Nanny and playmate of Federico García Lorca (La Ramito, she was affectionately nicknamed) in Fuente Vaqueros, a living memory of the poet’s childhood years. Carmen was only six years older […]
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García Rodríguez, Isabel
Younger sister of Federico García Rodríguez, father of Federico García Lorca and, therefore, aunt of the poet, born in Fuente Vaqueros on April 9, 1876. She died in Valderrubio at […]
Dolores ‘La Colorina’ (Dolores Cuesta Cañete)
The oldest and most peculiar maid of the García Lorca family, Dolores Cuesta Cañete, nicknamed La Colorina, because her father, known as the Pae Santo for his insistence on shrouding […]
González García, Aurelia
First cousin of Federico García Lorca, daughter of Francisca García Rodríguez, known familiarly as Frasquita, sister of her father, born in Fuente Vaqueros in 1888, with whom the poet shared […]
Palacios Ríos, Matilde
First wife of Federico García Rodríguez, father of Federico García Lorca. Matilde was born in Fuente Vaqueros in 1860, daughter of Manuel Palacios Caballero, a wealthy farmer and landowner, who also […]
Roldán Quesada, Horacio
Lawyer, court attorney, farmer. The researchers Miguel Caballero and Pilar Góngora attribute to him a cardinal role in the events that led to the escape of Federico García Lorca from […]
Rodríguez Espinosa, Antonio
Teacher at the school in Fuente Vaqueros. He was there for only three years with Federico García Lorca (from 1898 to 1901), but he maintained a long-lasting friendship and relationship […]
Lorca Romero, Vicenta
Teacher at the kindergarten for girls in Fuente Vaqueros between 1893 and 1897. Mother of Federico, Luis, Francisco, Concha and Isabel García Lorca. She came into the world in the […]
García Rodríguez, Federico
Father of Federico García Lorca. He was a landowner in the Vega of Granada, an enterprising person who knew how to get rich when the right circumstances arose, but who […]
García Picossi, Clotilde
Daughter of Francisco García Rodríguez, brother of García Lorca’s father, and one of Federico’s favorite cousins. She was born in Fuente Vaqueros, although she soon moved to Granada. Her family […]
Benavides Peña, José (Pepe el Romano)
Farmer and landowner, militant of the right-wing Popular Action Party. Federico García Lorca was inspired by him for the character of Pepe el Romano (only nominal, as he does not […]
Alba Sierra, Francisca (Frasquita Alba)
The Alba family, neighbor of the García Lorca family in Asquerosa (Disgusting) (later Valderrubio), inspired Lorca’s rural drama The House of Bernarda Alba (completed in 1936 but premiered in 1945 […]