The Most Excellent
Lorenza Villegas Restrepo
Photograph of Lorenza Villegas Restrepo
First Lady of Colombia
In role
7 August 1938 (1938-08-07) – 7 August 1942 (1942-08-07)
PresidentEduardo Santos Montejo
Preceded byMaría Michelsen de López
Succeeded byMaría Michelsen de López
Personal details
Born(1899-10-05)5 October 1899
Santa Rosa de Cabal, Risaralda, Colombia
Died25 March 1960(1960-03-25) (aged 60)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyLiberal
SpouseEduardo Santos Montejo (1917–1960)
ChildrenClara Santos Villegas

Lorenza Villegas Restrepo (5 October 1899[1] – 25 March 1960) was the wife of the 15th President, Eduardo Santos Montejo, and served as First Lady of Colombia from 1938 to 1942.[2]

Personal life

Born 5 October 1899 in Santa Rosa de Cabal, at that time Caldas, currently Risaralda[3] to José Antonio Villegas y Villegas y de Carlota Restrepo Botero. On 25 November 1917[4] she married Eduardo Santos Montejo, whom she had met through her brother, Alfonso Villegas Restrepo, founder and owner of El Tiempo who sold the newspaper to Santos in 1913. Together they had one daughter, Clara, who died of scarlet fever at the age of three. Lorenza died on 25 March 1960 in New York City.[5][6][7]

References

  1. ^ MUJERES TRAS LAS BAMBALINAS DEL PODER. DE LORENCITA DE SANTOS A BERTHA DE OSPINA. By Leonardo Agudelo Velásquez. Revista Credencial, April 2013
  2. ^ Ríos Peñaloza, Gilma (1 August 1996). "Primeras Damas del Siglo XX" [First Ladies of the 20th Century]. Credencial Historia (in Spanish). Bogotá: Colombia, Bank of the Republic (80). ISSN 0121-3296. OCLC 39236834. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  3. ^ Ágredo Tobar, Reinaldo (2006-12-26). "De España al Norte del Tolima: Familia Aristizabal Vargas" [From Spain to the North of Tolima: Aristizabal Vargas Family] (PDF). Notas Biográficas y Genealógicas (in Spanish). Bogotá. p. 14. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
  4. ^ Santos Molano, Enrique (2000). Los Jóvenes Santos [The Young Santos] (in Spanish). Vol. 2. Bogotá: Fundación Universidad Central. ISBN 9789582600440. LCCN 2001388725. OCLC 273502228.
  5. ^ "Necrológicas". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid: 51. 1960-03-31. ISSN 1136-0143. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  6. ^ "Senora de Santos". The New York Times. New York City. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  7. ^ "Doña Lorencita: La Primera Dama de Santos" [Doña Lorencita: Santos' First Lady]. Cromos (in Spanish). Bogotá (4785): 128. July 2010. ISSN 0011-1708. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
Honorary titles Preceded byMaría Michelsen de López First Lady of Colombia 1938-1942 Succeeded byMaría Michelsen de López


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