and through her relationships. She was even accused of heresy for defending independence and for having maintained and agreement with Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and was brought before the tribunal of the Spanish Inquisition on March 22, 1811, at the same time Juan Sáenz de Mañozca was accused of sexual promiscuity. The charges were eventually dropped for a lack of evidence and after María Ignacia brought to light the lack of morality of the inquisitor, a supposed homosexual. After her trial, viceroy Francisco Javier de Lizana y Beaumont exiled her to Querétaro for a short time. She had a romantic relationship with Agustín de Iturbide, the future emperor of Mexico, over whom she exercised great political influence. Her relationships allowed her to have access to confidential documents of the era, like the letter sent from Ferdinand VII to viceroy Juan José Ruiz de Apodaca y Eliza in 1820, containing the principles of the future Plan of Iguala, proposing the rise of a popular military leader to negotiate with the rebels. María Ignacia suggested that Iturbide could be that man. Among those she counted as a friend was German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Their friendship began when she invited him to view a Nopal plantation, after which they were "inseparable". During those years also, it is recorded that while she participated at the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Charles IV, El Cababillito. she was accompanied by Humboldt. According to Artemio de Valle Arizpe, María was dressed in courtly apparel and walked on the arm of the gentleman. Love Affairs Through the intercession of viceroy Juan Vicente de Güemes and the bishop, she married José Jerónimo López de Peralta de Villar Villamil in September 1794,10 who later hit her, accompanied by a bullet impact that did not hit the mark. for which she accused him of attempted murder on July 4, 1802. José Jerónimo later accused her of committing adultery with his compadre, the canon and doctor José Mariano Beristáin y Souza and requested the intervention of the courts of New Spain and the annulment of the marriage, although he died in 1805 before obtaining a divorce. Four children were born from this marriage.1 She married for the second time with Mariano Briones, a wealthy old man, who also died a few months later, the victim of a cold due to the uncovering of blankets, María Ignacia