Emilia de Toro
Emilia de Toro | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First Lady of Chile | |
| In role 1886–1891 | |
| President | José Manuel Balmaceda |
| Preceded by | Emilia Márquez de la Plata |
| Succeeded by | Leonor Frederick |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 November 1845 Concepción, Chile |
| Died | 7 June 1913 (aged 67) New York City, New York, US |
| Resting place | Santiago General Cemetery |
| Spouse |
José Manuel Balmaceda
(m. 1845; died 1891) |
| Relations | Emilio Bello Codesido (son-in-law) Count Mateo de Toro Zambrano (great-grandfather) |
| Children | 8, including Pedro Balmaceda Enrique Balmaceda |
Emilia de Toro Herrera (14 November 1845 – 7 June 1913) was the Chilean First Lady during 1886 to 1891.[1][2]
Early life and family
De Toro was born on 14 November 1845 in Concepción to Domingo de Toro y Guzmán and Emilia Herrera Martínez de la Torre.[1][3] De Toro was the great-granddaughter of Count Mateo de Toro Zambrano.[1][2] De Toro was the younger sister of Domingo de Toro Herrera.[1][3]
On 11 October 1865, De Toro married José Manuel Balmaceda.[1][2] De Toro and Balmaceda had eight children including Pedro Balmaceda, a poet and writer, and Enrique Balmaceda, a diplomat and politician.[2][4][5] Through her daughter María Elisa, De Toro was the mother-in-law of Emilio Bello Codesido.
Exile
Following the government forces' defeat at the Battle of Placilla, De Toro and her children took refuge in the American embassy whilst Balmaceda took refuge in the Argentine embassy.[6][7] Following her husband's suicide on 19 September 1891, De Toro and her children went into exile in New York City.[7][6] On 7 June 1913 De Toro died in New York City, aged 67.[1] De Toro was buried in Santiago General Cemetery.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Emilia de Toro Herrera". Primeras Damas de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Chile: Centro de Estudios Históricos Forenses. pp. 67–70. ISBN 978-956-7620-21-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "José Manuel Balmaceda Fernández: Presidentes de la República de Chile". Historia Política; Presidentes de la República de Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 27 March 2026..
- 1 2 "Reseña Biográfica Domingo De Toro Herrera". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ Ramírez Morales, Fernando. Breve Esbozo de la Familia del Presidente Jose Manuel Balmaceda Y Sus Relaciones Afines (1850–1925) (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 199. Retrieved 11 August 2017.
- ↑ "Reseña Biográfica José Enrique Balmaceda Toro". Reseñas biográficas parlamentarias (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- 1 2 Tromben, Carlos (2016). Balmaceda: La guerra entre chilenos (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones B Chile. ISBN 978-956-304-239-9. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- 1 2 "El Presidente y el Congreso frente a frente: José Manuel Balmaceda (1840-1891)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 25 March 2026.