One Hundred Years of Solitude

Aureliano


Aureliano is the last member of the Buendia family. He is the incest son of Amaranta Ursula and Aureliano Babilonia.Amaranta Ursula dies after giving birth to him.

Summary

  Name: Aureliano 
  Father: Aureliano Babilonia
  Mother: Amaranta Ursula
  Born:
  Death:
  Cause of Death: Eaten by ants
  Generation: Seventh
 
Naming

The Buendia family has a history of naming members on the names of the forefathers, but Amaranta Ursula did not want to name her son the family name because she fears the same solitary fate will consume her child. Regardless of her wishes, Aureliano Babilonia, his father names him Aureliano on the name of his great-great-grandfather Colonel Aureliano Buendia.