Manuela Warnes
Manuela Warnes | |
|---|---|
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| First Lady of Chile | |
| In role 18 September 1831 – 18 September 1841 | |
| President | Joaquín Prieto |
| Preceded by | María del Carmen Sotomayor |
| Succeeded by | Enriqueta Pinto |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Manuela Warnes y García de Zúñiga 3 October 1776 Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 15 March 1858 (aged 81) Santiago, Chile |
| Spouse |
Joaquín Prieto
(m. 1812; died 1854) |
| Relations | Ignacio Warnes (brother) Joaquín Prieto Concha (great-grandson) Camilo Prieto Concha (great-grandson) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent |
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Manuela Josefa Warnes de Prieto (née Warnes y García de Zúñiga; 13 October 1776 – 15 March 1858) was an Argentine socialite and First Lady of Chile from 1831 to 1941.[1][2]
Early life and family
[edit]Manuela Josefa Warnes y García de Zúñiga was born 13 October 1776 in Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (present-day, Argentina) to Manuel Antonio Warnes and Ana Jacoba García de Zúñiga. One of sixteen children, Warnes was the younger sister of Ignacio Warnes and the older sister of Martina Warnes and Martín José Warnes.
On 25 July 1812, Warnes married Joaquín Prieto, a military officer, politician and future 4th President of Chile.[2] Warnes and Prieto had two children, including the politician Joaquín Prieto Warnes.[2][3] Warnes was the grandmother of Joaquín Prieto Hurtado, a lawyer and politician, and was the great-grandmother of the politicians Joaquín Prieto Concha and Camilo Prieto Concha.[2][4][5][6]
Following her husband's death in 1854, Warnes was awarded an annual pension of 625 CLP by President Manuel Montt.[7]
On 15 March 1858 Warnes died in Santiago, aged 81.[1] Warnes is buried at Santiago General Cemetery.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Manuela Warnes y García de Zúñiga". Primeras Damas de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Chile: Centro de Estudios Históricos Forenses. 2012. pp. 39–42. ISBN 978-956-7620-21-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Reseña Biográfica José Joaquín Prieto Vial". Presidentes de la República de Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Reseña Biográfica Joaquín Prieto Warnes". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Reseña Biográfica Joaquín Prieto Hurtado". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Reseña Biográfica Joaquín Prieto Concha". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ "Reseña Biográfica Camilo Prieto Concha". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Chambers, Sarah C. (2015). Families in War and Peace: Chile from Colony to Nation. Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press. p. 1148. ISBN 9780822375562. Retrieved 23 March 2026.