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Catalina de Erauso

1592 - 1650

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Antonio de Erauso, born as Catalina de Erauso (in Spanish) (San Sebastián, Spain, 1585 or 1592 — Cuetlaxtla near Orizaba, New Spain, 1650), was a Basque nun and explorer. He also went by Alonso Díaz and some other masculine names, later taking on the name Antonio de Erauso which he went by for the remainder of his life. He is also known in Spanish as La Monja Alférez (The Ensign Nun or The Nun Lieutenant). de Erauso was originally an unwilling nun, but escaped the convent and travelled around Spain and Spanish America, mostly under male identities, in the first half of the 17th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catalina de Erauso is the 9,065th most popular politician (down from 6,853rd in 2019), the 786th most popular biography from Spain (down from 623rd in 2019) and the 265th most popular Spanish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Catalina de Erauso ranks 9,065 out of 19,576. Before her are Matteo Salvini, Jovan Divjak, Heinrich Kiepert, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Paul Giesler, and Aben Humeya. After her are Kostas Karamanlis, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Eliza Lynch, Octavian Goga, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, and Dirk VII, Count of Holland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, Catalina de Erauso ranks 12. Before her are Gerard van Honthorst, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Jacques Callot, Peter Snayers, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, and Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg. After her are Saib Tabrizi, Luarsab II of Kartli, François le Métel de Boisrobert, Étienne Brûlé, Wang Shimin, and Thomas Ravenscroft. Among people deceased in 1650, Catalina de Erauso ranks 12. Before her are Matthäus Merian, Bernhardus Varenius, Hanzade Sultan, Cristóvão Ferreira, James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose, and Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency. After her are Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Altenburg, Manuel Cardoso, İbrahim Peçevi, Jean Rotrou, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, and Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Catalina de Erauso ranks 786 out of 3,355. Before her are Pedro Cieza de León (1520), Estanislao Figueras (1819), Bartolomé Bermejo (1440), Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1911), Lucius Licinius Sura (40), and Aben Humeya (1520). After her are Massiel (1947), Carlos Sainz Jr. (1994), Félix Candela (1910), Javier Irureta (1948), Juan Alonso (1927), and Enrique Cerezo (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Catalina de Erauso ranks 265. Before her are Manuel Valls (1962), Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo (1926), Estanislao Figueras (1819), Infanta María Cristina of Spain (1911), Lucius Licinius Sura (40), and Aben Humeya (1520). After her are Enrique Cerezo (1948), Alejandro Lerroux (1864), Andregoto Galíndez (910), Sunyer, Count of Barcelona (900), Nasr of Granada (1287), and Infanta María Teresa of Spain (1882).

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