Rosendo Chamorro Oreamuno was born on 8 February 1862 in Granada to a very wealthy and politically influential family. His father, Dionisio Chamorro Alfaro is brother and half brother respectively to the presidents
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Alfaro and
Frutos Chamorro Perez. His grandfather Pedro José Chamorro Argüello was the army general stationed in Granada, Nicaragua. Rosendo is also first cousin to President
Diego Manuel Chamorro Bolaños, and uncle to President
Emiliano Chamorro Vargas. He is also Granduncle to
Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal, wife of President
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. Rosendo married Emilia Solorzano Gutierrez from Granada and had five children: • Enrique Chamorro Solórzano married to María Carazo Morales, they had five children • Emilia Chamorro Solórzano married to Rodolfo Vivas de Martini, they had three children • Amalia Chamorro Solórzano married to William Godfrey • Rosendo Chamorro Solórzano married to Agustina Benard Guzman, three children, and one child from Dominga Mercado • Alejandro Chamorro Solórzano married to María Teresa Carazo Morales, they had four children, later married Maria Isabel Cuadra Cardenal and had ten children. ==References==