Elvira Cárdenas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cárdenas and the second or maternal family name is Mosquera.

Elvira Cárdenas
First Lady of Colombia
In role
August 7, 1914 – August 7, 1918
PresidentJosé Vicente Concha
Preceded byIsabel Gaviria Duque
Succeeded byMaría Antonia Suárez
Personal details
Born
Elvira Cárdenas Mosquera

(1870-04-12)April 12, 1870
Popayán, Cauca, Colombia
DiedJune 22, 1935(1935-06-22) (aged 65)
Bogotá, Colombia
Political partyConservative
SpouseJosé Vicente Concha
Parent(s)Jeremías Cárdenas (father)
Clelia Mosquera (mother)

Elvira Cárdenas Mosquera (April 12, 1870 - June 22, 1935) was a Colombian housewife and socialite, serving as First Lady of Colombia from 1914 and 1918 through her marriage to the 8th President of Colombia José Vicente Concha.[1][2][3]

Biography

Cárdenas Mosquera was born on April 12, 1870, in Popayán, Cauca, to Jeremias Cárdenas and Clelia Mosquera, daughter of Tomas Cipriano de Mosquera who served as the 1st and 4th President of the United States of Colombia, as well as the 4th and 3rd President of the Granadine Confederation and New Granada, both predecessor states to current Colombia.[4]

References

  1. ^ República, Subgerencia Cultural del Banco de la. "Listado de primeras damas de Colombia". www.banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  2. ^ Lehmann, Hermann. "Elvira Cardenas Mosquera (± 1870-1935) » Family tree Lehmann Mosquera Popayán, Cauca » Genealogie Online". Genealogie Online (in Dutch). Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  3. ^ República, Subgerencia Cultural del Banco de la. "Primeras damas del siglo XX". www.banrepcultural.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on May 1, 2021. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "Los Amores del General Mosquera". Revista Credencial (in Spanish). November 9, 2012. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Isabel Gaviria Duque
 First Lady of Colombia
1914-1918 		Succeeded by