Leonor Izquierdo (12 June 1894 – 1 August 1912) was the muse and wife of the poet Antonio Machado, who met her at the age of thirteen when he was working as a teacher in Soria.

Leonor was the daughter of Isabel Cuevas and Ceferino Izquierdo, sergeant of the Guardia Civil.

[2] At 10:00 A.M. on 30 July 1909 they married at the Church of Santa María la Mayor in Soria.

After being diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis, she returned to Soria to get rest and died on 1 August 1912.

[4] Machado wrote a series of poems dealing with the loss of Leonor, but he never returned to Soria after her death.