Thus began the love story between María de los Remedios de Escalada and José de San Martín: it was in a gathering, he was 34 years old and she was already committed to another man

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Este 3 de agosto se cumplen 198 años de la muerte de María de los Remedios de Escalada, la esposa del General José de San Martín. Una figura a la que conocemos gracias a los actos escolares y los manuales de historia, pero que fue una mujer muy especial en la vida de San Martín. Billiken, el sitio online para educadores y chicos en edad escolar, publicó una nota en la cual habla de cómo comenzó esta historia de amor. Así comenzó la historia de amor entre María de los Remedios de Escalada y José de San Martín: fue en una tertulia, él tenía 34 años y ella con 14 ya estaba comprometida con otro hombre Así comenzó la historia de amor entre María de los Remedios de Escalada y José de San Martín: fue en una tertulia, él tenía 34 años y ella con 14 ya estaba comprometida con otro hombre

His full name was María de los Remedios Carmen Escalada.He was born on November 20, 1797 and died on August 3, 1823.Remedios was born within a Buenos Aires family of great social prestige and economic solvency.She was the daughter of Tomasa de la Quintana and Antonio José de Escalad.He grew up in a home that, after the May Revolution, was the Patriots meetings center.

She met José de San Martín on March 9, 1812.They had very different ages when they met: he was 34 years old and she 14.Something inconceivable at this time: in the nineteenth century the population had other moral values, very different from those now, and that is why its marriage union was possible, according to his note Billiken.

The meeting was in one of the most popular social meetings of that time: in the house of the climbing, the gatherings on Sunday were famous due to the social position of Remedios's father, who was a chapter official, worked in commerce and hadRelationship with French and English merchants.The house was located in front of the current Plaza de Mayo (today the AFIP building occupies that place).

Some researchers suggest that there could be a marriage arrangement between them due to the aristocratic character of the bride's family, the social customs of the time and the political agenda of San Martín itself: with this marriage, the climbing constituted an alliance with an officer whoseCarrera was promising, and San Martín could have a social bond with the Buenos Aires aristocracy.

Así comenzó la historia de amor entre María de los Remedios de Escalada y José de San Martín: fue en una tertulia, él tenía 34 años y ella con 14 ya estaba comprometida con otro hombre

However, San Martín had conflicts with his political family and rejected his aristocratic forms.Some testimonies indicate that the mother of Remedios opposed that marriage and that at an escalation dinner, San Martín and Bernardino Rivadavia ended up wrapped in an incident between the military and her future political family.

In addition, she was committed to another man, with Gervasio Dorna.When San Martín asked for marriage, Remedios broke that commitment and Dorna enlisted in the Northern Army.

The marriage was an agreement that benefited the families of the spouses and they were convenient, with Carlos María de Alvear and his wife, Carmen Quintanilla, as witnesses.

After spending time together in San Isidro for a short period, Remedios returned to his family's house due to San Martín's responsibilities with respect to the Grenadier Regiment on horseback on horseback.They were separated for long seasons and could only meet again after August 10, 1814, when San Martín was appointed governor of the Intendencia de Cuyo.

At the end of 1814, Remedios moved to Mendoza to meet with her husband, at that time governor Cuyano, and there she joined the local society and collaborated in the organizational tasks of the Andes Army to free Chile and Peru.It was Remedios who promoted the delivery of personal jewels, a gesture that the Mendoza ladies imitated on October 10, 1815 to contribute to the forces equipment.

On August 24, 1816, Mercedes Tomasa San Martín was born, the only daughter of the marriage and future companion of his father during exile.At Christmas that year San Martín suggested the idea of providing the army with a flag, and Remedios, along with other women, made it in a few days.

When San Martín left for Chile, Remedios was sick with tuberculosis, which forced her to return to Buenos Aires on March 16, 1819 to settle again in her parents' house.His state of health was such that it was planned to carry a coffin in case he died on the trip.

When he was already very sick, Remedios was taken to a fifth of Caseros y Monastery Street, where he died on August 3, 1823 (twenty -five years old), far from San Martín, whose presence requested until his last moment.His widower could only go months later and ordered the construction of a marble mausoleum in the "northern cemetery" (Recoleta) to rest his remains.His tombstone says: "Here rests climbing remedies, wife and friend of General San Martín".

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