Allende family

Chilean family of Spanish descent

The Allende family is a Chilean family of Spanish descent. They became well known during the 19th century and are based in Santiago. They have played a very significant role in Chilean politics.

Relatives

José Gregorio Allende Garcés, personal bodyguard of Bernardo O'Higgins; married to Salomé Padín Ruiz^[1]
- Ramón Allende Padín (1845–1884), physician and politician, chief of the Chilean Army Medical Corps during the War of the Pacific (1879–1884), author of various important scientific publications, freemason; married to Eugenia Castro del Fierro (1850–1930)
  - Ramón Allende Castro (c. 1870–1910), subsecretary of the Interior, Foreign Relations and Justice (1891).
  - Salvador Allende Castro (1871–1932), journalist, lawyer, freemason, and member of the Radical Party of Chile; married to Laura Gossens Uribe (1877–1962)
    - Inés Allende Gossens (1896–?); married to Eduardo Grove Vallejo (1893–?), dentist, freemason, and brother of Marmaduke Grove Vallejo^[2]
    - Salvador Allende Gossens (1908–1973), senator, member of the Socialist Party of Chile, freemason, President of Chile (1970–1973); married to Hortensia Bussi Soto (1914–2009), First Lady of Chile (1970–1973)
      - Beatriz Allende Bussi (1943–1977), revolutionary, daughter of Salvador Allende; married to Luis Fernández Oña (1936–2016), Cuban diplomat
        Maya Fernández Allende (born 1971), president of the chamber of deputies (2018–2019), Minister of Defense (2022-2026);^[3] married to Tomás Monsalve Egaña
        
        Alejandro Fernández Allende (born 1973), Cuban homosexual rights activist^[4]
      - Isabel Allende Bussi (born 1945), Chilean politician, first woman to serve as president of the Senate
        Gonzalo Meza Allende (1965–2010), activist for the "No" option in the 1988 plebiscite, founder and member of the Party for Democracy, councilor of La Granja (1992–1996)^[5]
        
        Marcia Tambutti Allende (born 1971), biologist, writer, director^[6]
      - Carmen Allende Bussi (born 1947), teacher, founder of the Salvador Allende Foundation;^[7] married to Héctor Sepúlveda Sepúlveda
    - Laura Allende Gossens (1911–1981), politician, sister of Salvador Allende; married to Gastón Pascal Lyon (1909–1993)
      - Denise Pascal Allende (born 1940), politician; married to Jorge Chadwick Vergara (1938–2020)
      - Andrés Pascal Allende (born 1943), revolutionary
  - Tomás Allende Castro (1875–?); married to Laura Pesce Guerra (1869–?)
    - Tomás Allende Pesce (1907–?), diplomatic official; married to Francisca Llona Barros (1920–2018)
      - Juan Allende Llona (born 1942), associate professor of Political Science at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia
      - Isabel Allende Llona (born 1942), writer
        Paula Frías Allende (1963–1992), humanitarian activist; married to Ernesto Díaz
        
        Nicolás Frías Allende (born 1966) literary editor; married to Lori Barra.^[8]
  - Guillermo Allende Castro (1881–?); godfather of Salvador Allende Gossens^[9]

Other members

Pedro Pascal (born 1975), actor, son of Verónica Pascal Ureta, the cousin of Andrés Pascal Allende
Lux Pascal (born 1992), actress and transgender activist, sister of Pedro Pascal

References

^ "José Gregorio Allende Garcés - Genealogía Chilena en Red". www.genealogiachilenaenred.cl. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
^ "Gran Logia de Chile - Memoria Chilena, Biblioteca Nacional de Chile". www.memoriachilena.gob.cl. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
^ Martínez, Catalina (2022-01-21). "Boric nombra a la primera ministra del Interior de la historia y suma a varias figuras de la ex Concertación a su gabinete". La Tercera. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
^ Modarelli, Alejandro (2018-07-12). "Las caras de La Moneda". Página 12 (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
^ "Conmoción política por trágica muerte de hijo de la senadora Isabel Allende". La Segunda (in Spanish). 2010-12-16. Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
^ Erlij, Evelyn (2015-05-22). "Entrevista a Marcia Tambutti "Allende mi abuelo Allende" en Cannes: Romper el silencio". CineChile (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
^ "Opinión - Isabel Allende Bussi". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 2011-08-10. Archived from the original on 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
^ Prahl, Amanda (2019-10-14). "Biography of Isabel Allende, Writer of Modern Magical Realism". Retrieved 2023-07-11.
^ Benítez, Hermes H. (2013-06-04). Pensando a Allende: escritos interpretativos y de investigación (in Spanish). RIL Editores. p. 159.