Sebastiana Félix de Godoy de Mondragón

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

She was born in the 1740s in Granada, Colombia.

In 1815 when Mompós was occupied by royalists, she fled the town with her daughter and family. They joined her son-in-law Gutiérrez de Piñeros who was with his battalion. They were taken prisoner by Morillo in Cartagena, sent to Las Antillas where they nearly starved to death and from there to Barcelona. (Monsalve, 107-8)

On 7 April 1817 she was among around 300 patriot prisoners killed by the royalists at San Francisco Convent, Barcelona. She was in her 80s. She, her daughter and her two grand-daughters were beheaded, another grand-daughter survived a bayonet attack. (Monsalve, 78, 108)

She, her daughter and 4 grandchildren were killed by the royalists, none of the family survived. (P. Forero, 68-69)

Life Events

Born	1745	She was born around the 1740s.
Other	1815	She fled the royalists in Mompós.
Died	1817	On 7 April 1817 she was killed by royalists.

References

Monsalve, José D, (1926), Mujeres de la independencia

Forero, Paulo E., (1972), Las heroinas olvidadas de la independencia

Publications

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