 In September 1626, at the age of 22, Catalina entered into a marriage of convenience with the Spanish colonel Alonso Campofrío de Carvajal y Riberos.He was the 42-year-old successor to Maule whose family descended from the Counts of Urgell and the House of Barcelona.The priest who married them was Pedro de Figueroa; the legend says that Catalina never forgave him and tried to assassinate him, although according to another version she fell in love with the him and harassed him to the point of exhaustion, but to no avail.