Marie Anne Périchon de Vandeuil

Marie Anne Périchon de Vandeuil d'Abeille
Portrait of Marie Anne Périchon
Personal details
Born 4 April 1775
Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
Died 2 December 1847
La Matanza, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Resting place La Recoleta Cemetery
Nationality French
Spouse(s) Thomas O'Gorman

Marie Anne Périchon de Vandeuil known as "la pericona" (4 April 1775 - 2 December 1847) was an aristocratic French lady.[1]

She had an active participation in politics of Buenos Aires, during the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.[2]

Biography

Marie Anne was born in Île Bourbon, France, the daughter of Armand Etienne Perichon de Vandeuil and Jeanne Magdeleine d'Abeille.[3] His grandfather, Etienne Guillaume Périchon, was Collector of Domains and Forests of the Government of Moulins.[4]

Marie Anne arrived at the port of Buenos Aires with her husband, an Irish merchant Thomas O'Gorman, nephew Michael O'Gorman.[5]

Marie Anne Périchon had an illicit relationship with Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires.[6] During the British invasions of the River Plate, the house of the Périchon, was protected by a French flag.[7]

Thomas O'Gorman and Marie Anne Périchon, were the paternal grandparents of Camila O'Gorman, who was executed in times of Juan Manuel de Rosas, for having an illicit affair with a Catholic priest.[8] The ancestors of the Périchon family, lived for centuries in his "hotel" in the Rue Saint-Denis (Paris).[9]

References

  1. Santiago de Liniers, Horacio Vázquez-Rial, retrieved 7 February 2017
  2. Santiago de Liniers, conde de Buenos Aires, 1753-1810: con un retrato al agua fuerte, y un plano de Buenos Aires en 1807, Paul Groussac
  3. Máxima Périchon de Vandeuil de Martínez 1856-1918 ..., Comisión de homenaje a la sénora doña Máxima Périchon de Martínez, Buenos Aires, retrieved 7 February 2017
  4. Todo es historia, Issues 99-103, Todo es Historia, 1975, retrieved 7 February 2017
  5. Historia Argentina, Volume 2, José María Rosa, retrieved 7 February 2017
  6. Imperial Skirmishes: War and Gunboat Diplomacy in Latin America, Andrew Graham-Yooll, retrieved 7 February 2017
  7. "Madame Perichón" ("La Perichona"): amante del Virrey Liniers: ejemplo de la influencia del amor en la historia, Horacio Salduna
  8. Ocupación y reconquista,1806-1807: a 200 años de las Invasiones inglesas : [incluye diario de viaje del Tte. Cnel. Lancelot Holland], Andrew Graham-Yooll, retrieved 7 February 2017
  9. Todo es historia, Issues 99-103, Todo es Historia, 1975, retrieved 7 February 2017
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