Carrera family
Template:Short description Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox family The Carrera family is a Chilean aristocratic and political family of Basque descent.<ref name="Grisar">Template:Cite news</ref> Becoming politically influential during the colonial period, the Carrera family played a significant role in the Chilean independence and remained politically important throughout the 19th century.
Main branch
- 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 of Template:Interlanguage link<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Ill (1656–) soldier and politician; married Isabel de los Reyes Cassaus
- Template:Ill (1674–1720) soldier and politician; married Francisca Josefa Ureta Prado
- Template:Ill (1703–1760) soldier and politician; married Francisca Javiera de las Cuevas y Valenzuela<ref name="Chambers">Template:Cite book</ref>
- Ignacio de la Carrera y de las Cuevas (1747–1819) soldier, politician and member of the First Government Junta of Chile; married Francisca de Paula Verdugo<ref name="Chambers"/>
- Javiera Carrera (1781–1862) Chilean independence activist known for sewing the first national flag of Chile; first marriage to Manuel José de la Lastra; second marriage to Template:Ill (1761–1826)<ref name="Chambers"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
- Ignacio de la Carrera y de las Cuevas (1747–1819) soldier, politician and member of the First Government Junta of Chile; married Francisca de Paula Verdugo<ref name="Chambers"/>
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- Template:Ill (1803–1869) politician; married María Dolores Valdivieso Cruzat<ref name="Chambers"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Ignacio Díaz de Valdés y Carrera (1808–1864) soldier; married Rosario Videla Ledesma<ref name="Chambers"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Juan José Pedro Carrera (1782–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean Independence; married Template:Ill (1797–1833), Chilean Independence campaigner.<ref name="Chambers"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821) soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean independence; married Mercedes Fontecilla<ref name="Chambers"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Rosa Carrera Fontecilla (1818–1862); married Template:Ill (1794–1844) politician<ref name="Chambers"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Luis Aldunate Carrera (1842–1908) lawyer and politician<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Ill (1821–1860) politician and soldier; married Emilia Pinto Benavente (1824–1895)
- Ignacio Carrera Pinto (1848– 1882) soldier and hero of the War of the Pacific, depicted on the thousand peso banknote
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- Francisca Javiera Carrera Fontecilla (1816–1886); married Francisco Javier Valdés Aldunate (1790–1881)<ref name="JMVC"/>
- José Miguel Valdés Carrera (1837–1898) Liberal Party politician and farmer; married Emilia La Jara Alliendeallier<ref name="JMVC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
- Francisca Javiera Carrera Fontecilla (1816–1886); married Francisco Javier Valdés Aldunate (1790–1881)<ref name="JMVC"/>
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- Luis Carrera (1791–1818) soldier and hero of the Chilean independence<ref name="Chambers"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785) soldier<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 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) inaugural First Lady of Chile; married Mateo 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 and Royalist 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
- Gregorio José de Toro, 2nd Count of La Conquista (1758–1816) soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence
- María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera (1733–1810) inaugural First Lady of Chile; married Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista (1727–1811), Royal Governor of Chile and inaugural President of the Government Junta
- Damiana de la Carrera Cuevas (1748–1834); married Francisco de Borja de Aráoz <ref name="Chambers"/><ref name="MAAC">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
- Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera Ureta (1712–1767): married Domingo Valdés González de Soberal (1695–1767)
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- Dolores Aráoz Carrera (1780–); married Manuel Antonio Figueroa Polo (1774–1817) soldier, politician, civil servant and son of Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca<ref name="Chambers"/><ref name="Reyes">Template:Cite journal</ref>
- Template:Ill (1828– 1882) farmer and politician; married Rosalía Larraín Echeverría<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
- Dolores Aráoz Carrera (1780–); married Manuel Antonio Figueroa Polo (1774–1817) soldier, politician, civil servant and son of Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca<ref name="Chambers"/><ref name="Reyes">Template:Cite journal</ref>
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- Javier Ángel Figueroa (1862–1945) lawyer and politician; married Inés Arrieta Cañas<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Emiliano Figueroa Larraín (1866–1931) lawyer, politician and President of Chile; married Leonor Sánchez Vicuña<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Joaquín Figueroa Larraín (1863–1929) lawyer and politician; married Elena Amunátegui Valdés<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Ill (1789–1857) politician; married Mercedes Baeza de la Cuadra<ref name="Chambers"/><ref name="MAAC"/>
Other notable members
- Template:Ill (1848–1925), lawyer and Radical Party politician; married Adela Martínez Díaz; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785).<ref name="USM"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Federico Santa María Carrera (1845–1925) businessperson, philanthropist and founder of Federico Santa María Technical University; partner of Anna Guillaud; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas (1756–1785)<ref name="USM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Ill (1921–2012) director of the Corporation for the Defense of Sovereignty and the Template:Ill;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- María Elena Carrera Villavicencio (1929–), Pediatrician, doctor and Socialist Party politician; great-great-granddaughter of José Miguel Carrera (1785–1821)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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