Magdalena Ortega de Nariño

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ortega, the second or maternal family name is Mesa, and, for married women, the optional marital name is de Nariño.

Magdalena Ortega de Nariño
c., 1807
Born
Magdalena Ortega Mesa

(1762-07-22)July 22, 1762
Bogotá, Viceroyalty of New Granada
DiedJune 16, 1811(1811-06-16) (aged 48)
Bogotá, United Provinces of New Granada
Known forSpouse of the Governor of Santa Fe de Bogotá (1789–1790)
Spouse
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(m. 1785)​
Children6

Magdalena Ortega de Nariño (July 22, 1762 – June 16, 1811) was the wife of the politician and father of the founder Antonio Nariño.[1]

Early life, marriage and family

Magdalena Ortega Mesa was born on July 22, 1762, in Bogotá to José Ignacio Ortega and Petrona Mesa Moreno. She began attending school in 1770 at her parents' urging. She married Antonio Nariño in March 1785.[2]

After her marriage to Nariño, Magdalena served as a social hostess at the Nariño residence in Bogotá, where prominent thinkers of the time gathered, including Francisco Antonio Zea, José Joaquín Camacho, and José María Lozano de Peralta.

References

  1. ^ "La esposa de Nariño, Desdibujada en la historia". El Tiempo. April 1, 2001. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ "Las Mujeres y la Independencia en América Latina". www.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
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