Toro, Maria Teresa (d. 1803)

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Toro, Maria Teresa (d. 1803)

Wife of Simon Bolivar. Name variations: Maria Teresa Rodríguez del Toro. Born into a prominent family; died of yellow fever in 1803, six months after her marriage; married Simon Bolivar (1783–1830, liberator of Venezuela), in 1802.

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