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Carrera family
Familia Carrera
Family
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Arms of the Carrera family
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Country Chile
Place of origin Basque Country
Founded 1620 (1620)
Founder Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen

The Carrera family of Chile became politically influential during the colonial period, and played a significant role in the Chilean independence. They remained politically important throughout the 19th century. Their descendants make up the bulk of the Chilean upper-class .

Genealogy

The children of Ignacio de la Carrera are known in Chilean history as the Hermanos Carrera (Carrera siblings). All except Javiera were military commanders in the fight against Spanish reconquest:

  • Javiera Carrera (1771–1862), "Mother" of Chile, who sewed its first flag
  • Brigadier Juan José Carrera (1782–1818), independentist hero
  • General José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821), independentist leader, who governed Chile during its first period of independence, the Patria Vieja.
  • Colonel Luis Carrera (1791–1818), independentist hero

Other descendants also notable in their time:

  • José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla (1821–1860), leader of the Chilean Civil War of 1851
  • José Miguel Valdés Carrera (1837–1898), politician and several times minister
  • Luis Aldunate Carrera (1842–1908) politician and several times minister
  • Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848–1882), soldier and hero of the Battle of La Concepcion during the War of the Pacific.
  • Manuel Carrera Pinto (1854–1895) politician
  • Federico Santa María Carrera (1845–1925) businessman and philanthropist
  • María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (1929), politician

The Carrera name has disappeared by way of marriage from Chilean society, but their descendants, who number in the few hundred, are socially, politically and financially prominent.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Familia Carrera para niños

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