Barbarita Nieves
Barbarita Nieves (1803–14 December 1847) was the mistress of José Antonio Páez, during his time as Commandant General of the Gran Colombia Department of Venezuela and then his first two periods as President of Venezuela. Their life together began in 1821, the year he separated from his wife, Dominga Ortiz Orzúa, Dominga Ortiz. Early life Nieves was born in 1803 on the plains of Apure in Venezuela Province, then part of the Captaincy General of Venezuela. Mistress Nieves introduced culture to Paez's life, prompting him to learn other languages and supporting theater and painting. According to José Antonio Calcaño, she was one of the motivations for Paez to begin reading the works of Alphonse de Lamartine, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Miguel de Cervantes. For more than 25 years, the couple lived between Valencia (Venezuela), Valencia, Maracay and Caracas. They had two daughters, Úrsula and Juana De Dios. The British diplomat Robert Ker Porter was a frequent visitor of ''L ...
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Captaincy General Of Venezuela
The Captaincy General of Venezuela ( es, Capitanía General de Venezuela), also known as the Kingdom of Venezuela (), was an administrative district of colonial Spain, created on September 8, 1777, through the Royal Decree of Graces of 1777, to provide more autonomy for the provinces of Venezuela, previously under the jurisdiction of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo (and thus the Viceroyalty of New Spain) and then the Viceroyalty of New Granada. It established a unified government in political (governorship), military ( captaincy general), fiscal ( intendancy), ecclesiastical ( archdiocese) and judicial ('' audiencia'') affairs. Its creation was part of the Bourbon Reforms and laid the groundwork for the future nation of Venezuela, in particular by orienting the province of Maracaibo towards the province of Caracas. History Antecedents The Bourbon dynasty had already taken steps towards reorganizing their overseas possessions and Venezuela, in particular. When the New Granada ...
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