Juana María de los Dolores na Leon Smith

**Juana María de los Dolores de León, Lady Smith** (27 Maris 1798 - 12 Oktoba 1872), matar Janar Sir Harry Smith, Gwamna na Cape Colony .

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haife ta a cikin wani tsohon iyali mai daraja na Sipaniya, ta fito daga zuriyar Juan Ponce de León .

A shekara ta 1812, tana da shekaru 14, ta sami kanta marayu kuma tare da 'yar'uwa ɗaya kawai, lokacin da aka kewaye garinsu Badajoz a karo na huɗu a lokacin Yaƙin Peninsular . Bayan mamayar ta ƙare da mummunan hari mai nasara amma mai tsanani daga sojojin Birtaniya da Portugal, 'yan'uwan mata sun nemi kariya daga rudanin mamayar, kuma suka haɗu da wasu jami'an Sojojin Burtaniya da suka samu suna sansani a wajen ganuwar birnin. Ɗaya daga cikinsu shine Kyaftin Harry Smith na lokacin, na Rundunar Rifles ta 95, wanda ta aura kwanaki kaɗan bayan haka.

Maimakon ta yarda a mayar da ita gida zuwa gidan mijinta, ta zaɓi ta raka shi tare da sojoji. Ta kasance tare da shi a duk tsawon lokacin yaƙin, tana raka jirgin kaya, tana barci a fili a filin yaƙi, tana hawa dawaki cikin 'yanci a tsakanin sojoji, kuma tana raba duk wata buƙata ta yaƙi. Kyakkyawarta, jarumtaka, sanin yakamata da kuma halinta na abokantaka ya sa jami'an suka ƙaunace ta, ciki har da Duke na Wellington, waɗanda suka yi mata magana da Juanita; kuma sojoji suka yi mata sujada.

Banda lokacin da ya yi a Yaƙin 1812, ta raka mijinta a duk lokacin da ya tura sojoji, musamman a mukamai biyu a Afirka ta Kudu, inda Sir Harry (an ba shi lambar yabo ta jarumi a lokacin) ya yi aiki a matsayin Gwamnan Cape Colony da Babban Kwamishina.

Majalisar dokoki ta ba ta fansho na £500 a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1848 domin girmama ayyukan da mijinta ya yi wa ƙasar.

Ana yi wa Juana Smith lakabi da Lady Smith bayan jarumtar mijinta, kuma ana yi mata bikin tunawa da Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, Afirka ta Kudu da Ladismith, Western Cape, Afirka ta Kudu, da kuma a kaikaice da sunan Ladysmith, British Columbia, Kanada. Tana kuma da wata hanya da aka sanya mata suna, Ladysmith Avenue, a Whittlesey, Ingila, garin da mijinta ya fito.

A wasu lokutan ana cewa Lady Smith ta gabatar da cantaloupe ( *Cucumis melo cantalupensis* ) zuwa Afirka ta Kudu, inda aka san shi da *spanspek* (ko *spanspec* ko *sponspe(c)k* ), wanda a cikin Afirkanci yana nufin 'bacon na Sipaniya' ( *Spaanse spek* ). Duk da haka, *Oxford English Dictionary* ya nuna cewa kalmar 'bacon na Sipaniya' an yi amfani da ita tun aƙalla ƙarni na sha takwas. 

## Wakilci a cikin almara
Juana Smith da mijinta su ne manyan jarumai a cikin littafin tarihi mai suna The Spanish Bride (wanda aka buga a 1940) na Georgette Heyer, wanda ya ƙunshi lokacin da ya fara tun kafin haɗuwarsu bayan Yaƙin Badajoz zuwa bayan Yaƙin Waterloo a ƙarshen Yaƙin Napoleonic . Ma'auratan sun kuma bayyana a ƙarshen An Infamous Army na Georgette Heyer (wanda aka buga a 1937) kuma an ambace su a cikin littafin tarihin soyayya na Sheila Walsh mai suna Improper Acquaintances (wanda aka buga a 1984). An kuma ambaci Juana Smith a taƙaice a cikin littafin Sharpe's Company (wanda aka buga a 1982) na Bernard Cornwell .

Duk da cewa ya fi mayar da hankali kan mijinta, Juana Smith ta kasance babbar jaruma a cikin littafin 1984 *mai suna The Other Side of the Hill* wanda Peter Luke ya rubuta, wanda ya ba da labarin haɗuwarsu da kuma shekarun farko na aurensu a lokacin ƙarshen Yaƙin Peninsular da kuma yaƙin neman zaɓen Waterloo. &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

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