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Ivanka Boteva
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Ivanka Staykova Boteva (1823 - 1911), with a post-marital name of Ivanka Botyova Petkova, was the wife of the Bulgarian teacher Botyo Petkov (1815-1869), and the mother of poet revolutionary Hristo Botev and eight other children, including general-lieutenant Kiril Botev. Early life Ivanka was born in Kalofer in 1823. The first biographer of her family Ivan Stoychev writes in his article about her Middle years Ivanka Boteva was famous with her beauty, pride and spirit among locals. Most of her contemporaries used to describe her as a healthy beautiful woman with average height that was always busy with doing house chores. During the Autumn of 1845, Ivanka marries the teacher Botyo Petkov, who later becomes the father of the legendary revolutionary Hristo Botev. They have nine children together. Children * Hristo Botev, Bulgarian revolutionary and poet * Ana, daughter who dies 17 years old at childbirth * Petar, dies 20 years old * Stefan * Kiril Botev, a general-lieutenant * 4 other deceased children. Later life Her husband dies in 1869 and she remains alone to cope with hard labor in order to feed her children. In 1875, she goes to Bucharest, to work as the house clerk of Evlogi Georgiev. She passes away on the 14th of December 1911. 
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