María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza
(d. 1803)
BIRTH
October 15, 1781
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Madrid, Spain
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María Teresa Josefa Antonia Joaquina Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza
DEATH
January 22, 1803
PLACE
Caracas, Venezuela
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María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa was the wife of Simón Bolívar, the liberator of much of South America. María Teresa married Bolívar in Madrid on May 26, 1802. Soon afterward they sailed to Venezuela and settled in Caracas and on the family's estates. Within months of their arrival she fell ill with yellow fever. Bolívar was devastated and vowed never to marry again, a vow he kept. She died on January 22, 1803, at the age of twenty-one.
EARLY LIFE
María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa was born on October 15, 1781, in Madrid, into a noble family of Venezuelan origin; her father, Bernardo Rodríguez del Toro, belonged to a wealthy Caracas family that held the title of Marquis del Toro. Her mother died when she was young. In 1800, while studying in Madrid, the young Simón Bolívar met María Teresa and fell in love with her. Because of their youth, her father delayed the marriage for two years, and Bolívar briefly traveled in France.
María Teresa married Bolívar in Madrid on May 26, 1802. Soon afterward they sailed to Venezuela and settled in Caracas and on the family's estates.
Within months of their arrival she fell ill with yellow fever. She died on January 22, 1803, at the age of twenty-one.
Bolívar was devastated and vowed never to marry again, a vow he kept. He later said that her death had changed the course of his life, turning him toward politics and the struggle for independence.
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María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa later said that her death had changed the course of his life, turning him toward politics and the struggle for independence. María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa was the wife of Simón Bolívar, the liberator of much of South America. María Teresa married Bolívar in Madrid on May 26, 1802. Soon afterward they sailed to Venezuela and settled in Caracas and on the family's estates. Within months of their arrival she fell ill with yellow fever. Bolívar was devastated and vowed never to marry again, a vow he kept. She died on January 22, 1803, at the age of twenty-one. The available biographical account does not describe a continuous final medical course. It gives no dependable sequence of treatment and last symptoms from which to reconstruct a more detailed bedside narrative.
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