Celia Barrios Mazariegos de Reina (1 January 1834 - 5 July 1897) was the mother of

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José María Reina Barrios and the 1st First Mother of Guatemala, and the sister of President

Justo Rufino Barrios Justo Rufino Barrios Auyón (19 July 1835 – 2 April 1885) was a Guatemalan politician and military general who served as President of Guatemala from 1873 to his death in 1885. He was known for his liberal reforms and his attempts to reuni ...

. Celia Barrios and Mazariegos was born in San Marcos in 1834, daughter of Simon Barrios and Antolina Mazariegos, and married Joaquín Reyna, in 1850. They were the parents of José María, Manuel, María and María Antonia. When her son General José María Reina Barrios reached the presidency on 12 March 1892, Mrs. Barrios was proclaimed "First Mother of the Nation", being the first country in which this term was used and being his only successor Mrs.

Joaquina Cabrera Joaquina Cabrera (21 August 1836 – 3 July 1908) was the de facto First Lady of Guatemala and mother of Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera. She had a large amount of influence on her son's government and she would be honored on her ...

, mother of the lawyer

Manuel Estrada Cabrera Manuel José Estrada Cabrera (21 November 1857 – 24 September 1924) was the President of Guatemala from 1898 to 1920. A lawyer with no military background, he was a strong ruler (dictator) who modernised the country's industry and transportat ...

. She died on July 5, 1897 while she was sleeping. Three days of national mourning were declared, the national flag waved at half mast; she was buried in San Marcos.

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