Angélica Larrea Explained

Angélica Larrea
Succession:Queen consort of the Afro-Bolivians
Coronation:18 April 1992 (ceremonial)
3 December 2007 (official)
Spouse:Julio Pinedo
Birth Date:1944
Birth Place:Santa Ana del Yacuma, Beni, Bolivia
Occupation:politician, grocer, shop owner, farmer
Royal Name:Queen Angélica
Dipstyle:Her Majesty
Offstyle:Your Majesty

Doña Angélica Larrea (born 1944) is the Ceremonial Queen of the Afro-Bolivians, as the wife of Ceremonial King Julio Pinedo. She twice served as the mayor of Mururata.

Biography

Larrea was born in 1944 in Santa Ana del Yacuma.

She married Julio Pinedo in 1976. Her husband succeeded his grandfather, Bonifacio Pinedo, as Ceremonial King of the Afro-Bolivians in 1992.[1] Their ceremonial coronation took place in a Catholic service on 18 April 1992.[2] King Bonifacio died in 1954, and between his death and her husband's succession, her mother-in-law Doña Aurora led the community. Pinedo and Larrea's official coronation ceremony, held by the government in La Paz, took place on 3 December 2007. The couple, who have no biological children,[3] adopted their nephew and heir, Prince Ronaldo. Larrea and her husband are Catholic.

Larrea and her family live on their farm in Mururata, Nor Yungas Province.[4] She runs a small shop that sells grocery items and co-manages the family farm.[4] [5] She operates her store from the first floor of her home, located fifty meters from Mururata's main square.[6]

Larrea twice served as mayor of Mururata. In 2013, she enrolled in adult educational classes to improve her reading and writing abilities.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bolivia's little-known tribal kingdom. www.bbc.com.
  2. Web site: La monarquía afroboliviana busca trascender a pesar del tiempo. April 21, 2021. France 24.
  3. Crowning Afro-descendant Memory and Visibility in an Indian/Mestizo Country on JSTOR. No. 127, Afro-Latin America Rising (2019).
  4. Web site: African royal’s heirs live on in Bolivia - Taipei Times. December 22, 2014. www.taipeitimes.com.
  5. Web site: 2022-12-24 . Angélica Larrea . 2024-05-02 . Team Queens . en-GB.
  6. Web site: The last king of the Americas. Andrés. Rodríguez. November 14, 2016. EL PAÍS English.
  7. News: . 10 March 2013. El último rey de América. La Nacion. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2 May 2024.