Frasquita Larrea
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| Born | Francisca Javiera Ruiz de Larrea y Aherán 24 December 1775 |
| Died | 24 August 1838 (aged 62) El puerto de Santa María (Cádiz), Spain |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Known for | Spanish writer, influenced the "del Cádiz de las Cortes" romantic gatherings |
| Spouse | Juan Nicolás Böhl de Faber |
| Children | Fernán Caballero (Cecilia, daughter) |
Francisca Javiera Ruiz de Larrea y Aherán (24 December 1775 – 24 August 1838), better known as Frasquita Larrea, was a Spanish writer who largely influenced the famous romantic gatherings "del Cádiz de las Cortes".[1]
Francisca Javiera Josefa Gregoria Ruiz de Larrea y Aherán was born on 24 December 1775 in Cádiz, Spain. She was born to Antonio Ruiz de Larrea y Gonzáles de Lopidana, a prosperous Spanish merchant, and Francisca Xaviera Aheran y Malone, an Irish woman exiled in Spain. Her mother was educated in England and had lived briefly in France.
She read and studied William Shakespeare, Immanuel Kant and René Descartes. Another major influence in her works was her keeping a bedside reading of the proto-feminist works of Mary Wollstonecraft.[2]
Around 1790, in Cádiz, she met the German Hispanist Johann Nikolaus Böhl de Faber, (1770–1836), who was settled in the area, and they agreed to marry by the Catholic rite. He was not a Catholic, which was a setback to her, yet they agreed to marry by her traditions. They married on the 1 February 1796 and had four children. Cecilia, the first of which was the future writer.
