Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos)

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The Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos) was a series of protracted legal disputes in the 16th century between Christopher Columbus’s heirs and the Spanish Crown over the rights, titles, and revenues promised to the explorer and his descendants.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court case
historical event
lawsuit
legal dispute
alsoKnownAs Columbus family lawsuits
Columbus lawsuits
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish Empire
archivesAt Archivo General de Indias
basedOn Capitulations of Santa Fe
royal grants to Christopher Columbus
concerns Christopher Columbus
Columbus family
Crown of Castile
Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
country Spain
endTime 16th century
hasCause contestation of Columbus’s hereditary rights
dispute over interpretation of royal privileges
hasEffect confirmation of some Columbus family titles
creation of the Duchy of Veragua
creation of the Marquisate of Jamaica
limitation of Columbus family powers
hasHistoricalSignificance clarified limits of private rights over overseas territories
illustrates conflict between explorers and monarchy over colonial profits
hasLanguageOfName Spanish
hasMainDefendant Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown
hasMainPlaintiff Diego Colón
Luis Colón
hasName Pleitos Colombinos
hasNameInSpanish Pleitos Colombinos
hasParty Casa de Colón
surface form: House of Colón

Crown of Spain
surface form: Spanish Crown

Columbus family
surface form: heirs of Christopher Columbus
legalSystem Castilian law
location Crown of Castile
Seville
Spain
Valladolid
relatesTo Christopher Columbus’s voyages
Spanish colonial law
colonial administration in the Americas
startTime 16th century
early 16th century
subjectOf hereditary titles of Columbus family
implementation of Capitulations of Santa Fe
revenues from American territories
rights of discovery in the New World
timePeriod Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery

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Diego Columbus notableEvent Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos)