Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux

Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux (; 1860–1930) was a Chilean writer of Catholic devotional literature and was one of Chile's first travel writers. In 1912, Errázuriz co-founded and the Chilean Ladies League with Adela Edwards Salas.

Early life and education Amalia Errázuriz Urmeneta was born on 31 May 1860 in the Guayacán neighborhood of Coquimbo to Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso, a surveyor, politician and winemaker, and Josefa Amalia Urmeneta de Errázuriz (née Urmeneta Quiroga). Through her father Errázuriz was a member of the Errázuriz family, and was the granddaughter of the military officer and politician , and the niece of Federico Errázuriz Zañartu and Eulogia Echaurren. Through her mother Errázuriz was the granddaughter of and Carmen Quiroga de Urmeneta. One of five siblings, Errázuriz was the younger sister of José Tomás Errázuriz. Following her mother's death Errázuriz was primarily raised by her paternal grandmother. Errázuriz was a student of Ana de Rousier, and had intentions of becoming a Carmelite. Errázuriz's family later left Patis and briefly returned to Chile, before settling in Berlin from 1898 to 1903. In 1906, the family moved to the Quinta de El Llano estate in Southern Santiago.

Personal life Errázuriz and Subercaseaux had ten (Also cited as six.) including:

Pedro Subercaseaux (1880 – 1956), painter and Benedictine monk; married Elvira Lyon Otaégui Luis Subercaseaux (1882 – 1973), diplomat and athlete; married Margarita Donoso Foster Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés (née Subercaseaux Errázuriz; 1880s – 1965), a writer and artist; married Horacio Valdés Ortúzar, an engineer Juan Subercaseaux (1896 – 1942), the Archbishop of La Serena.

In 1906, Errázuriz's daughter Maria died aged 13. Through her daughter Blanca, Errázuriz was the grandmother of Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux, a Franciscan friar and Prelate, and Gabriel Valdés, a politician, lawyer and diplomat.

On 8 March 1930 Errázuriz died in Barcelona, aged 69.