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{{Short description|Influential family in Chilean history and politics}}
{{Infobox family
| name = Carrera family
| native_name = <small>Familia Carrera</small>
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| coat_of_arms = Arms of Carrera Family (Nobiliario).svg
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| origin = [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]]
| founded = {{Start date|1620}}
| founder = [[Juan Ignacio de la Carrera Yturgoyen]]
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The '''Carrera family''' from Alegría de Oria ([[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]]) became politically influential during the colonial period and played a significant role in the [[Chilean War of Independence|Chilean independence]]. They remained politically important throughout the 19th century.

== Genealogy ==
* [[Nicolasa Valdés|María Nicolasa de Valdés y de la Carrera]] (1733–1810), first [[First Lady of Chile]]
* [[Ignacio de la Carrera]] (1747–1819), member of Chile's first ruling junta in 1810.

The children of Ignacio de la Carrera are known in Chilean history as the ''Hermanos Carrera'' (Carrera siblings). All except Javiera were military commanders in the fight against Spanish reconquest:
* [[Javiera Carrera]] (1771–1862), "Mother" of Chile, who sewed its first flag
* Brigadier [[Juan José Pedro Carrera|Juan José Carrera]] (1782–1818), independentist hero
* General [[José Miguel Carrera]] (1785–1821), independentist leader, who governed Chile during its first period of independence, the ''Patria Vieja''.
* Colonel [[Luis Carrera]] (1791–1818), independentist hero

Other descendants also notable in their time:
* [[José Miguel Carrera Fontecilla]] (1821–1860), leader of the Chilean Civil War of 1851
* [[José Miguel Valdés|José Miguel Valdés Carrera]] (1837–1898), politician and several times minister
* [[Luis Aldunate|Luis Aldunate Carrera]] (1842–1908) politician and several times minister
* [[Ignacio Carrera Pinto]] (1848–1882), soldier and hero of the [[Battle of La Concepcion]] during the [[War of the Pacific]].
* [[Manuel Carrera Pinto]] (1854–1895) politician
* [[Federico Santa María|Federico Santa María Carrera]] (1845–1925) businessman and philanthropist
* [[María Elena Carrera|María Elena Carrera Villavicencio]] (1929), politician

The Carrera name has disappeared by way of marriage from Chilean society, but their descendants, who number in the few hundred, are socially, politically and financially prominent.

==See also==
*[[History of Chile]]
*[[Manuel Rodríguez Erdoiza|Manuel Rodríguez]]

==References==
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===Sources===
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*{{cite book |last=Vicuña Mackenna |first=Benjamín |authorlink=Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna |title=El Ostracismo de los Carreras |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_B_EnAAAAYAAJ |year=1857 |publisher=Imprenta del Ferrocarril |location=Santiago, Chile |language=Spanish |pages=553}}
*{{Cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/heartland/park/1132/p23.htm |title=Genealogical chart of Carrera family |accessdate=15 October 2008 |language=Spanish |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050306084412/http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/1132/p23.htm |archivedate=March 6, 2005 |url-status=dead }}
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