Diego Columbus

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Spanish colonial governor nobleman person viceroy

Diego Columbus was the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus who became a Spanish colonial governor in the Caribbean, notably serving as Viceroy of the Indies.

Aliases (1)

Diego Colón ×1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Spanish colonial governor → nobleman → person → viceroy →
child	Cristóbal Colón de Toledo → Luis Colón de Toledo → María Colón de Toledo →
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile →
familyName	Columbus →
father	Christopher Columbus →
givenName	Diego →
house	House of Colón →
languageSpoken	Portuguese → Spanish →
legalAction	Pleitos Colombinos against the Crown of Castile →
monarchServed	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → Ferdinand II of Aragon → Isabella I of Castile →
mother	Filipa Moniz Perestrelo →
nativeName	Diego Colón →
nobleFamily	Columbus family →
nobleTitle	Duke of Veragua → Marquess of Jamaica →
notableEvent	Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos) →
notableFor	being the eldest legitimate son of Christopher Columbus → governing Spanish colonies in the Caribbean → serving as Viceroy of the Indies →
notableWork	Construction of Alcázar de Colón in Santo Domingo →
occupation	colonial administrator → explorer →
positionHeld	Admiral of the Indies → Governor of the Indies → Viceroy of the Indies →
regionGoverned	Caribbean → Hispaniola →
relative	Bartholomew Columbus → Ferdinand Columbus → Hernando Colón →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Santo Domingo → Seville →
spouse	María de Toledo y Rojas →
successor	Luis Colón de Toledo →
territorialClaim	hereditary rights in the Indies granted to Christopher Columbus →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christopher Columbus → Filipa Moniz Perestrelo →	child
Diego Columbus ("Diego Colón") →	nativeName
Ferdinand Columbus →	sibling