The Carrera family from Alegría de Oria (
Basque Country) became politically influential during the colonial period and played a significant role in the
Chilean independence. They remained politically important throughout the 19th century.
Genealogy
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María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera (1733–1810), first
First Lady of Chile
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Ignacio de la Carrera (1747–1819), member of Chile's first ruling junta in 1810.
The children of Ignacio de la Carrera are known in Chilean history as the ''Hermanos Carrera'' (Carrera siblings). All except Javiera were military commanders in the fight against Spanish reconquest:
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Javiera Carrera (1771–1862), "Mother" of Chile, who sewed its first flag
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Juan José Carrera (1782–1818), independentist hero
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José Miguel Carrera
José Miguel Carrera Verdugo (; October 15, 1785 – September 4, 1821) was a Chilean general, formerly Spanish military, member of the prominent Carrera family, and considered one of the founders of independent Chile. Carrera was the most impor ...
(1785–1821), independentist leader, who governed Chile during its first period of independence, the ''Patria Vieja''.
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Luis Carrera (1791–1818), independentist hero
Other descendants also notable in their time:
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José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla (1821–1860), leader of the Chilean Civil War of 1851
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José Miguel Valdés Carrera (1837–1898), politician and several times minister
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Luis Aldunate Carrera (1842–1908) politician and several times minister
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Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848–1882), soldier and hero of the
Battle of La Concepcion during the
War of the Pacific
The War of the Pacific (), also known by War of the Pacific#Etymology, multiple other names, was a war between Chile and a Treaty of Defensive Alliance (Bolivia–Peru), Bolivian–Peruvian alliance from 1879 to 1884. Fought over Atacama Desert ...
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Manuel Carrera Pinto (1854–1895) politician
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Federico Santa María Carrera (1845–1925) businessman and philanthropist
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María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (1929), politician
The Carrera name has disappeared by way of marriage from Chilean society, but their descendants, who number in the few hundred, are socially, politically and financially prominent.
See also
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History of Chile
The territory of Chile has been populated since at least 3000 BC. By the 16th century, Spanish invaders began to raid the region of present-day Chile, and the territory was a colony from 1540 to 1818, when it gained Chilean War of Independence, i ...
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Manuel Rodríguez
References
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Chilean families
Chilean families of Basque ancestry
Political families of Chile
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