Editing Eduardo Frei Montalva (section)

== Early life ==
Eduardo Frei Montalva was born in [[Santiago]] on 16 January 1911, the son of Eduard Frei Schlinz, a Swiss-born ethnic German from [[Feldkirch, Vorarlberg|Feldkirch, Austria]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Geni |date=12 May 1885 |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Eduard-Frei-Schlinz/6000000002286715257}}</ref> and Victoria Montalva Martínez. In 1914, his family moved to [[Lontué]], where his father had been hired as an accountant at a winery. In addition, his other two siblings, Arturo and Irene, were born. He attended the Escuela Pública de Lontué (Public School of Lontué). The winery San Pedro is still well known in Lontué and Molina 200&nbsp;km south of Santiago and was founded in 1865 by the brothers Bonifacio and José Gregorio Correa Albano.

In 1919 the family returned to Santiago and Eduardo, as a young man, entered the boarding school Seminario Conciliar de Santiago where he remained until 1922. In 1923, he entered Instituto de Humanidades Luis Campino, where he graduated in 1928, at the age of 17.

As an 18-year-old, he entered [[Pontifical Catholic University of Chile|Universidad Católica]] School of Law in 1929. For two years, he had been visiting María, the sister of his friend, Alfredo Ruiz-Tagle. He attended high school and went on to study law, graduating as a lawyer in 1933. He married María Ruiz-Tagle with whom he had 7 children. His eldest son, [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]], was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000.