Isabel Riquelme
| Isabel Riquelme | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by José Gil de Castro | |
| First Lady of Chile | |
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In role 17 February 1817 – 28 January 1823 | |
| President | Bernardo O'Higgins |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
María Isabel Riquelme de la Barrera y Meza 1758 Chillán, Chile |
| Died |
April 21, 1839 (aged 80–81) Lima, Peru |
| Nationality | Chilean |
| Spouse(s) |
Félix Rodríguez y Rojas (m. 1780; d. 1782) Manuel de Puga y Figueroa |
| Children |
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| Parents |
Simón Riquelme de la Barrera y Goycochea María Mercedes de Mesa y Ulloa |
María Isabel Riquelme de la Barrera y Meza (1758 – April 21, 1839), was the mother of Chilean independence leader Bernardo O'Higgins. Isabel Riquelme was of Basque descent.[1]
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, first in 1780 to Félix Rodríguez y Rojas, by whom she had a daughter, Rosa Rodríguez y Riquelme (Chillán, August 30, 1781 – Lima, 1850). Her husband died in 1782 and she married her second husband, 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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| Preceded by Mercedes Fontecilla |
First Lady of Chile 1817–1823 |
Succeeded by Manuela Caldera Mascayano |
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