 Of the 8 children, Catalina and María de Lisperguer were the only girls.The sisters - who had been accused of poisoning Governor Alonso de Ribera in 1604, out of spite - had as a blood brother Juan Rodulfo de Lisperguer y Flores, killed in the battle of the fort of Boroa in 1626.Her sister, María de Lisperguer, who had been charged with murder for the attempted poisoning, was expelled to Peru.