Maria la Bailadora

Spanish soldier

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Maria la Bailadora (d. after 1571), was a Spanish soldier. She famously participated in the Battle of Lepanto in 1571 dressed as a man.^[1] She is portrayed in the novel Clash of Empires: The Red Sea by William Napier.