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BOBELA Joaquina González García Bobela, alias Xuaca Bobela (Oviedo, 1759 - 1844), was a Spanish heroine of the Spanish War of Independence. On May 9, 1808, once the events of the uprising of the second of May in Madrid were known, together with Marica Andallón and a group of supporters prevented the secretary of the French general Murat from publishing a side. Later he performed other acts of rebidding. She was decorated by the King of Spain, who conferred on her a lifetime pension.