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Full Name Pedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco de la Madrid Spouse(s) Susana Zenteno Ruiz de Velasco (m. 1915–96) Children 18 children including Veronica Ruiz de Velasco Parent(s) Felipe Ruiz de Velasco Leyva & Beatrice de la Madrid Died August 18, 1996, Mexico City, Mexico | ||
Guadalupe Lucía Beatriz Ruiz de Velasco y Lamadrid (June 26, 1912 – May 15, 1999) was the sixth daughter of Felipe Ruiz de Velasco and Beatriz de Lamadrid. Her parents were family with Nicolás Bravo from Chilpancingo. Her brother was Pedro Thomas Ruiz de Velasco de la Madrid (April 1, 1915 – August 18, 1996), seventh son. Both were Mexican. Guadalupe was the holder of several historical documents from Mexico including the original Acta de Independencia del Imperio Mexicano de 1821, until part of her family took it away from her and made them theirs.
Biography
Guadalupe Lucía Beatriz Ruiz de Velasco y Lamadrid was born in the Mexican Federal District and married Gral. Pedro Rubin Eugui (whose ancestors go back to the aztec emperor Montezuma II) on June 11th, 1946. Her only child is the multilingual and psychotherapist Maria Guadalupe Eugenia Rubin Ruiz de Velasco. Her granddaughters are two prominent philosophers and activists Lucia de Lourdes Agraz Rubin and Ma. Guadalupe Estefanía Agraz Rubin, both great-granddaughters of Juan Salvador Agraz y Ramírez de Prado.
The Ruiz de Velasco family were the original owners for 128 years of the Acta de Independencia del Imperio Mexicano de 1821. This document was passed down through generations from Nicolás Bravo. On August 22, 1987, it was taken away from Guadalupe and was given as a gift to Mexico.
Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu accepted this gift and secured this historical document in the Museo Historico de Acapulco Fuerte de San Diego in Acapulco in the State of Guerrero.
Guadalupe Lucía Beatriz Ruiz de Velasco y Lamadrid died in Morelos at the age of 86. Pedro Ruiz de Velasco died in México D.F. at the age of 81.