What is Manuela Saenz?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Manuela Sáenz | image = Manuela Sáenz.jpg | image_size = | caption = ''Libertadora del Libertador''<br>wearing the Order of the Sun medal | office = First Lady of Colombia | order = 1st | term_start = 17 June 1822 | term_end = 4 May 1830 | president = [[Simón Bolívar]] | predecessor = ''Office established'' | successor = [[Juana Jurado y Bertendona]] | office2 = First Lady of Peru | order2 = 6th | term_start2 = 10 February 1824 | term_end2 = 28 January 1827 | president2 = [[Simón Bolívar]] | predecessor2 = [[Mariana Carcelén]] | successor2 = [[Francisca Cernadas]] | office3 = First Lady of Bolivia | order3 = 1st | term_start3 = 12 August | term_end3 = 29 December 1825 | president3 = [[Simón Bolívar]] | predecessor3 = ''Office established'' | successor3 = [[Mariana Carcelén]] | birth_name = Manuela Sáenz de Vergara y Aizpuru | birth_date = {{birth date|1797|12|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Quito]], [[Viceroyalty of New Granada]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1856|9|28|1797|12|27|df=y}} | death_place = [[Paita]], Peru | occupation = Revolutionary and spy | spouse = James Thorne (married 1817 – estranged 1822) | partner = [[Simón Bolívar]] (1822–1830) | signature = Manuela Saenz signature firma.svg }} '''Manuela Saenz''' was born in [[Quito]], [[Ecuador]] in 1797 during the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] colonial rule. She was the illegitimate child of a married Spanish nobleman. She went to school at the Convent of Santa Catalina. Manuela Saenz's nickname was Manuelita. She married a wealthy English doctor James Thorne, who was twice her age, in 1817. She was an active member in the [[conspiracy]] against the [[Viceroyalty of New Spain|vi