{{Short description|Uruguayan political family}} {{Infobox family | name = Bordaberry family | image = | image_caption = | origin = French Basque Country, France | region = Uruguay | founded = {{ubl|1865, Durazno Department|{{Time ago|1865}}}} | founder = Jacques Bordaberry | = | estate = | titles = {{Collapsible list | expand = | framestyle = | titlestyle = | title = | liststyle = | hlist = | bullets = | 1 = President of Uruguay | 2 = Senator of the Republic }} }}The '''Bordaberry family''' is a Uruguayan political family that has been prominent in Uruguayan politics and the cattle industry. It is associated with the Colorado Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-02 |title=Matías, hijo de Pedro Bordaberry hizo su primer discurso en acto público |url=https://www.subrayado.com.uy/matias-hijo-pedro-bordaberry-hizo-su-primer-discurso-acto-publico-n927337 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=subrayado.com.uy |language=es-UY}}</ref>
== History == The Bordaberry family originated in the French Basque Country region, France.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Calderón |first=Verónica |date=2011-07-18 |title=Juan María Bordaberry, de presidente electo a dictador |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2011/07/18/necrologicas/1310940002_850215.html |access-date=2024-01-23 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref> The Uruguayan family branch is descended from Jacques ''Santiago'' Bordaberry Oyhamburu, who migrated from the commune of Pagolle to the rural area of the Durazno Department in 1865.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Un poco de historia... |url=https://www.elbaqueano.com.uy/un-poco-de-historia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128112719/https://www.elbaqueano.com.uy/un-poco-de-historia/ |archive-date=2020-01-28 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=El Baqueano |language=es-ES}}</ref> There he began to work as a shepherd of flocks of sheep until he managed to acquire a plot of land northwest of the village of Carlos Reyles, which belonged to descendants of Fructuoso Rivera.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Padrón |first=Oscar |url=https://repositorio.cfe.edu.uy/bitstream/handle/123456789/1525/Padr%C3%B3n%2C%20O.%2C%20Historia.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y |title=Historia de la educación en Durazno: Aportes para su estudio desde los orígenes hasta mediados del siglo XX. |publisher=Instituto de Formación Docente de Durazno |year=2015 |location=Durazno |language=es |trans-title=History of education in Durazno: Contributions for its study from the origins to the mid-20th century.}}</ref> He founded the "Santa María" ranch and became a stockgrower. In 1900 he began importing Hereford cattle from England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-08-23 |title=Bordaberry: Una tradición familiar desde 1865 que cada mañana “empieza de vuelta...” |url=https://rurales.elpais.com.uy/ganaderia/bordaberry-una-tradicion-familiar-desde-1865-que-cada-manana-empieza-de-vuelta |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Rurales {{!}} El País |language=en}}</ref>
In 1879, Bordaberry married Isabel Elissondo, who was also of French-Basque descent. They had five children: Santiago, Isabel, Maclovia, María and Domingo. In 1916 the family acquired the "El Paraíso" ranch, and in 1937 the first artificial insemination of sheep in South America was carried out there.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-10-06 |title=Se cumplen 80 años de la primera inseminación artificial en ovinos |url=https://rurales.elpais.com.uy/sin-categoria/se-cumplen-80-anos-de-la-primera-inseminacion-artificial-en-ovinos |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=Rurales {{!}} El País |language=en}}</ref>
Domingo Bordaberry managed the family ranch as a stockgrower, as well as a lawyer and politician.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-16 |title=Bordaberry y Un Solo Uruguay |url=https://www.carasycaretas.com.uy/columnas-opinion/bordaberry-y-un-solo-uruguay-n64534 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.carasycaretas.com.uy |language=es-ES}}</ref> A member of the Colorado Party, he belonged to the ruralist faction, which initiated the Bordaberry family's long association with rural affairs.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-22 |title=Carta abierta a Pedro Bordaberry. Las raíces de nuestro árbol {{!}} La Mañana |url=https://www.xn--lamaana-7za.uy/opinion/carta-abierta-a-pedro-bordaberry-las-raices-de-nuestro-arbol/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |language=es}}</ref> He was married to Elisa Arocena Folle, with whom he had four children between 1927 and 1931, Domingo, Juan María, Luis Ignacio and Elisa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arregui |first=Miguel |title=El peso del apellido |url=https://www.elobservador.com.uy/nota/el-peso-del-apellido-2017422500 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=El Observador}}</ref>
== References == <references /> Category:Bordaberry family Category:Political families of Uruguay Category:Families of Basque ancestry Category:First families of Uruguay