Raimunda de Martínez

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Exile 1814
Exile 1814
     

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1810  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  She heckled the Viceroy's wife on 13 August 1810.
1816  -  Vélez  -  Unknown  -  She was exiled to Vélez in August 1816.

Connections:

Women exiled from Bogotá by Morillo
Women exiled independence cause
Women heckled Villanova

Biography:
Married to Gregorio Martínez, she was among a group of up to 600 women who lined the streets of Bogotá as the Viceroy's wife, Francisca Villanova, was transferred from a convent to the Cárcel del Divorcio on 13 August 1810. It was said to be a miracle that Villanova arrived alive. (Monsalve, 93)

She and Martínez were exiled to Vélez by Morillo in August 1816. (Monsalve, 245)

References:

Monsalve, José D (1926) Mujeres de la independencia