Marquesa de Juluapa

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Gender: F
Ethnic origin: White

Biographical details

The sister of La Güera Rodríguez, she is described by Frances Calderón de la Barca (who did not meet her): “The Marquesa of Juluapa, lately dead, is said to have been also a women of great talent and extraordinary conversational powers; she is another of the ancient noblesse who has dropped off. The physician who attended her in her last illness, a Frenchman of the name of Plan, in great repute here, has sent in a bill to her executors of ten thousand dollars, which, although it does not excite any great astonishment, the family refuse to pay, and there is a lawsuit in consequence. The extortions of medical men in Mexico, especially of foreign physicians, have arrived at such a height, that a person of moderate fortune must hesitate before putting himself into their hands. A rich old lady in delicate health, and with no particular complaint, is a surer fund for them than a silver mine.” (Calderón de la Barca, 98.)

She died around 1840.

Life Events

Died

1840

She died around 1840.

References

Calderón de la Barca, Frances, (1982), Life in Mexico

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