Nicolasa Valdés Explained

Nicolasa Valdés
Office:First Lady of Chile
Term Label:In role
Term Start:July 16, 1810
Term End:September 18, 1810
Successor:Mercedes Fontecilla
President:Mateo de Toro Zambrano
Birth Name:María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera
Birth Date:7 January 1733
Death Place:Santiago, Captaincy General of Chile
Spouse:Mateo de Toro Zambrano
Children:10
Parents:Domingo de Valdés y González de Soberal
Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera y Ureta

María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera, Countess of La Conquista (January 7, 1733 – December 18, 1810) was the inaugural First Lady of Chile from September 18, 1810, when her husband assumed the presidency in Chile's First Government Junta, until her death four months later.

Nicolasa Valdés was of Basque descent,[1] born in Santiago, the second daughter of Domingo de Valdés y González de Soberal and of Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera y Ureta. She married Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of la Conquista on May 3, 1751, and together they had ten children. She died in Santiago, shortly before her husband, at the age of 77.

Notes

. José Toribio Medina . Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile . 1906 . Imprenta Elziviriana . Santiago, Chile . Spanish . 869–870 .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conciencia de un Legado. S.A.P.. El Mercurio. diario.elmercurio.cl. Spanish. 2018-05-29.