Married	1809	She married Francisco Antonio de la Peña around 1809.
Other	1810	She was possibly widowed in 1810.
Died	1813

References

Monsalve, José D, (1926), Mujeres de la independencia

Publications

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Links

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