Juliana Antoyov, an ethnic Georgian woman of Russian origin, was married to a Spanish landlady in Tifunda, Andorra, in the 16th century. She had two daughters, one of whom became the wife of a Portuguese governor and died in childbirth. Her other daughter, who became a doctor, married a Portuguese trader and later went back to Tifunda to live there, where she married another native, a Moorish gentleman, and came to the attention of Spanish priests and the Queen Isabella. The Spaniards accused her of witchcraft because her husband had taken some daughters from their harems and she was said to have raised them as her own. Isabella, annoyed by this news, and fearful that herding the witches into confinement might cause her to lose her independence, had Isabella and her men arrest Antoyov in the village of Paseo de Los Carvos (The Desert of the Kings) on her return from a trip to Morocco, where the expedition had left its baggage with instructions that all female prisoners be released without delay.
But Juliana was not taken into custody immediately. She managed to elude capture and flee to Spain where she established a colony in Morocco, on the Barbary Coast. From here on, her life would become increasingly difficult, as her country lost total control of its rebellious subjects and was ruled by the Islamic law that forbade marriage between Muslim and Christian men, and women. She would live a miserable life as a virtual prisoner within her fortress as the people, her husband and father had treated so harshly.
In 1586, however, she came into contact with Count Dracula, a powerful Roman nobleman who was busy carving his kingdom into kingdoms and conquering others, including Spain. She fell in love with him and they became lovers. However, he also desired her wealth and so in order to gain her service, he arranged for the death of her entire family so her youngest son could marry her. This was a dark and bitter secret that only Juliana and her master who killed herself in order to escape from the Dracula camp, although some sources say she tried to poison him.