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María de Toledo or María Álvarez de Toledo or María Álvarez de Toledo y Rojas (1490 – 11 May 1549) was a Spanish noblewoman and Vicereine and regent of the Spanish Colony of Santo Domingo on Hispaniola, present day Dominican Republic. She was the most powerful and highest-ranking noble in America in the 16th century and a defender of the ...
Diego Columbus dreamed of creating an estate society, made up of closed groups (nobility, clergy and "third estate" or "common"), based on the circumstances of birth (the family and even primogeniture —determined by sex and birth order—), and a Republic of Indians under the control of their allies, the hidalgos (without the term "república ...
Oct 10, 2007 · Other members of the Columbus family also acquired fame: Diego. Diego, the first son of Christopher and heir to his titles and prerogatives, was born at Lisbon, 1476, and died at Montalvan, near Toledo, 23 February, 1526. He was made a page to Queen Isabella in 1492, and remained at court until 1508.
COLUMBUS, Diego (c.1478-1526). Eldest son of Christopher Columbus. He was born probably at Lisbon, and came in 1484 to Spain with his father, who left him for some time with his friends at the Convent of La Rábida, while he himself went to seek aid at the Court. In 1494 he became page to the Crown Prince, Juan, and after the latter's death in ...
Ferdinand Columbus was born in Córdoba, Spain on 15 August, 1488, the son of Christopher Columbus and Beatriz Enríquez de Arana. He had one brother, Diego Columbus, from his father's earlier marriage. Ferdinand's parents never married, possibly because the Arana family lacked the social standing that was important to Columbus's ambitions.
Apr 12, 2024 · Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar (born c. 1465, Cuéllar, Spain—died 1524, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba) was a conquistador and the first Spanish governor of Cuba. Velázquez sailed to the New World in 1493 on the second voyage of Christopher Columbus. Columbus’ eldest son, Diego Columbus, later entrusted Velázquez with the conquest of Cuba under ...
Diego Colón (Columbus) 1480 – 1526. Diego Colón was the first born son of Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colón). He was thought to have been born in Lisbon or Porto Santo, Portugal. Felipa Perestrello e Moniz, Diego’s mother, died when he was 4 years old. From a very young age Diego belonged to the Spanish court as page of the prince ...
