What is María Lorenza Barreneche?
[[File:María Barreneche.jpg|thumb|Barreneche in March 1984.]] '''María Lorenza Barreneche Iriarte''' (3 July 1926 &ndash; 5 January 2015) was an [[Argentines|Argentine]] public figure. She was the wife of the late [[President of Argentina|President]] [[Raúl Alfonsín]] from 1949 until his death in 2009. She was [[First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina|First Lady of Argentina]] from 1983 to 1989. Barreneche was born in [[Chascomús]], [[Buenos Aires]]. She was of [[Basque people|Basque]] [[ancestry]]. She had six children with Alfonsín. Barreneche died after years of poor health on 5 January 2016 in Buenos Aires. She was 89.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/206198/mar%C3%ADa-barreneche-ra%C3%BAl-alfons%C3%ADns-widow-dies|title=María Barreneche, Raúl Alfonsín's widow, dies|work=Buenos Aires Herald|date=6 January 2015|access-date=11 January 2015|archive-date=25 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160225055544/http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/206198/mar%C3%ADa-barreneche-ra%C3%BAl-alfons%C3%ADns-widow-dies|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Barreneche, Maria Lorenza}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in Argentina]] [[Category:People from Buenos Aires]] [[Category:Socialites]] [[Category:First Ladies and Gentlemen of Argentina]] {{Bio-stub}}