page_title: María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga
section_title: Juana Inés de la Cruz
hierarchical_section_title: María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga / Juana Inés de la Cruz
caption_attribution_description: Español: Retrato de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648-1695), ”copia fiel” siglo XVIII
context_page_description: María Luisa Manrique de Lara y Gonzaga, Marchioness of la Laguna, 11th Countess of Paredes was the daughter of Vespasiano Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Guastala, Luzara and Rechiolo and Viceroy of Valencia, and María Inés Manrique de Lara, 10th Countess of Paredes de Nava.
context_section_description: She was the patron of Juana Inés de la Cruz and she supported the nun and had her works published in Spain
  Sor Juana dedicated several poems to her. Just as Leonor Carreto was "Laura" in the poems that Sor Juana dedicated to her, Doña Maria Luisa was "Lysi". Octavio Paz dedicated a chapter of his book "Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz o Las trampas de la fe" (Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz or the traps of the faith) to the relationship between the virreina and the poet. Publisher Flores Raras published a compilation of poems that Sor Juana dedicated to the virreina entitled "Un amar ardiente" (An ardent love) edited by Sergio Téllez-Pon. Dona Maria Luisa also appears as a character in the movie "Yo, la peor de todas" (I, the worst of all) by Maria Luisa Bemberg and in the limited TV series "Juana Inés" aired on Canal Once.
  Sor Juana presented her play "Los empeños de una casa" (The Pawns of a House) for Maria Luisa and her husband, as well as Archbishop Francisco de Aguiar y Seijas. In the work Sor Juana includes several verses in honor of Maria Luisa such as "Divina Lysi".
  Dona Maria Luisa published the book of poems of Sor Juana "Inundación Castálida" (Castálida Flood) in 1689 in Madrid. The second volume was published a few years later in Seville.
caption: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, 1680, by Juan de Miranda
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