During her lifetime, Catalina de Erauso had been a soldier, nobleman's personal assistant, settler and gambler except a nun.
Erauso was conceived in the Basque town of San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain, in either 1585 (as indicated by certain sources including an alleged life account of 1626) or February 10, 1592 (as per a baptismal certificate).Erauso's folks were Miguel de Erauso and Maria Pérez de Arce Gallarraga, both of whom had been conceived and lived in San Sebastián. Miguel was a captain and military officer of the Basque area compelled of King Philip III of Spain. Since the beginning, Erauso prepared with him and siblings in human expressions of fighting.
