Mercedes Nariño de Ibáñez

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

The daughter of Antonio Nariño and Magdalena Ortega, and sister of Isabel Nariño, a cousin of the Ricaurte y Nariño family. In 1816 Morillo sent her, her aunt, Dolores Nariño, and cousins into exile. They had to walk to Zipacón. She later married Antonio Ibáñez, brother of Nicolasa Ibáñez and uncle of José Eusebio Caro. Ibáñez was imprisoned in 1820 and was shot and left for dead, but recovered from his serious injuries. (Monsalve, 112-113, 232)

She fired the canons at the military fiesta held to celebrate the triumph of the Nariño's Centralists. (Monsalve, 268)

She was part of the González Manrique, Alvarez, Ricaurte, París, Pardo, Nariño clan of Bogotá. (Monsalve, 139)