Nicolasa Valdés

Nicolasa Valdés
First Lady of Chile
In role July 16, 1810 – September 18, 1810
President	Mateo de Toro Zambrano
Succeeded by	Mercedes Fontecilla
Personal details
Born	María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera (1733-01-07)January 7, 1733
Died	December 18, 1810(1810-12-18) (aged 77) Santiago, Captaincy General of Chile
Spouse	Mateo de Toro Zambrano
Children	10
Parent(s)	Domingo de Valdés y González de Soberal Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera y Ureta

María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera, Countess of La Conquista (January 7, 1733 – December 18, 1810) was the inaugural First Lady of Chile^{[citation needed]} 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 Basque descent,^[1] born in Santiago, 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 on May 3, 1751, and together they had ten children. She died in Santiago, shortly before her husband, at the age of 77.

Notes

1. S.A.P., El Mercurio. "Conciencia de un Legado". diario.elmercurio.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-29.

• Medina, José Toribio (1906). Diccionario Biográfico Colonial de Chile (PDF) (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Imprenta Elziviriana. pp. 869–870.
• Pilleux Cepeda, Mauricio. "Recopilación de Genealogia Chilena" (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 January 2009.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Position Established	First Lady of Chile 1810	Succeeded by Mercedes Fontecilla