Luisa Sigea de Velasco, also known as Luisa Sigeia, Luisa Sigea Toledana and in the Latinized form Aloysia Sygaea Toletana, was a poet and intellectual, one of the major figures of Spanish humanism.
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Luisa Sigea de Velasco, also known as Luisa Sigeia, Luisa Sigea Toledana and in the Latinized form Aloysia Sygaea Toletana, was a poet and intellectual, one of the major figures of Spanish humanism. She spent a good part of her life at the Portuguese court in the service of Maria of Portugal (1521-1577), as her lady-in-waiting and Latin teacher.
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SpainCategory
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Writer / Author
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deceased
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Lived 1522 to 1560 · aged 38
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