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COUNTESS OF CHINCHON

The 'countess of Chinchón' almost always refers to one of two women, wives of a count of Chinchón:

★ The European discoverer, in 1638, of the South American native remedy chinchona bark, after whom the plant and bark are named

★ A woman the subject of a celebrated portrait by Goya in around 1800.

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