Maria Balbina Regis

Maria Balbina Regis Alexandre (29 March 1902 – 20 October 2012) was a Brazilian supercentenarian whose age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography
Maria Balbina Regis was born on 29 March 1902 in Tijucas, Santa Catarina, Brazil. She had siblings. Maria married Pedro Alexander, who passed away at the age of 56. They had three children. According to her, the death of her husband was one of the saddest moments in her life. She lived independently in her home until the age of 105, after which she moved to her granddaughter, Maria Honorata Cardoso.

Maria Balbina Regis passed away around 6:00 PM on 20 October 2012 in Tijucas, Santa Catarina, Brazil. According to one of the granddaughters, Ciria Comper, doctors stated that she had a pneumonia. At the end of her life, she had 16 grandchildren, 48 great-grandchildren and 12 great-great-grandchildren.