Luisa Garmendia
Luisa Garmendia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| First Lady of Chile | |
| In role 1827–1829 | |
| President | Francisco Antonio Pinto |
| Preceded by | Teresa Larraín |
| Succeeded by | Mariana de Aguirre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Luisa Garmendia Alurralde 1797 Tucumán Province, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, Spanish Empire |
| Died | 26 May 1857 (aged 59–60) Santiago, Chile |
| Resting place | Santiago General Cemetery |
| Spouse |
Francisco Antonio Pinto
(m. 1817) |
| Relations | Manuel Bulnes (son-in-law) Delfina de la Cruz (daughter-in-law) |
| Children | Enriqueta Pinto Aníbal Pinto |
Luisa Garmendia Alurralde de Pinto (née Garmendia Alurralde; 1797 – 1857) was the Argentine-Chilean First Lady of Chile between 1827 and 1829.[1][2] Garmendia is considered the founder of the Pinto political dynasty.[3][4]
Biography
Garmendia was born in 1797 in Tucumán Province, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (present-day Argentina) to José Ignacio Garmendia Aguirre and Elena María Alurralde, a supporter of Argentine Independence.[1][5][6] Garmendia was the younger half-sister of Ildefonso de las Muñecas, a Catholic priest and guerrilla in the Bolivian War of Independence, and Juan Manuel de las Muñecas, a military officer and supporter of Argentine Independence.[5][3] Garmendia was the younger sister of José Ignacio Garmendia y Alurralde, a politician.
Garmendia met her future husband Francisco Antonio Pinto, at the time a lawyer and military general and later a politician and 3rd President of Chile, whilst he was stationed in Tucumán Province.[3][4] In 1823, Garmendia and Pinto relocated to Chile where Pinto began his political career.[3][4] Following her husband's election as the President of Chile, Garmendia became the First Lady of Chile in 1827.[3][4] Garmendia served as First Lady until July 1829 when her husband resigned from the presidency following the Revolution of 1829.[3][4]
Personal life
Garmendia married Pinto in 1817.[1][2] Garmendia and Pinto's had multiple children including:
- Enriqueta Pinto (1817–1904), translator and First Lady of Chile during 1841 to 1851; married Manuel Bulnes (1799–1866), military officer, politician and 5th President of Chile.[7][8][9]
- Aníbal Pinto (1825–1884), lawyer, politician and 9th President of Chile; married Delfina de la Cruz (1837–1905), a pianist and First Lady of Chile.[10]
On 26 May 1857 Garmendia died in Santiago, and was buried at Santiago General Cemetery.[1][4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Carvajal, Alejandra (25 June 2025). "Retrato de Luisa Garmendia Alurralde". SURDOC (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Centro de Documentación de Bienes Patrimoniales. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Reseña Biográfica Francisco Antonio Pinto Díaz". Presidentes de la República de Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Edwards, Alberto (September 1913). "Recuerdos de algunas Presidentas de Chile" (PDF). Pacifico Magazine (in Spanish). II (9). Santiago, Chile. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Luisa Garmendia Aldurralde". Primeras Damas de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Chile: Centro de Estudios Históricos Forenses. pp. 35–38. ISBN 978-956-7620-21-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- 1 2 "An article from the "Progreso" of Chile". Archivo americano y espíritu de la prensa del mundo (15). Buenos Aires, Argentina: 89–93. 20 August 1849. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "CHILE: DESCENDIENTES DE LOS GARMENDIA ALURRALDE EN CHILE Y EN TUCUMÁN". Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas (in Spanish). 279. Bueno Aires, Argentina: Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas: 24. 10 November 1940. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
- ↑ "Reseña Biográfica Manuel Bulnes Prieto". Presidentes de la República de Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ↑ "Enriqueta Pinto Garmendia". Primeras Damas de Chile (PDF). Chile: Centro de Estudios Históricos Forenses. 2012. pp. 43–46. ISBN 978-956-7620-21-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2026.
- ↑ Medina, José Toribio (1925). Biblioteca chilena de traductores (PDF) (in Spanish). pp. 59–60. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- ↑ "Reseña Biográfica Aníbal Pinto Garmendia". Presidentes de la República de Chile (in Spanish). Valparaíso, Chile: Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. Retrieved 18 March 2026.