José Miguel Domínguez Alemán was a New Spanish colonial official in New Spain who played a part in the Mexican independence movement. He was also a member of a transitional governing committee in the period between the abdication of Mexican Emperor Agustín de Iturbide and the installation of Guadalupe Victoria as the first president of independent Mexico. His wife, Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, also known as La Corregidora, was a heroine of Mexican independence.
Miguel Domínguez
Miguel Domínguez
Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez
María Josefa Crescencia Ortiz Téllez–Girón, popularly known as Doña Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez or La Corregidora was an insurgent and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence, which fought for independence against Spain, in the early 19th century. She was married to Miguel Domínguez, corregidor of the city of Querétaro, hence her nickname.
Posthumous interpretation of Josefa Ortiz, dated 1880
Casa de la Corregidora, the house where Josefa resided during the conspiracy.
Graves of Josefa and her husband, the corregidores
Statue of the Corregidora Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez in Santiago de Querétaro