María de la Encarnación Andonaégui de Valdepares

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

From Tucumán, in 1812 she was among a group of women who sewed uniforms for the patriot army. Several of these offered to buy weapons and they asked that their names be inscribed on them. Their accompanying note (below) was reproduced in the Gaceta Minist in June 1812. (Mitre, Obras completas, VII, 16-17)

She was born in Buenos Aires on 25 March 1769, the daughter of Chilean José de Andonaégui, regidor of Buenos Aires in 1770 and Catalina Herrera of Buenos Aires. She married Francisco Antonio Valdepares from Asturias on 26 November 1795. Darragueira, later a patriot, was a witness at their wedding. Valdepares was employed by the Viceroyalty but she nonetheless supported the independence cause, and Carranza assumes that this caused friction in their relationship. She took part in the Alzaga conspiracy. She later married Mariano Francisco de Orma and died in poverty. (Carranza, 118-120)

Life Events

Born	1769	She was born in Buenos Aires on 25 March 1769.
Married	1795	She married Francisco Antonio Valdepares from Asturias on 26 November 1795.
Other	1812	She offered to buy arms for the patriots.

References

Mitre, Bartolomé, (1940), Obras completas de Bartolomé Mitre

Carranza, Adolfo P., (1910), Patricias argentinas

Publications

Letter: Carta

Links

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