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Miniature from the Cancioneiro da Ajuda, showing a soldadeira (right) dancing and playing the pandeiro.

María Pérez (fl. 13th-century), called La Balteira ("the Balteira"), was a Galician trobairitz and soldadeira.

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María Pérez was a composer and singer who wrote sacred plainsong, performed in the courts of Europe, and was somewhat of an adventurer.[1]

She was popular at the courts of Ferdinand III of Castile and Alfonso X of Castile, and the latter dedicated a song to her.

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  1. ^ Commire, ed. 2007. p. 1,498.

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