María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón

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María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón, better known as Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, was a key conspirator and heroine of the Mexican War of Independence, celebrated for helping initiate the uprising against Spanish rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican independence hero
conspirator in the Mexican War of Independence
historical figure
human
human
woman
alsoKnownAs La Corregidora
María Josefa Crescencia Ortiz Téllez-Girón NERFINISHED
Morelia NERFINISHED
birthName María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón self-linksurface differs
causeAdvocated political independence of Mexico from Spain
commemoratedBy inclusion in Mexican school textbooks as a national heroine
statues in Mexico
streets named in her honor in multiple Mexican cities
countryOfCitizenship Mexico
Viceroyalty of New Spain
era late 18th century and early 19th century
ethnicGroup criollo
familyName Ortiz
Téllez-Girón
gender female
givenName Josefa
María
hasRole messenger to insurgent leaders when the conspiracy was discovered
hasSpouseRole wife of the corregidor of Querétaro
honorificTitle Heroine of Mexican Independence
influenced subsequent recognition of women’s role in Mexican independence
languageSpoken Spanish
memorial monuments in Morelia
monuments in Querétaro
movement Mexican War of Independence
nationality Mexican
notableFor role in the early stages of the Mexican War of Independence
warning insurgents about the discovery of the independence conspiracy in 1810
occupation corregidor of Querétaro
political activist
opposedTo Spanish colonial rule in New Spain
participantIn Mexican War of Independence
surface form: Mexican independence movement

Querétaro conspiracy of 1810
early insurgent network with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
placeOfBirth Valladolid, Michoacán
placeOfDeath Mexico City
placeOfResidence Mexico City
Querétaro NERFINISHED
positionHeld Corregidora of Querétaro
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Miguel Domínguez NERFINISHED
supported insurgent leaders such as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
the cause of Mexican independence

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María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón birthName María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez fullName María de la Natividad Josefa Ortiz Téllez-Girón