Sixta Pontón de Santander | |
Office: | First Lady of the New Granada |
President: | Francisco de Paula Santander |
Term Label: | In role |
Term Start: | October 7, 1832 |
Term End: | April 1, 1837 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | María Antonia del Castillo |
Office1: | Second Lady of the Gran Colombia |
Vicepresident1: | Francisco de Paula Santander |
Term Label1: | In role |
Term Start1: | November 3, 1821 |
Term End1: | September 19, 1827 |
Predecessor1: | Teresa Rivas Arce |
Successor1: | Juana Jurado de Caicedo |
Birth Name: | Sixta Pontón Vargas Piedrahíta |
Birth Date: | 2 April 1792 |
Birth Place: | Soacha, Bogotá Province, Spanish Colombia |
Death Place: | Bogotá, Granadine Confederation |
Parents: | Mario Pontón Vargas (father) Francisca Piedrahíta (mother) |
Sixta Pontón de Santander (April 2, 1792 –July 28, 1862) was a Colombian philanthropist and politician. She was also the wife of Francisco de Paula Santander.[1] [2] [3] [4]