Carrera family

Carrera family Familia Carrera
Aristocratic and political family
Arms of the Carrera family
Country	Chile, Peru
Place of origin	Alegia, Basque Country
Founded	1620 (1620)
Founder	Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen

The Carrera family is a Chilean aristocratic and political family of Basque descent. ^[1] Becoming politically influential during the colonial period, the Carrera family played a significant role in the Chilean independence and remained politically important throughout the 19th century.

Main branch

'Familia de los Carrera' by Arturo Gordon Vargas

• Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen (1620}}–1682) soldier, politician, governor and founder of the Carrera family in Chile; married Catalina de Elguea y Cáceres, the great-great-granddaughter of Diego García de Cáceres  [ es ] ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}
  • Francisco Juan de la Carrera y Elguea  [ es ] (1656–) soldier and politician; married Isabel de los Reyes Cassaus
  • José Miguel de la Carrera y Elguea  [ es ] (1674–1720) soldier and politician; married Francisca Josefa Ureta Prado
    • Ignacio de la Carrera y Ureta  [ es ] (1703–1760) soldier and politician; married Francisca Javiera de las Cuevas y Valenzuela ^[6]
      • Ignacio de la Carrera y de las Cuevas (1747–1819) soldier, politician and member of the First Government Junta of Chile; married Francisca de Paula Verdugo ^[6]
        • Javiera Carrera (1781–1862) Chilean independence activist known for sewing the first national flag of Chile; first marriage to Manuel José de la Lastra; second marriage to Pedro Díaz de Valdés  [ it ] (1761–1826) ^{[6] [7] [8]}
          • Santos Díaz de Valdés Carrera  [ es ] (1803–1869) politician; married María Dolores Valdivieso Cruzat ^{[6] [9]}
          • Ignacio Díaz de Valdés y Carrera (1808–1864) soldier; married Rosario Videla Ledesma ^{[6] [10]}
        • Juan José Pedro Carrera (1782–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean Independence; married Ana María Cotapos  [ es ] (1797–1833), Chilean Independence campaigner. ^{[6] [11] [12]}
        • José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821) soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean independence; married Mercedes Fontecilla ^{[6] [13]}
          • Rosa Carrera Fontecilla (1818–1862); married Ambrosio Aldunate Carvajal  [ es ] (1794–1844) politician ^{[6] [14] [15]}
            • Luis Aldunate Carrera (1842–1908) lawyer and politician ^[16]
          • José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla  [ es ] (1821–1860) politician and soldier; married Emilia Pinto Benavente (1824–1895)
            • Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848– 1882) soldier and hero of the War of the Pacific, depicted on the thousand peso banknote
            • Manuel Carrera Pinto  [ es ] (1853–1895) politician and Freemason ^[17]
        • Francisca Javiera Carrera Fontecilla (1816–1886); married Francisco Javier Valdés Aldunate (1790–1881) ^[18]
          • José Miguel Valdés Carrera (1837–1898) Liberal Party politician and farmer; married Emilia La Jara Alliendeallier ^[18]
        • Luis Carrera (1791–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean independence ^{[6] [19]}
      • Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785) soldier ^[20]
    • Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera Ureta (1712–1767): married Domingo Valdés González de Soberal (1695–1767)
      • María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera (1733–1810) inaugural First Lady of Chile; married Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista (1727–1811), Royal Governor of Chile and inaugural President of the Government Junta
        • Gregorio José de Toro, 2nd Count of La Conquista (1758–1816) soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence
          • Manuel María de Toro, 3rd Count of La Conquista (1798–1818) soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence
    • Damiana de la Carrera Cuevas (1748–1834); married Francisco de Borja de Aráoz ^{[6] [21]}
      • Dolores Aráoz Carrera (1780–); married Manuel Antonio Figueroa Polo (1774–1817) soldier, politician, civil servant and son of Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca ^{[6] [22]}
        • Francisco de Paula Figueroa Araos  [ es ] (1828– 1882) farmer and politician; married Rosalía Larraín Echeverría ^[23]
          • Javier Ángel Figueroa (1862–1945) lawyer and politician; married Inés Arrieta Cañas ^[24]
          • Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (1866–1931) lawyer, politician and President of Chile; married Leonor Sánchez Vicuña ^[25]
          • Joaquín Figueroa Larraín (1863–1929) lawyer and politician; married Elena Amunátegui Valdés ^[26]
      • Manuel Antonio Araoz Carrera  [ es ] (1789–1857) politician; married Mercedes Baeza de la Cuadra ^{[6] [21]}

Other notable members

• Juan Antonio Santa María Carrera  [ es ] (1848–1925), lawyer and Radical Party politician; married Adela Martínez Díaz; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785). ^{[27] [28]}
• Federico Santa María Carrera (1845–1925) businessperson, philanthropist and founder of Federico Santa María Technical University; partner of Anna Guillaud; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785) ^[27]
• Benjamin Gonzalez Carrera  [ es ] (1921–2012) director of the Corporation for the Defense of Sovereignty and the José Miguel Carrera Historical Research Institute  [ es ] ^{[29] [30]} ; great-great-grandson of José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)
• María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (1929–), Pediatrician, doctor and Socialist Party politician; great-great-granddaughter of José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821) ^[31]

See also

• History of Chile

References

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