María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa
María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alayza | |
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Wedding of Bolívar and María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro Alayza | |
| Born | María Teresa Josefa Antonia Joaquina Rodríguez del Toro Alayza October 15, 1781 |
| Died | January 22, 1803 (aged 21) |
| Cause of death | Yellow fever and Malaria |
| Resting place | Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Anne |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Spouse | |
| Parent(s) | Benita de Alayza Medrano Bernardo Rodríguez del Toro Ascanio |
María Teresa Josefa Antonia Joaquina Rodríguez del Toro Alayza (15 October 1781 – 22 January 1803), was the Spanish-born wife of Simón Bolívar. After only two years of engagement and eight months of marriage, she died after contracting yellow fever at 21 years of age. Bolívar swore and kept his promise to never remarry. According to historians, and to Bolívar himself, her death was a turning point in his life that put him in the path to become the liberator of six Hispanic American nations and the forefather of the Hispanic American integration process.