Matilde Irene Pacheco Stewart (September 20, 1854 – February 13, 1926) was the
First Lady of Uruguay at the beginning of the 20th century.
Biography
Daughter of
Manuel Pacheco y Obes
Manuel may refer to:
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(1813–1869), a brother of
Melchor Pacheco y Obes
Melchor Pacheco y Obes (20 January 1809 - 21 May 1855) was a military officer and politician with outstanding activity in what is now present-day Uruguay. He was a member of the Colorado Party and was one of the fundamental men of the Gobiern ...
; her mother, Anne Stewart Agell, was a sister of
Duncan Stewart.
Matilde Pacheco married Ruperto Michaelsson Batlle (a nephew of
Lorenzo Batlle y Grau
Lorenzo Cristóbal Manuel Batlle y Grau (August 10, 1810 in Montevideo – May 8, 1887 in Montevideo) was the president of Uruguay from 1868 to 1872.
Family background and early career
He was the son of a wealthy merchant loyal to the Spanis ...
) in 1872, with whom she had five children: Matilde, Ruperto, Juan Luis, Guillermo, and Carlos Michaelsson Pacheco. Afterwards she married in 1894 with a cousin of her first husband,
José Batlle y Ordóñez
José Pablo Torcuato Batlle y Ordóñez ( or ; 23 May 1856 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 20 October 1929), nicknamed ''Don Pepe'', was a prominent Uruguayan politician, who served two terms as President of Uruguay for the Colorado Party. He was ...
, with whom she also had five children:
César (1885);
Rafael (1887); Amalia Ana (1892); Ana Amalia (1894); and
Lorenzo
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(1897).
Bibliography
*
Mercedes Vigil
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: ''Matilde, la mujer de Batlle''. Planeta, 2005,
References
1854 births
1926 deaths
People from Montevideo
Uruguayan people of Spanish descent
Uruguayan people of Scottish descent
First ladies of Uruguay
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