Rafaela López Aguado de Rayón

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Rafaela López Aguado de Rayón
Rafaela López Aguado de Rayón with her sons Ramon and Ignacio. Painting by Miguel G. Hernández
Born
María Josefa Rafaela López Aguado

1754 (1754)
Michoacan, Mexico
Died1822(1822-00-00) (aged 67–68)
NationalityMexican
Known forSupport for the Mexican Independence
ChildrenIgnacio López Rayón
Ramón López Rayón
José María López Rayón
Rafael López Rayón and
Francisco López Rayón

Rafaela López Aguado de Rayón (1754–1822) was a Mexican heroine, the mother of the five López Rayón brothers who participated in the Independence War of Mexico, one of which was general Ignacio López Rayón, minister of Miguel Hidalgo.[1] Once her son was captured and sentenced to death, she was offered his life in exchange for her to convince her other sons to lay down their arms. She declined, saying "I prefer a dead son over becoming a traitor to the Homeland."

Biography[edit]

Rafaela López Aguado de Rayón was born in 1754 in Michoacan. She descends from an old family, the ancestry of which had roots in Spain.[2] The first settlers of her family in Mexico, settled in Michoacan. She moved to Tlalpujahua where she met and married Andrés López Rayón, the father of her sons.[3]

With Andrés López Rayón she had five sons, all of which took part in the Mexican War of Independence. One of them - Ignacio López Rayón had major impact in the liberation as a general. Her impact was to conserve her sons' ideals to join the resistance and join the fight in favor of Mexican liberation. Her older son - Ignacio López Rayón joined the war first in 1810. The others - Ramón, Rafael, José María, and Francisco joined later.[4]

Capture of Ignacio López Rayón[edit]

In December 1815, her younger son Francisco López Rayón was captured and sentenced to death. Rafaela López Aguado de Rayón was offered a treaty. If she convinced her other four sons to give up their arms, her son was going to be pardoned. She refused with the words "I prefer a dead son over becoming a traitor to the Homeland."[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Biografía de Ignacio López Rayón (Su vida, historia, bio resumida)". www.buscabiografias.com. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  2. ^ "Rafaela Lopez Aguado De Rayon" (PDF). 2010-12-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-12-21. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  3. ^ La Independencia según Ignacio Rayón. Ignacio Rayón, Ignacio Oyarzábal, Ignacio López Rayón, Carlos Herrejón Peredo. México, D.F.: Secretaría de Educación Pública. 1985. ISBN 968-29-0533-8. OCLC 13946565.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ La Independencia según Ignacio Rayón. Ignacio Rayón, Ignacio Oyarzábal, Ignacio López Rayón, Carlos Herrejón Peredo. México, D.F.: Secretaría de Educación Pública. 1985. p. 20. ISBN 968-29-0533-8. OCLC 13946565.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "Las mujeres de la Independencia de las que casi no se habla | Rock 101". Rock101 (in Mexican Spanish). 2019-09-17. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  6. ^ "Mujeres que hicieron posible la independencia y fueron borradas de la historia | RADIOMÁS" (in Spanish). 15 September 2020. Retrieved 2021-06-24.


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