Manuela Sánchez de Tagle, 3rd Marquesa of Altamira

Doña Manuela Sánchez de Tagle y Sánchez de Tagle, 3rd Marquesa of Altamira was a Spanish-Mexican aristocrat.

Early life

Doña Manuela was the daughter of Don Pedro Sánchez de Tagle, 2nd Marquis of Altamira and Doña Luisa Sánchez de Tagle, daughter of Don Luis Sánchez de Tagle, 1st Marquis of Altamira. Her parent are first cousins, making her a product of inbreeding.

Family

Doña Manuela married Don Pedro Pérez de Tagle on April 12, 1714, a distant relative and a member of the House of Tagle. Together they had a daughter, Doña Luisa Pérez de Tagle y Sánchez de Tagle. She succeed he father Don Pedro and became the 3rd Maquesa of Altamira. The marquesa and her husband continued on the family business and enriched the Hacienda Cuisillos which was the prime distributor of Tequila in New Spain.

She was succeeded by her only daughter Doña Luisa Pérez de Tagle who became the 4th Marquesa of Altamira

References

• Tagle. Enigma de un nombre, Historia de un pueblo. Author: José Luis Sáiz Fernández
• Nobleza Colonial de Chile. Author: J. Mujica
• Diccionario Heráldico y Genealógico de Apellidos Españoles. Author: Alberto y Arturo García Garrafa
• Nobiliario de los reinos y Señorios de España. Author: Francisco Piferrer
• La Sociedad Chilena del siglo XVIII, Mayorazgos y Títulos de Castilla. Author: Domingo Amunátegui Solar
• Patrons, Partisans, and Palace intrigues: the court society of Colonial Mexico. Author: Christoph Rosenmüller

External links

• http://gw5.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=sanchiz&lang=es;p=manuela;n=sanchez+de+tagle+sanchez+de+tagle
• http://gw1.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=fracarbo&lang=en;p=jose+bernardo;n=de+tagle+bracho+y+perez+de+la+riva
• http://per-can.com/CarpD/deTagle/deTagle.htm#Biografia
• http://www.ianchadwick.com/tequila/16-17th%20centuries.htm