Mercedes Portales de Eyzaguirre

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Events:

1810  -  Santiago de Chile  -  Unknown  -  She married José Ignacio Eyzaguirre in August 1810.
1821  -  Santiago de Chile  -  Unknown  -  She wrote to her husband in 1821.

Connections:

Carrera allies
Eyzaguirre family
Women, wrote letters

Texts:
1810 - Formal letter written to her brother-in-law, the fiscal of the real Audiencia, Lima, short.....
1821 - Letter to her husband regarding financial matters.
1821 - Letter written to her husband regarding their safety and the health of their daughter, Manuela.

Biography:
The sister of Diego Portales, she married José Ignacio Eyzaguirre in August 1810 when "very young". Their son, José Ignacio Víctor Eyzaguirre was later a friend of Javiera Carrera. Her brother-in-law, Miguel de Eyzaguirre was fiscal of the Real Audiencia, Lima. In October 1822 she wrote a formal letter of contact to Miguel from Santiago de Chile and others to her husband from Santiago de Chile (below). (Vergara Quiroz, 80, 104-105, 230)

References:

Vergara Quiroz, Sergio (1987) Cartas de mujeres en Chile, 1630-1885