María Calderón

María Calderón
María Calderón
	John of Austria the Younger

María Inés Calderón (1605, in

John of Austria the Younger

.

Biography

María Calderón attracted the attention of the monarch upon her debut at the theatre de Corral de la Cruz in Madrid in 1627. She was at the time involved in a relationship with Ramiro Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina de las Torres, widower of the daughter of

Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimentel

. The King forced her to quit her career and installed her in a palace in Madrid. Upon the birth of her son in 1629, she lost the custody of him despite her protests. Her relationship to the king ended the same year. There were rumors at the time that her son was fathered by Ramiro Pérez de Guzmán.

In March 1642, María Calderón was forced to become a nun against her will. She retired to the monastery of San Juan Bautista of Valfermoso of the Nuns, in the Province of Guadalajara in the Utande Valley. She became abbess in 1643.^[1]

Legacy

The

highwaymen.^[2]

In music

The romanca "Marizapalos" by Gaspar Sanz, who taught the king's only recognized natural born son by Maria, tells the risque story of the niece of a priest who neglecting her studies picks flowers and accepts the love of a young man.

References

^ Madame D'Aulnoy (1930). Travels Into Spain. Oxford: OxfordCurzon, reprint of 1691.
^ "Sierra Calderona Tourism". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-03-17.

[1] Madame D'Aulnoy (1930). Travels Into Spain. Oxford: OxfordCurzon, reprint of 1691.

[2] "Sierra Calderona Tourism". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-03-17.

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