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Emilia Solórzano Alfaro (December 8, 1835 – July 18, 1914) was the First Lady of Costa Rica during the periods of 1870–1876 and 1877–1882. She was born in
Alajuela Alajuela () is a district in the Alajuela (canton), Alajuela canton of the Alajuela Province of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Alajuela canton, it is awarded the status of city. By virtue of being the city of the first canton of ...
on December 8, 1835, to her parents, Rafael del Pilar Solórzano y Alvarado and María Canuta Alfaro y González. She married
Tomás Guardia Gutiérrez Tomás Miguel Guardia Gutiérrez (16 December 1831 – 6 July 1882) was a Costa Rican military officer and politician who was the 8th and 11th President of Costa Rica, serving from 1870 to 1876 and again from 1877 until his death in 1882. He rem ...
in Alajuela on April 18, 1857. This marriage resulted in five children: Angélica (who later married President Saturnino Lizano Gutiérrez), Rudesindo, Rosario, Emilia and Isabel Guardia Solórzano. She became First Lady on August 10, 1870, and left the post on May 8, 1876. She regained the title on September 23, 1877, to July 6, 1882. As First Lady, she attended the wedding between
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of Spain and
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and the crowning of
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. She negotiated the 1878 establishment of the Order of Sion, which opened secondary schools in Alajuela and San José. She died in San José on July 18, 1914. {{DEFAULTSORT:Solorzano Alfaro, Emilia 1835 births 1914 deaths First ladies and gentlemen of Costa Rica People from Alajuela 19th-century Costa Rican people