Rosa de Montúfar

Rosa de Montúfar y Larrea-Zurbano (1783 - 12 November 1860) was a noblewoman and aristocrat from Quito, the daughter of Juan Pío Montúfar and a prominent hero of the Ecuadorian War of Independence.

Biography Montúfar was born in Quito at the end of 1783, although the exact date is unknown. Her parents were Juan Pío Montúfar, second Marquis of Selva Alegre, and aristocrat Josefa Teresa de Larrea y Villavicencio, who baptized her on 17 December of the same year. Rosa was the fifth of six siblings, two of whom did not reach adulthood: Francisco Javier (1775–1853), Juan José (1777–1779), Carlos (1780–1816), Joaquín (1782–1850) and Juan (1787–1788).

Montúfar was described as a distinguished lady, with a haughty bearing and luminous blue eyes, physical qualities to which added a determined character.

Marriage and offspring On 24 January 1815, Montúfar married the pro-independence general Vicente Aguirre y Mendoza, with whom she had two children.