Cause of death Edema Ethnicity Spanish | Name Rita de | |
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Full Name Maria Rita de la Trinidad Perez Jimenez Spouse(s) Pedro Moreno (m. 1799–1817) Children Jose Luis EstebanJosefa de los DoloresMaria Josefa MarcelinaJose Maria de JesusMaria LuisaMaria Guadalupe LuciaPrudenciaSeveriano | ||
Rita perez de moreno wmv
María Rita de la Trinidad Pérez Jiménez (23 May 1779 – 27 August 1861), commonly known as Doña Rita Pérez de Moreno, was an insurgent and heroine of the Mexican War of Independence, along with her husband Pedro Moreno.
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- Urbana 72 rita perez de moreno
- Early life
- Family
- Later years and death
- References
Urbana 72 rita perez de moreno
Early life
Pérez de Moreno was born on the hacienda of Cañada del Cura, in the jurisdiction of San Juan de los Lagos, Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico), to Don José María Pérez and his second wife, Doña Rafaela Jiménez. Of Spanish descent, her family was well-off and respected among the local community.
Family
Pérez de Moreno married Pedro Moreno, a landowner from Santa María de los Lagos (present-day Lagos de Moreno), on 1 May 1799 in San Juan de los Lagos. They had the following children:
Later years and death
Due to her participation in the insurgency, Pérez de Moreno was made a prisoner for several years until Viceroy Juan Ruiz de Apodaca granted her freedom. She lived the rest of her life in the house she inherited from her parents in San Juan de los Lagos. She died of edema (hidropesía in Spanish) on 27 August 1861, at the age of 82, and was buried the following day in the cemetery of San Juan de los Lagos.
