Isabel Riquelme
Deceased Person
1758 – 1839
Who was Isabel Riquelme?
María Isabel Riquelme de la Barrera y Meza, was the mother of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins. Isabel Riquelme was of Basque descent.
She was born in Chillán, the second daughter of Simón Riquelme de la Barrera y Goycochea and of María Mercedes de Mesa y Ulloa. At the age of 16, she became pregnant by Ambrosio O'Higgins, Marquis of Osorno, future viceroy of Peru.
She married twice, firstly in 1780 to Félix Rodríguez y Rojas, by whom she had a daughter Rosa Rodríguez y Riquelme. Her husband died in 1782 and she married secondly to Manuel de Puga y Figueroa, by whom she had another daughter named Maria de las Nieves de Puga y Riquelme in 1793.
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- Born
- 1758
Chillán - Also known as
- First lady Isabel Riquelme y Meza
- Lived in
- Chillán
- Died
- Apr 21, 1839
Lima
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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