Maria Micaela Villegas Hurtado (September 28, 1748 – May 16, 1819), known as La Perricholi, was arguably the most famous Peruvian woman of the eighteenth century.
She was a celebrated entertainer and the famous mistress of Manuel de Amat y Junyent, Viceroy of Peru from 1761 to 1776.
Their son, Manuel de Amat y Villegas, was one of the signers of Peru’s declaration of independence from Spain on July 28, 1821.