Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo Baquedano

	Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo Baquedano
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Birth:	3 May 1911; Izcue, Navarre, Spain
Death:	24 August 2022; Arazauri, Navarre, Spain
Age:	111 years, 113 days
Country:	ESP
	Validated

Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo Baquedano [Spanish: María Cruz Martínez] (3 May 1911 – 24 August 2022) was a Spanish supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) in 2022.

Biography[]

Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo was born in Izcue, Navarre, Spain on 3 May 1911. She got married in Arazuri, and had four children who have given her three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was widowed in 1972.

She became the oldest known living person in Navarre, following the death of 111-year-old Angeles Alava Jimenez on 21 December 2021.

Maria Cruz Martinez de Irujo died in Arazauri, Navarre, Spain on 24 August 2022, at the age of 111 years, 113 days. At the time of her death, she was the oldest known living person in Navarre, and the fifth-oldest known living person in Spain (behind Maria Branyas Morera, Silveria Martin Diaz, Obdulia Carpena Gascon, and Julia Bascunana Herrada).

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