María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera, Countess of La Conquista (January 7, 1733 – December 18, 1810) was the inaugural

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from September 18, 1810, when her husband assumed the presidency in Chile's First Government Junta, until her death four months later. Nicolasa Valdés was of

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descent, born in

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, the second daughter of Domingo de Valdés y González de Soberal and of Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera y Ureta. She married

Mateo de Toro Zambrano, 1st Count of la Conquista Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista (September 20, 1727c:File:Registro del bautismo de Mateo de Toro-Zambrano.jpg, Partida de bautismo de Mateo de Toro-Zambrano y Ureta – February 26, 1811), was a prominent Spanish militar ...

on May 3, 1751, and together they had ten children. She died in Santiago, shortly before her husband, at the age of 77.

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* * 1733 births 1810 deaths 19th-century Chilean women Viceroyalty of Peru people First ladies of Chile People from Santiago, Chile 18th-century Chilean people 19th-century Chilean people {{Chile-politician-stub