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María Consolación Azlor, Countess of Bureta

Anonymous Spanish Painter1820

Fundación Banco Santander

Fundación Banco Santander
Madrid, Spain

María Consolación Azlor de Villavicencio, Countess of Bureta and Baroness of Valdeolivos, was, together with Augustina de Aragón, one of the great heroines of the defence of Zaragoza against the French during the Spanish War of Independence. Born in Gerona on 12 May 1775, she was the daughter of Manuel de Azlor y Urríes, Lieutenant General and Viceroy of Navarre, and his wife, Petronila de Villavicencio. In 1794 she married the Count of Bureta, from whom she was widowed in 1805, subsequently marrying the Baron of Valdeolivos, Principal Judge of the Court of Aragon, on 1 October 1808. María Consolación Azlor de Villavicencio died in childbirth on 23 December 1814.

An extremely attractive, courageous woman, in addition to tending the wounded and supplying provisions to the combatants, when her house when on the point of being attacked María Consolación assembled two artillery barricades on the street and waited for the enemy behind them in order to attack.

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  • Title: María Consolación Azlor, Countess of Bureta
  • Creator Lifespan: 1700 - 1800
  • Creator Nationality: Spanish
  • Creator Gender: None
  • Creator Death Place: Spain
  • Creator Birth Place: Spain
  • Date Created: 1820
  • Place Part Of: Spain
  • Physical Dimensions: w420 x h510 mm (Complete)
  • Painter: Anonymous Spanish Painter
  • Exhibition: Madrid, Spain
  • Credit Line: Inscribed on the painted cartouche running along the lower edge “ILUSTRÍSIMA S. D. MARÍA CONSOLACLÓN AZLOR, Y VILLAVICENCIO DE RIC, CONDESA DE BURETA, Y BARONESA DE VALDEOLIVOS. Falleció en Zaragoza el 28 de diciembre de 1814 a los 39 años, 7 meses y 12 días de edad con general sentimiento de quantos la Ilegaron a conocer y tratar”
  • Type: Painting
  • Rights: Fundación Banco Santander, www.fundacionbancosantander.com
  • External Link: Fundación Banco Santander
  • Medium: Oil on canvas
Fundación Banco Santander

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