La Quintrala

La Quintrala
Born
Catalina de los Ríos y Lísperguer

October 1604
DiedJanuary 16, 1665 (aged 60)
Santiago, Captaincy General of Chile, Spanish Empire
Other names"La Quintrala"
Conviction(s)Murder
Details
Victims40
CountryChile

Catalina de los Ríos y Lísperguer (October 1604 – January 16, 1665), nicknamed La Quintrala because of her flaming red hair (similar in color to a scarlet flower called quintrala), was an aristocratic 17th-century Chilean landowner and murderer of the Colonial Era. She is famous for her beauty and, according to legend, her cruel treatment of her servants. Her persona is strongly mythified, and survives in Chilean culture as the epitome of the wicked and abusive woman.[1]

  1. ^ Muñoz, Alicia. (2009). Reading killer women : narratives of twentieth century Latin America. OCLC 460472534.