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'Inés de Bobadilla' sometimes 'Isabel de Bobadilla' (?-1543) was the daughter of Pedro Arias Dávila (1440? - 1531) and Isabel de Bobadilla, she married, in 1537, Hernando de Soto who was then named governor of Cuba and ''Adelantado de Florida''. Her husband leaving Cuba for his expedition in Florida, from 1939 to 1943, she became the only woman governor of Cuba. The Castillo de la Real Fuerza (built in 1558) in Cuba has a statue on its watchtower, representing a woman, ''La Giraldilla'',it is suggested, it was placed there to honor Inès de Bobadilla^[1] who is said to have watched every day the return of her husband.

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1. ''Castillo de la Real Fuerza''


★ ''Conquistadoras : mujeres heroicas de la conquista de América'' ; Carlos B Vega ; Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Co., 2003.

★ ''Leyendas cubanas : a collection of Cuban legends'' ; Olympia B González ; Lincolnwood, Ill. : National Textbook Company, 1997.

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★ ''Female Governors of External Territories - Acting Governor Ines de Bobadilla''