Ivanka Boteva
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Ivanka Boteva | |
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 Ivanka Boteva, mother of Hristo Botev | |
| Era | (1823 -1869) |
| Known for | Mother of Hristo Botev |
| Children | Hristo Botev Kiril Botev Stefan Botev (teacher) Boyan Botev |
Ivanka Staykova Boteva (1823 - 1869), with a post-marital name of Ivanka Botyova Petkova, was the wife of the Bulgarian teacher Botyo Petkov (1815-1869), and the mother of poet revolutionary Hristo Botev and eight other children, including general-lieutenant Kiril Botev.
Early life
Ivanka was born in Kalofer in 1823.[1] The first biographer of her family Ivan Stoychev writes in his article about her
"Ivanka is born in Kalofer in 1823 by parents Stayko Dryanov and Tota Burmova. She had three brothers Genko, Mircho, Stoyko, and two sisters Mariya, Lala. Later on, Her brother Mircho and Stoyko settled down in Kishinev, where they later took their father to live with them. They changed their family name to Topalovi."
— Ivan Kr. Stoychev, Ivanka Botyova Petkova, Article by Stoychev
Middle years
Ivanka Boteva was famous with her beauty, pride and spirit among locals. Most of her contemporaries used to describe her as a healthy beautiful woman with average height that was always busy with doing house chores.
During the Autumn of 1845, Ivanka marries the teacher Botyo Petkov, who later becomes the father of the legendary revolutionary Hristo Botev. They have nine children together.
Children
- Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary and poet
- Ana, daughter who dies 17 years old at childbirth
- Petar, dies 20 years old
- Stefan
- Kiril Botev, a general-lieutenant
- 4 other deceased children.
Later life
Her husband dies in 1869 and she remains alone to cope with hard labor in order to feed her children. In 1875, she goes to Bucharest, to work as the house clerk of Evlogi Georgiev.[1] In 1886, she comes back in Bulgaria and start living with her son Kiril Botev (1856 - 1944) who is the only one of her nine children that has heirs.[3] She passes away on the 14th of December 1911.[4]
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