Carmen Salinas de la Vega
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Carmen Salinas de la Vega | |
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| First Lady of Ecuador | |
| In role October 15, 1849 – June 10, 1850 | |
| President | Manuel de Ascásubi |
| Preceded by | Juana Andrade Fuente Fría |
| Succeeded by | Tomasa Carbo y Noboa |
| In office May 16, 1869 – August 10, 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Mariana del Alcázar |
| Succeeded by | Mariana del Alcázar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | María del Carmen Celestina Ascencia Salinas y de la Vega June 1807 |
| Died | 1 May 1881 (aged 73) |
| Spouse | Manuel de Ascásubi |
| Children | See Marriage and descendants |
Carmen Salinas de la Vega (María del Carmen Celestina Ascencia Salinas y de la Vega (June 1807 – 1 May 1881) was an Ecuadorian aristocrat, and the First Lady of Ecuador to Manuel de Ascásubi from 1849 to 1850 and once again in 1869.
Carmen Salinas de la Vega was born María del Carmen Celestina Ascencia Salinas y de la Vega to Juan de Salinas y Zenitagoya, a hero of the Ecuadorian War of Independence, and his wife María de la Vega y Nates, a Creole.[1]
When her father was killed in the 2 August 1810 mutiny, thanks to the religious community of Quito, her mother and oldest sister María Dolores served their sentences banished to the Monastery of La Concepción, thus avoiding being hanged for their support of the riot, but their property was confiscated by order of the President of the Province of Quito, Manuel Ruiz Urriés de Castilla.
Her mother died on 1 December 1820 and was buried at the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, leaving Maria Dolores to look after Carmen, now aged 13. After the War of Ecuadorian Independence, the sisters recovered their properties when it was restored to them by Colonel Antonio José de Sucre in 1822.[2]
