Gertrudis Echenique Explained

Gertrudis Echenique
Office:First Lady of Chile
Term Label:In role
Term Start:September 18, 1896
Term End:July 12, 1901
President:Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
Predecessor:Leonor Frederick Ledesma
Successor:María Errázuriz Echaurren
Birth Name:Gertrudis Josefa del Carmen Echenique y Mujica
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Spouse:Federico Errázuriz Echaurren
Children:Federico
Elena
Parents:Juan José Echenique Bascuñán
Jesús Mujica Echaurren

Gertrudis Josefa del Carmen Echenique y Mujica (1849–1928) was First Lady of Chile between 1896 and 1901.

She was born in Santiago, the daughter of Juan José Echenique Bascuñán and of his second wife, Jesús Mujica Echaurren. She married Federico Errázuriz Echaurren in 1868, and together they had two children: Federico (1869-1897) and Elena Errázuriz Echeñique (1870-1966). After the death of her husband, she withdrew to her hacienda of El Huique, in the province of Colchagua, which she continued to manage until her death.

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