María Pacheco

María Pacheco receives notice of the death of her husband at Villalar. The painting is a 19th century work by Vicente Borrás.

María Pacheco (about 1496, Granada - 1531, Oporto) was a 16th century Spanish woman. When her husband, the chief comunero Juan López de Padilla, fell in the battle of Villalar, she took command in his name and successfully lead the defence of the city of Toledo against the royalist forces until the arrangement of a peaceful surrender of the city six months later.

Pacheco managed to escape to Portugal, where she lived till her death, in March 1531. She was buried in Oporto Cathedral.

References

• Salmonson, Jessica Amanda.(1991) The Encyclopedia of Amazons. Paragon House. Page 208. ISBN 1-55778-420-5

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Name	Pacheco, Maria
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