Estefania Carròs i de Mur
Estefania Carròs i de Mur, was a Spanish educator.
She was born to Brianda de Mur and Nicolau Carròs i d’Arborea, who was viceroy of Sardinia in 1461-1478. When her parents moved to Sardinia, she was left in the care of her aunt Isabel de Mur, who was a lady-in-waiting to queen Juana Enriquez and a governess of the princess Joanna. Estefania Carròs did not wish to marry nor become a nun, the two accepted choices for a noblewoman. Instead, she settled in a house owned by her father at Plaza de Santa Ana in Barcelona, where she established a secular school for girls from the nobility and the burgher class. Juana de Aragón, illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon, was one of her students. Her initiative was unusual for her time - in this period, schools for girls were normally convent schools. She was evidently respected for her school and had a large network of female co-workers and supporters.
