Paz Pardo de Tavera
Filipina murder victim, wife of Juan Luna (1862–1892) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maria de la Paz Pardo de Tavera y Gorricho[Note 1] (died 3[1] or 6[2] October 1892) was a Philippine mestiza and wife of Filipino painter Juan Luna. Though born in the Philippines, she and her family moved to Paris some time after her father Félix's death in 1864.[3] She had two children with Luna: Andrés and María de la Paz, though the latter died when she was three years old.[3]
Paz Pardo de Tavera | |
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Born | c. 1862 (1862-05-01UTC10:24:19) |
Died | 3 October 1892(1892-10-03) (aged 29–30) |
Cause of death | Murder |
Spouse | |
Children | 2, including Andrés |
Parent(s) | Félix Pardo de Tavera Juliana Gorricho de Pardo de Tavera |
Relatives | Juan VI Pardo de Tavera (ancestor) Trinidad Pardo de Tavera (brother) Félix Pardo de Tavera (brother) |
On 22 September 1892, after being accused of adultery, Pardo de Tavera was shot by Luna in their atelier in Villa Dupont [fr] alongside her mother Juliana Gorricho and her brother Félix, with the latter surviving the incident. Pardo de Tavera died from her gunshot wounds eleven days after the said incident, in a hospital.[3][1]
She was the daughter of Trinidad Pardo de Tavera (from Tavira), of Portuguese-Spanish descent.[4]