The Subercaseaux family is a Chilean family of French descent. They became well known during the 19th century due to their wealth amassed in Norte Chico. They have played a very significant role in Chilean mining, winemaking, politics and arts.
Main branch (c.1730–1800), the family patriarch and mining industry pioneer; married Bernarda Real de Azúa and Manuela Mercado Corbalán (1790–1859), entrepreneur and politician; married (1817–1913) socialite and philanthropist Lucía Subercaseaux Vicuña (1847–1908); married Claudio Vicuña Guerrero (1833–1907) politician and diplomat Claudio Vicuña Subercaseaux (1875–1956) farmer and politician; married Julia Ossa Lynch Victoria Subercaseaux Vicuña (1848–1931), socialite; married Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna (1876–), writer (1843–1911), merchant and politician; married Gertrudis Pérez Flores (1872–1959) politician and engineer; married Mercedes Rivas Ramírez Ramón Subercaseaux Vicuña (1854–1937), painter and diplomat; married Amalia Errázuriz de Subercaseaux (née Errázuriz Urmeneta; 1860–1930), a writer, co-founder of the Chilean Ladies League and member of the Errázuriz family. Pedro Subercaseaux (1880 – 1956), painter and Benedictine monk; married Elvira Lyon Otaégui Luis Subercaseaux (1882–1973), athlete and politician; married Margarita Donoso Foster Blanca Subercaseaux de Valdés (; – – 1965), writer and artist; married Horacio Valdés Ortúzar Francisco Valdés Subercaseaux (1908–1982), Capuchin missionary. Declared "venerable" by Pope Francis in 2014. Gabriel Valdés (1919–2011) lawyer, diplomat, academic and politician; married Sylvia Soublette (1924–2020) composer, singer, choirmaster and educator Juan Gabriel Valdés (born 1947) politician and diplomat: married Antonia Echenique Celis Maximiano Valdés (born 1949) classical musician and orchestral conductor Juan Subercaseaux (1896 – 1942), the Archbishop of La Serena. Juan Subercaseaux (1896–1942), archbishop Emiliana Subercaseaux de Concha (née Subercaseaux Vicuña) co-founder of Concha y Toro; married Melchor Concha y Toro (1833–1892) businessman, lawyer, politician and co-founder of Concha y Toro Emiliana Concha de Ossa (née Concha Subercaseaux; 1862–1905), artist model, muse and philanthropist; married Luis Gregorio Ossa Browne (1863–1917) lawyer and politician; married Mercedes Hurtado Lecaros Daniel Concha Subercaseaux (1866–1917) civil engineer Olivia de Santiago Concha, 4th Marchioness of Casa Concha (1892–1977) : married Mariano Fontecilla Varas, 4th Marquess of Montepío , 5th Marquess of Montepío (born 1924) diplomat and lawyer; married Isabel Margarita Lira Vergara (1876–1931) lawyer, philanthropist and politician; married Josefina Subercaseaux Browne
Other notable members (1804–1844), landowner and benefactor of Coquimbo Province; married Pablo Garriga Martínez and George Edwards Brown Carmela Mackenna Subercaseaux (1879–1962) pianist and composer Benjamín Subercaseaux Zañartu (1902–1973), writer and researcher. (born 1943), painter Elizabeth Subercaseaux Sommerhoff (born 1945), journalist and writer.
External links Genealogy of the Subercaseaux family @ Genealog.
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