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Juana Azurduy de Padilla

Juana Azurduy de Padilla

Military leader
Juana Azurduy de Padilla was a guerrilla military leader from Chuquisaca, Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. She fought for Bolivian and Argentine independence alongside her husband, Manuel Ascencio Padilla, earning the rank of Lieutenant... Wikipedia
Born: July 12, 1780, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia
Died: May 25, 1862 (age 81 years), Sucre, Bolivia
Spouse: Manuel Ascencio Padilla (m. 1805–1816)
Nationality: Argentine and Bolivian