The Carrera family is a Chilean aristocratic and political family of Basque descent. Becoming politically influential during the colonial period, the Carrera family played a significant role in the Chilean independence and remained politically important throughout the 19th century.
Main branch
Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen (1620–1682) soldier, politician, governor and founder of the Carrera family in Chile; married Catalina de Elguea y Cáceres, the great-great-granddaughter of (1656–) soldier and politician; married Isabel de los Reyes Cassaus (1674–1720) soldier and politician; married Francisca Josefa Ureta Prado (1703–1760) soldier and politician; married Francisca Javiera de las Cuevas y Valenzuela Ignacio de la Carrera y de las Cuevas (1747–1819) soldier, politician and member of the First Government Junta of Chile; married Francisca de Paula Verdugo Javiera Carrera (1781–1862) Chilean independence activist known for sewing the first national flag of Chile; first marriage to Manuel José de la Lastra; second marriage to (1761–1826) (1803–1869) politician; married María Dolores Valdivieso Cruzat Ignacio Díaz de Valdés y Carrera (1808–1864) soldier; married Rosario Videla Ledesma Juan José Pedro Carrera (1782–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean Independence; married (1797–1833), Chilean Independence campaigner. José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821) soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean independence; married Mercedes Fontecilla Rosa Carrera Fontecilla (1818–1862); married (1794–1844) politician Luis Aldunate Carrera (1842–1908) lawyer and politician (1821–1860) politician and soldier; married Emilia Pinto Benavente (1824–1895) Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848– 1882) soldier and hero of the War of the Pacific, depicted on the thousand peso banknote (1853–1895) politician and Freemason Francisca Javiera Carrera Fontecilla (1816–1886); married Francisco Javier Valdés Aldunate (1790–1881) José Miguel Valdés Carrera (1837–1898) Liberal Party politician and farmer; married Emilia La Jara Alliendeallier Luis Carrera (1791–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean independence Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785) soldier Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera Ureta (1712–1767): married Domingo Valdés González de Soberal (1695–1767) María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera (1733–1810) inaugural First Lady of Chile; married Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista (1727–1811), Royal Governor of Chile and inaugural President of the Government Junta Gregorio José de Toro, 2nd Count of La Conquista (1758–1816) soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence Manuel María de Toro, 3rd Count of La Conquista (1798–1818) soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence Damiana de la Carrera Cuevas (1748–1834); married Francisco de Borja de Aráoz Dolores Aráoz Carrera (1780–); married Manuel Antonio Figueroa Polo (1774–1817) soldier, politician, civil servant and son of Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca (1828– 1882) farmer and politician; married Rosalía Larraín Echeverría Javier Ángel Figueroa (1862–1945) lawyer and politician; married Inés Arrieta Cañas Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (1866–1931) lawyer, politician and President of Chile; married Leonor Sánchez Vicuña Joaquín Figueroa Larraín (1863–1929) lawyer and politician; married Elena Amunátegui Valdés (1789–1857) politician; married Mercedes Baeza de la Cuadra
Other notable members (1848–1925), lawyer and Radical Party politician; married Adela Martínez Díaz; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785). Federico Santa María Carrera (1845–1925) businessperson, philanthropist and founder of Federico Santa María Technical University; partner of Anna Guillaud; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785) (1921–2012) director of the Corporation for the Defense of Sovereignty and the ; great-great-grandson of José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821) María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (1929–2026), Pediatrician, doctor and Socialist Party politician; great-great-granddaughter of José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)
See also History of Chile
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