Subercaseaux

The Subercaseaux family is a Chilean family of French descent. They became well known during the 19th century due to their wealth amassed in Norte Chico. They have played a very significant role in Chilean mining, winemaking, politics and arts.

Main branch

• (c.1730–1800), the family patriarch and mining industry pioneer; married Bernarda Real de Azúa and Manuela Mercado Corbalán
• (1790–1859), entrepreneur and politician; married (1817–1913) socialite and philanthropist
• Lucía Subercaseaux Vicuña (1847–1908); married Claudio Vicuña Guerrero (1833–1907) politician and diplomat
• Claudio Vicuña Subercaseaux (1875–1956) farmer and politician; married Julia Ossa Lynch
• Victoria Subercaseaux Vicuña (1848–1931), socialite; married Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna
• (1876–), writer
• (1843–1911), merchant and politician; married Gertrudis Pérez Flores
• (1872–1959) politician and engineer; married Mercedes Rivas Ramírez
• Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854–1937), painter and diplomat; married Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux (née Errázuriz Urmeneta; 1860–1930), a writer, co-founder of the and member of the Errázuriz family.
• Pedro Subercaseaux (1880 – 1956), painter and Benedictine monk; married Elvira Lyon Otaégui
• Luis Subercaseaux (1882–1973), athlete and politician; married Margarita Donoso Foster
• Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés (; – – 1965), writer and artist; married Horacio Valdés Ortúzar
• Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux (1908–1982), Capuchin missionary. Declared "venerable" by Pope Francis in 2014.
• Gabriel Valdés (1919–2011) lawyer, diplomat, academic and politician; married Sylvia Soublette (1924–2020) composer, singer, choirmaster and educator
• Juan Gabriel Valdés (born 1947) politician and diplomat: married Antonia Echenique Celis
• Maximiano Valdés (born 1949) classical musician and orchestral conductor
• Juan Subercaseaux (1896 – 1942), the Archbishop of La Serena.
• Juan Subercaseaux (1896–1942), archbishop
• Emiliana Subercaseaux de Concha (née Subercaseaux Vicuña) co-founder of Concha y Toro; married Melchor Concha y Toro (1833–1892) businessman, lawyer, politician and co-founder of Concha y Toro
• Emiliana Concha de Ossa (née Concha Subercaseaux; 1862–1905), artist model, muse and philanthropist; married Luis Gregorio Ossa Browne
• (1863–1917) lawyer and politician; married Mercedes Hurtado Lecaros
• Daniel Concha Subercaseaux (1866–1917) civil engineer
• Olivia de Santiago Concha, 4th Marchioness of Casa Concha (1892–1977) : married , 4th Marquess of Montepío
• , 5th Marquess of Montepío (born 1924) diplomat and lawyer; married Isabel Margarita Lira Vergara
• (1876–1931) lawyer, philanthropist and politician; married Josefina Subercaseaux Browne

Other notable members

• (1804–1844), landowner and benefactor of Coquimbo Province; married Pablo Garriga Martínez and George Edwards Brown
• Carmela Mackenna Subercaseaux (1879–1962) pianist and composer
• Benjamín Subercaseaux Zañartu (1902–1973), writer and researcher.
• (born 1943), painter
• Elizabeth Subercaseaux Sommerhoff (born 1945), journalist and writer.

External links

• Genealogy of the Subercaseaux family @ Genealog.

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