Columbus (family)

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The family of Christopher Columbus can be traced - under the names Colombo ( Italian and Portuguese ) and Colon ( Spanish ) - from 1421 until today. Until 1578 the list of tribe was as follows:

Giovanni Colombo, 1421 in Genoa
Domenico Colombo, attested in Genoa 1421–1470, wool weaver, † after 1494, married around 1445 Susanna, daughter of Jacobo Fontanarosa
  1. Christopher Columbus , Cristoforo Colombo , Cristobál Colón (1451–20 May 1506), Grand Admiral and Viceroy of (West) India , marriedDonna Felipa Perestrelo e Moniz in Lisbon between 1474 and 1477
    1. Diego Columbus , Don Diego Colón (around 1478 - 23 February 1526), ​​Admiral of India after 1506, viceroy 1520, married Doña María de Toledo in 1508 , daughter of Fernando Álvarez de Toledo (brother of Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, 2. Duke of Alba )
      1. Four daughters: Phelipa, Maria, Juana and Ysabel
      2. Don Luis Colón (* 1521/22 in Santo Domingo , † February 3, 1572 in Oran ), 1st Duke of Veragua, Captain General of Haiti
      3. Don Cristobal Colón
        1. Don Diego Colón † 1578, 2nd Duke of Veragua, 4th Admiral of India
        2. Daughter, whose descendants are the other dukes of Veragua
    2. Fernando Columbus , Don Fernando Colón (born August 15, 1488 - † July 12, 1539), illegitimate, mother: Doña Beatriz Enríquez de Arana
  2. Giovanni Colombo; died in Genoa before 1477
  3. Bartolomeo Columbus , Bartolomeo Colombo , Don Bartolomeo Colón (* 1460 - † late 1514 in Hispaniola ), Vice-Governor of Hispaniola 1497
  4. Bianchinetta Colombo (* 1464?), Married to Giacomo Bavarello.
  5. Diego Columbus , Giacomo Colombo , Don Diego Colón (* 1468? In Genoa ? † February 21, 1515 in Seville )

About the origin of Columbus:

  1. On October 31, 1470 Domenico Colombo borrowed money from Gerolamo del Porto in Genoa; Cristoforus filius , who was over 19 years old at the time, was also responsible for this trade .
  2. The will of Christopher Columbus stipulates that the heirs of a Gerolamo del Porto from Genoa are still entitled to 20 ducats.

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