Manuela Warnes
Argentine socialite and First Lady of Chile
About Manuela Warnes
Lived 1776 – 1858 (aged 81). Manuela Warnes was a Spanish and Chilean first Lady.
Manuela Josefa Warnes de Prieto (; 13 October 1776 – 15 March 1858) was an Argentine socialite and First Lady of Chile from 1831 to 1941.
Early life and family Manuela Josefa Warnes y García de Zúñiga was born 13 October 1776 in Buenos Aires, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata (present-day, Argentina) to Manuel Antonio Warnes and . One of sixteen children, Warnes was the younger sister of Ignacio Warnes and the older sister of and .
On 25 July 1812, Warnes married Joaquín Prieto, a military officer, politician and future 4th President of Chile. Warnes was the grandmother of , a lawyer and politician, and was the great-grandmother of the politicians Joaquín Prieto Concha and Camilo Prieto Concha.
Following her husband's death in 1854, Warnes was awarded an annual pension of 625 CLP by President Manuel Montt.
On 15 March 1858 Warnes died in Santiago, aged 81. Warnes is buried at Santiago General Cemetery.
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Argentine socialite and First Lady of Chile (1776–1858)
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Manuela Warnes was born on 13 October 1776 in Buenos Aires.
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Manuela Warnes died on 15 March 1858 in Santiago.
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