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Manuela Malasaña Oñoro ([maˈnwe.la ma.laˈsa.ɲa], March 10, 1791 – May 2, 1808) was a Spanish seamstress killed by soldiers of Napoleon I of France during the Second of May Uprising in Madrid. The uprising was part of the Spanish War of Independence .
Malasaña is named after Manuela Malasaña, a 15-year-old girl who once lived on San Andrés street, inside the neighbourhood, and was executed by the occupying French troops following the Dos de Mayo Uprising in 1808. [1] [2] Nowadays, there is a street named in her honour very close to the Glorieta de Bilbao roundabout .
Juan Malasaña avenging his daughter Manuela Malasaña on the streets of Madrid during the Dos de Mayo uprising. Painted by Eugenio Álvarez Dumont in 1887. Guerrilla warfare in the Peninsular War refers to the armed civilian actions carried out by non-regular troops against Napoleon's Grande Armée in Spain and Portugal during the Peninsular War
The place where the artillery barracks of Monteleón was located is now a square called the Plaza del Dos de Mayo, and the district surrounding the square is known as Malasaña in memory of one of the heroines of the revolt, the teenager Manuela Malasaña, who was executed by French troops in the aftermath of the revolt. [3]
Malasaña y su hija by Eugenio Álvarez Dumont.The piece shows the moment in which the guerrilla Juan Malasaña kills the French dragoon who has just murdered his daughter, the embroiderer Manuela Malasaña who supplied her father with gunpowder and ammunition to fire on French troops from his home during the assault on the Monteleón park.
Manuela Malasaña (1791–1808): one of the townspeople who lost their lives during the Dos de Mayo Uprising against the troops of Napoleon I of France during the Peninsular War; Enma Iranzo Martín (1959): pharmaceutical biochemist and Spanish politician; Agatha Ruiz de la Prada (1960): Spanish designer
Manuela Malasaña [maˈnwe.la ma.laˈsa.ɲa] is a station on Line 12 of the Madrid Metro, named for the nearby school IES Manuela Malasaña, which is named for the Spanish heroine Manuela Malasaña (1791–1808). It is located in fare Zone B2.
M. Teresa Magbanua; Begum Hazrat Mahal; Mai Sukhan; Malalai of Maiwand; Manuela Malasaña; Manono II; Simona Manzaneda; Maria Nilsdotter i Ölmeskog; Marie-Jeanne Lamartinière