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Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza (1566 – 2 January 1614) was a member of the Spanish nobility a family connection of the Duke of Lerma and religious poet and writer.Carvajal y Mendoza’s parents died when she was young. The Jaraicejo native moved to live with her uncle and aunt in Pamplona. Because she did not wish to marry after her uncle’s death she lived a holy life by herself and a few servants in Madrid claiming her inheritance against her brother through a legal suit.