Carrera family
The Carrera family is a Chilean aristocratic and political family of Basque descent. 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 soldier, politician, governor and founder of the Carrera family in Chile; married Catalina de Elguea y Cáceres, the great-great-granddaughter of
- * soldier and politician; married Isabel de los Reyes Cassaus
- * soldier and politician; married Francisca Josefa Ureta Prado
- ** soldier and politician; married Francisca Javiera de las Cuevas y Valenzuela
- ***Ignacio de la Carrera y de las Cuevas soldier, politician and member of the First Government Junta of Chile; married Francisca de Paula Verdugo
- ****Javiera Carrera Chilean independence activist known for sewing the first national flag of Chile; first marriage to Manuel José de la Lastra; second marriage to
- ***** politician; married María Dolores Valdivieso Cruzat
- *****Ignacio Díaz de Valdés y Carrera soldier; married Rosario Videla Ledesma
- ****Juan José Pedro Carrera soldier and hero of the Chilean Independence; married, Chilean Independence campaigner.
- ****José Miguel Carrera soldier, politician and hero of the Chilean independence; married Mercedes Fontecilla
- *****Rosa Carrera Fontecilla ; married politician
- ******Luis Aldunate Carrera lawyer and politician
- ***** politician and soldier; married Emilia Pinto Benavente
- ******Ignacio Carrera Pinto soldier and hero of the War of the Pacific, depicted on the thousand peso banknote
- ****** politician and Freemason
- ****Francisca Javiera Carrera Fontecilla ; married Francisco Javier Valdés Aldunate
- *****José Miguel Valdés Carrera Liberal Party politician and farmer; married Emilia La Jara Alliendeallier
- ****Luis Carrera soldier and hero of the Chilean independence
- ***Juan José Carrera Cuevas soldier
- **Ana Francisca de Borja de la Carrera Ureta : married Domingo Valdés González de Soberal
- ***María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera inaugural First Lady of Chile; married Mateo de Toro Zambrano y Ureta, 1st Count of La Conquista, Royal Governor of Chile and inaugural President of the Government Junta
- ****Gregorio José de Toro, 2nd Count of La Conquista soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence
- *****Manuel María de Toro, 3rd Count of La Conquista soldier and Royalist during the Chilean War of Independence
- **Damiana de la Carrera Cuevas ; married Francisco de Borja de Aráoz
- ***Dolores Aráoz Carrera ; married Manuel Antonio Figueroa Polo soldier, politician, civil servant and son of Tomás de Figueroa y Caravaca
- **** farmer and politician; married Rosalía Larraín Echeverría
- *****Javier Ángel Figueroa lawyer and politician; married Inés Arrieta Cañas
- *****Emiliano Figueroa Larraín lawyer, politician and President of Chile; married Leonor Sánchez Vicuña
- *****Joaquín Figueroa Larraín lawyer and politician; married Elena Amunátegui Valdés
- *** politician; married Mercedes Baeza de la Cuadra
Other notable members
- , lawyer and Radical Party politician; married Adela Martínez Díaz; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas.
- Federico Santa María Carrera businessperson, philanthropist and founder of Federico Santa María Technical University; partner of Anna Guillaud; great-grandson of Juan José Carrera Cuevas
- director of the Corporation for the Defense of Sovereignty and the ; great-great-grandson of José Miguel Carrera
- María Elena Carrera Villavicencio, Pediatrician, doctor and Socialist Party politician; great-great-granddaughter of José Miguel Carrera