Petronila Arias de Saavedra de Puente, Marquesa de Villafuerte

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Joaquina de la Puente
Joaquina de la Puente
Tertulia
Tertulia
   

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: White

Connections:

Hosted independence meetings
Newspaper, Mercurio Peruano
Saavedra family
Tertulia, Saavedra

Biography:
An aristocratic woman who hosted literary and political tertulias at her Lima home. (Neuhaus Rizo, 117)

San Martín attended her tertulias, which were centres of independence activities and had a good deal of influence. (García y García, 275)

She was the daughter of Dr Francisco Arias de Saavedra Conde de Casa Saavedra, who subscribed to El Mercurio Peruano. (Clémente, 1997, I, 84)

References:

Clément, Jean-Pierre (1997) El Mercurio Peruano, 1790-1795 Vol I
García y García, Elvira (1924) La mujer peruana a través de los siglos
Neuhaus Rizo Patrón, Carlos (1997) Las Mariscalas