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Carrera family Familia Carrera
Aristocratic andpolitical family
Arms of the Carrera family
Country	Chile,Peru
Place of origin	Alegia,Basque Country
Founded	1620 (1620)
Founder	Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen

TheCarrera family is a Chileanaristocratic andpolitical family of Basque descent.^[1] Becoming politically influential during thecolonial period, the Carrera family played a significant role in theChilean independence and remainedpolitically important throughout the 19th century.

• Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen (1620–1682)soldier,politician,governor and founder of the Carrera family in Chile; married Catalina de Elguea y Cáceres, the great-great-granddaughter ofDiego García de Cáceres [es]^[2][3][4][5]
  • Francisco Juan de la Carrera y Elguea [es] (1656–) soldier and politician; married Isabel de los Reyes Cassaus
  • José Miguel de la Carrera y Elguea [es] (1674–1720) soldier and politician; married Francisca Josefa Ureta Prado
    • Ignacio de la Carrera y Ureta [es] (1703–1760) soldier and politician; married Francisca Javiera de las Cuevas y Valenzuela^[6]
      • Ignacio de la Carrera y de las Cuevas (1747–1819) soldier, politician and member of theFirst Government Junta of Chile; married Francisca de Paula Verdugo^[6]
        • Javiera Carrera (1781–1862) Chileanindependence activist known for sewing the first national flag of Chile; first marriage to Manuel José de la Lastra; second marriage toPedro Díaz de Valdés [it] (1761–1826)^[6][7][8]
          • Santos Díaz de Valdés Carrera [es] (1803–1869) politician; married María Dolores Valdivieso Cruzat^[6][9]
          • Ignacio Díaz de Valdés y Carrera (1808–1864) soldier; married Rosario Videla Ledesma^[6][10]
        • Juan José Pedro Carrera (1782–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean Independence; marriedAna María Cotapos [es] (1797–1833), Chilean Independence campaigner.^[6][11][12]
        • José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821) soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean independence; marriedMercedes Fontecilla^[6][13]
          • Rosa Carrera Fontecilla (1818–1862); marriedAmbrosio Aldunate Carvajal [es] (1794–1844) politician^[6][14][15]
            • Luis Aldunate Carrera (1842–1908)lawyer and politician^[16]
          • José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla [es] (1821–1860) politician and soldier; married Emilia Pinto Benavente (1824–1895)
            • Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848– 1882) soldier and hero of theWar of the Pacific, depicted on the thousandpeso banknote
            • Manuel Carrera Pinto [es] (1853–1895) politician andFreemason^[17]
        • Francisca Javiera Carrera Fontecilla (1816–1886); married Francisco Javier Valdés Aldunate (1790–1881)^[18]
          • José Miguel Valdés Carrera (1837–1898)Liberal Party politician andfarmer; married Emilia La Jara Alliendeallier^[18]
        • Luis Carrera (1791–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean independence^[6][19]
      • Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785) soldier^[20]
    • Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera Ureta (1712–1767): married Domingo Valdés González de Soberal (1695–1767)
      • María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera (1733–1810) inauguralFirst Lady of Chile; marriedMateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista (1727–1811),Royal Governor of Chile and inaugural President of the Government Junta
        • Gregorio José de Toro, 2nd Count of La Conquista (1758–1816) soldier andRoyalist during the Chilean War of Independence
          • Manuel María de Toro, 3rd Count of La Conquista (1798–1818) soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence
    • Damiana de la Carrera Cuevas (1748–1834); married Francisco de Borja de Aráoz^[6][21]
      • Dolores Aráoz Carrera (1780–); married Manuel Antonio Figueroa Polo (1774–1817) soldier, politician,civil servant and son ofTomás de Figueroa y Caravaca^[6][22]
        • Francisco de Paula Figueroa Araos [es] (1828– 1882) farmer and politician; married Rosalía Larraín Echeverría^[23]
          • Javier Ángel Figueroa (1862–1945) lawyer and politician; married Inés Arrieta Cañas^[24]
          • Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (1866–1931) lawyer, politician andPresident of Chile; married Leonor Sánchez Vicuña^[25]
          • Joaquín Figueroa Larraín (1863–1929) lawyer and politician; married Elena Amunátegui Valdés^[26]
      • Manuel Antonio Araoz Carrera [es] (1789–1857) politician; married Mercedes Baeza de la Cuadra^[6][21]

• Juan Antonio Santa María Carrera [es] (1848–1925), lawyer andRadical Party politician; married Adela Martínez Díaz; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785).^[27][28]
• Federico Santa María Carrera (1845–1925)businessperson,philanthropist and founder ofFederico Santa María Technical University; partner of Anna Guillaud; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785)^[27]
• Benjamin Gonzalez Carrera [es] (1921–2012) director of theCorporation for the Defense of Sovereignty and theJosé Miguel Carrera Historical Research Institute [es];^[29][30] great-great-grandson of José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)
• María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (1929–),Pediatrician,doctor andSocialist Party politician; great-great-granddaughter of José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)^[31]

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