María Josefa Lastiri Lozano (October 20, 1792 – 1846) was the wife of General

Francisco Morazán José Francisco Morazán Quesada (; born October 3, 1792 – September 15, 1842) was a liberal Central American politician and general who served as president of the Federal Republic of Central America from 1830 to 1839. Before he was president ...

and the First Lady of the

Federal Republic of Central America The Federal Republic of Central America (), initially known as the United Provinces of Central America (), was a sovereign state in Central America that existed between 1823 and 1839/1841. The republic was composed of five states (Costa Rica ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

El Salvador El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is S ...

, and

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

. She was born on October 20, 1792, to her parents Juan Miguel Lastiri and Margarita Lozano y Borjas in

Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa ( )—formally Tegucigalpa, Municipality of the Central District ( or ''Tegucigalpa, M.D.C.''), and colloquially referred to as ''Tegus'' or ''Teguz''—is the capital and largest city of Honduras along with its sister city, Comaya ...

. She first married landowner Esteban Travieso in 1818, with whom she had 4 children but he later died in 1825. Upon his death, she inherited a fortune. On December 30, 1825, she married Francisco Morazán in

Comayagua Comayagua () is a city, municipality and old capital of Honduras, located northwest of Tegucigalpa on the highway to San Pedro Sula and above sea level. The accelerated growth experienced by the city of Comayagua led the municipal authoriti ...

, with whom she only had one daughter, Adela Morazán Lastiri.Proyecto Casa de Morazán
Instituto Hondureno de Antropologia e Historia, October, 2008. Retrieved January 23, 2010. She was First Lady of

from 1827 to 1830, of the

from 1830 to 1834 and from 1835 to 1839, and of the State of

from 1839 to 1840. She backed General Morazán's political and military activities, in which she lost the large capital her first husband inherited her at death. Due to the constant fighting and turmoil in El Salvador at the time, she left the country and sought asylum in

. The Costa Rican government said it would grant the request if she and her family agreed to settle in the city of Esparza. Lastiri rejected the offer and instead went to Chiriquí, where she later met her husband. When Morazán took power in

he immediately sent a boat to Chiriquí to pick up Lastiri and her family. After Morazán's fall from power and execution in September 1842, Lastiri and her family left the country and returned to El Salvador. She died in

San Salvador San Salvador () is the Capital city, capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its San Salvador Department, eponymous department. It is the country's largest agglomeration, serving as the country's political, cultural, educational and fin ...

in 1846.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lastiri, Maria Josefa 1792 births Honduran people of Spanish descent 1846 deaths First ladies and gentlemen of Costa Rica People from Tegucigalpa Honduran Roman Catholics 19th-century Honduran people First ladies and gentlemen of Honduras People from New Spain