Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez

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Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez was a prominent Mexican insurgent and conspirator whose actions helped spark the Mexican War of Independence.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican insurgent
conspirator
historical figure
human
revolutionary
alsoKnownAs La Corregidora
associatedWith Michoacán, Mexico
Querétaro, Mexico
burialPlace Mexico City, Mexico
causeOfDeath natural causes
commemoratedBy monuments in Mexico City
municipality of Corregidora, Querétaro
statues in Querétaro
streets named after her in various Mexican cities
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
Viceroyalty of New Spain
dateOfBirth 1768-09-08
dateOfDeath 1829-03-02
ethnicGroup Criollo
familyName Ortiz
fullName María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón
givenName Josefa
hasRole key messenger in the start of the independence movement
historicalPeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
honorificTitle Heroína de la Independencia de México
influenced Mexican independence leaders
influencedBy Enlightenment ideas
knownFor warning insurgents about the discovery of the independence conspiracy in 1810
languageSpoken Spanish
movement Mexican War of Independence
nationality Mexican
notableEvent Mexican War of Independence
Querétaro conspiracy of 1810
notableWork Participation in the Querétaro conspiracy of 1810
occupation insurgent
political activist
participantIn early conspiracies for Mexican independence
meetings of insurgent leaders in Querétaro
placeOfBirth Valladolid (now Morelia), Michoacán, Mexico
Valladolid, Michoacán, Viceroyalty of New Spain
placeOfDeath Mexico City, Mexico
positionHeld First Lady of the Corregidor of Querétaro
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Mexico City, Mexico
Querétaro, Viceroyalty of New Spain
sexOrGender female
spouse Miguel Domínguez


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