Complex sentence: Her father died on April 26,1798, when Micaela was two and a half years old, and her mother Louise shortly afterwards married Jean Baptiste Castillon, the 25-year-old French consul.
Split into simpler sentences: Her father died on April 26,1798, when Micaela was two and a half years old. Micaela's mother Louise shortly afterwards married Jean Baptiste Castillon, the 25-year-old French consul.