About Pelaghia Roşu
Lived 1800 – 1870. Pelaghia Roşu was a revolutionary.
Pelaghia Roșu (1800 – 10 June 1870) was a Romanian revolutionary who participated in the Transylvanian Revolution of 1848–1849. In March 1849, she commanded a battalion of women in defense of her village.
She was born in Mărișel, a small village near Cluj-Napoca. Her father, Ioan Dufle, provided homeschooling, using Romanian textbooks, after which she went to study for 3 years in Budapest. She was married to Ioan Roșu and had one child, named Indrei (Andrei), who later fought with Avram Iancu's army during the Transylvanian Revolution.
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Who was Pelaghia Roşu?
Romanian revolutionary
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Pelaghia Roşu was born in 1800 in Mărișel.
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Pelaghia Roşu died in 1870 in Mărișel.
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