1. Diego Columbus was a navigator and explorer under the Kings of Castile and Aragon.
17 Facts About Diego Columbus
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Diego Columbus served as the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 4th Governor of the Indies as a vassal to the Kings of Castile and Aragon.
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Diego Columbus was the eldest son of Christopher Columbus and his wife Filipa Moniz Perestrelo.
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Diego Columbus was born in Portugal, either in Porto Santo in 1479 or 1480, or in Lisbon in 1474.
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Diego Columbus spent most of his adult life trying to regain the titles and privileges granted to his father for his explorations and then denied in 1500.
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Diego Columbus was greatly aided in this goal by his marriage to Maria de Toledo y Rojas, niece of the 2nd Duke of Alba, who was the cousin of King Ferdinand.
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Diego Columbus had a younger half-brother, Fernando, by Beatriz Enriquez de Arana.
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Diego Columbus was taught by Christopher Columbus's mistress, Beatriz De Arana, until he transferred to the Franciscan monastery of La Rabida, at the urging of Father Juan Perez and friar Horacio Crassocius, prominent Franciscans and occasional priests to his father.
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Ferdinand and Diego Columbus had been pages to Prince Don Juan, then became pages to Queen Isabella in 1497.
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Diego Columbus established his home, which still stands in Santo Domingo, in what is the Dominican Republic.
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In 1511 as Viceroy of the Indies, Diego Columbus commissioned Diego Velazquez de Cuellar to go on an expedition from Santo Domingo to the newly acquired Spanish island of Cuba.
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Diego Columbus's coming represented the permanent establishment of the most titled and notable family in the islands, at least for many years.
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Furthermore, Diego Columbus had the right to one-tenth of the net royal income.
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Diego Columbus sent Gonzalo de Ocampo on a punitive expedition with 200 men and 6 ships.
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That failure, blamed on Diego Columbus, meant the loss of the king's confidence.
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Diego Columbus initially planned to marry Mencia de Guzman, daughter of the Duke of Medina Sidonia.
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Diego Columbus was the daughter of Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, 1st Lord of Villoria, son of Garcia Alvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Alba, and his first wife Maria de Rojas, and had the following children:.