Descendants of Cristóbal Colón
(a/k/a Cristoforo Colombo, a/k/a Christopher Columbus)

NOTE: In many cases in this lineage, you will find only one child named. The qualifier "only known child" really means the only one known to me. The sources I've used here focus on the passage of the key titles down through the generations and frequently omit to even mention younger children. If you can resolve any of those unknowns, I would very much like to hear from you!

Children of Domenico¹ Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa, all born in Genoa, were:

• + 2 i. Cristoforo²Colombo, born 1446?.
• 3 ii. Giovanni Colombo; born circa 1447; died before 1477 in Genoa.
• + 4 iii. Bartolomeo Colombo, born 1448?.
• + 5 iv. Bianchinetta Colombo, born 1464?. She married Giacomo Bavarello.
• + 6 v. Giacomo Colombo, born 1466?.

Cristoforo² Colombo also had a mistress named Beatriz Enriquez. Their only child was:

• 7 i. Fernando³ Colón; born 1488 (illegitimate) in Córdova; died 12 July 1539 in Seville; buried in Seville Cathedral.

• + 8 i. Diego³ Colón, born 1480 on Porto Santo Island. He married Maria de Toledo.

The only known child of Bartolomeo² Colombo, by an unknown woman, was a daughter:

• 9 i. ___(?)___³ Colombo; born circa 1508 (illegitimate) in Seville?; died after 1511 in Seville.

The only known child of Bianchinetta² Colombo and Giacomo Bavarello was:

• 10 i. Pantaleone³ Bavarello; born 1490 in Genoa; died after 1515 in Genoa. He married Mariola Chiegali, daughter of Domenico Chiegali.

Giacomo² Colombo had an illegitimate daughter by a servant girl in the household of his nephew, Diego, in Santo Domingo:

• 11 i. ___(?)___³ Colombo; born in Santo Domingo.

Children of Diego³ Colón and Maria de Toledo, all born in Santo Domingo, were:

• 12 i. Felipa⁴ Colón y Toledo; born 1510?; died probably between 1542 and 1548 in Santo Domingo. Unmarried.
• + 13 ii. Maria Colón y Toledo; born 1511?. She married Sancho de Cardona y Liori.
• + 14 iii. Juana Colón y Toledo; born 1512; died circa 1592. She married Luis de la Cueva.
• + 15 iv. Isabel Colón y Toledo; born 1513; died 1549. She married Jorge de Portugal.
• + 16 v. Luis Colón y Toledo; born 1522; died 3 February 1572 (in exile). He was married three times -- perhaps four times, depending on your interpretation.
• + 17 vi. Cristóbal Colón y Toledo; born 1523; died August 1571. He married 1st Leonor Zuazo; married 2nd Ana de Pravia; married 3rd Magdalena de Anaya y Guzmán.
• + 18 vii. Diego Colón y Toledo; born 1524; died 1546. He married Isabel Justinien.

Children of Maria⁴ Colón y Toledo and Sancho de Cardona y Liori were:

• 19 i. Cristóbal de Cardona y Colón; born 1545?; dsp. 6 November 1583. He held the titles 3rd Duke of Veragua, 5th Admiral of the Indies, Marquis of Guadeleste, Admiral of Aragon.
• 20 ii. Luis⁵ de Cardona y Colón; dsp. before November 1583.
• 21 iii. Maria de Cardona y Colón; died 5 August 1591. She married Francisco de Mendoza (Marquis of Guadelesti & Admiral of Aragon jur. ux.). She held the titles Duchess of Veragua, Marquesa of Guadeleste. He entered the church after his wife's death and died as Bishop of Siguenza.

Children of Juana⁴ Colón y Toledo and Luis de la Cueva were:

• + 22 i. Maria⁵ de la Cueva y Colón; born 1547?; died 1600. She married Carlos de Arellano.

Children of Isabel⁴ Colón y Toledo and Jorge de Portugal were:

• + 23 i. Alvaro⁵ de Portugal y Colón ; born 1535; died 29 September 1581. He married ___(?)___ de Córdova.

There were no children of Luis⁴ Colón y Toledo and Maria de Orosco.

Children of Luis⁴ Colón y Toledo and Maria de Mosquera were as follows:

• 24 i. Maria⁵ Colón y Mosquera; born 1548?; died between 1605 and 1610, a nun at the Bernadine Convent of San Quirce, Valladolid.
• 25 ii. Felipa Colón y Mosquera; born 1549?; died 25 November 1577 in Valladolid?; buried at the Bernadine Convent of San Quirce, Valladolid. She married 1573, her cousin, Diego Colón y Pravia, son of Cristóbal Colón y Toledo and Ana de Pravia. She held the title 2nd Duchess of Veragua.

Children of Luis⁴ Colón y Toledo and Luisa de Carbajal (all of them ruled illegitimate) were:

• 26 i. Juana⁵ Colón; born 1541 in Santo Domingo; died after 1570? in Spain.
• 27 i. Cristóbal⁵ Colón y Carbajal; born 1565 in Spain; died 1600 in Spain. [NOTE 4]
• 28 ii. Petronila Colón; born circa 1570 in Oran; died between 1651 and 1660. She married Luis de Sotomayor, governor of the fortress of Melilla, in North Africa, opposite Gibralter.

There were no children of Cristóbal⁴ Colón y Toledo and Leonor Zuazo.

Children of Cristóbal⁴ Colón y Toledo and Ana de Pravia were:

• 29 i. Diego⁵ Colón y Pravia; born circa 1551 in Santo Domingo; dsp. 27 January 1578; buried at the Bernadine Convent of San Quirce, Valladolid. He married 1573, his cousin, Felipa Colón y Mosquera, daughter of Luis Colón y Toledo and Maria de Mosquera. He held the titles 2nd Duke of Veragua, 4th Admiral of the Indies, Marquis of Jamaica. He was the last direct male descendant of the Discoverer. [NOTE 6]
• + 30 ii. Francisca Colón y Pravia; born circa 1552; died April 1616. She married Diego de Ortegón.

• + 31 i. Maria⁵ Colón y Anaya; died before 1604. She married Luis de Avila.

• 32 i. Marcelina⁵ Colón; died after 1578 in Santo Domingo? She married Hernando de Padilla, son of Captain Adriano de Padilla.

There were no children of Diego⁴ Colón y Toledo and Isabel Justinien.

Diego⁴ Colón y Toledo had four children, all illegitimate:

• 33 i. ___(son)___⁵ Colón; born circa 1508 in Burgos, to Constanza Rosas.
• 34 i. Cristóbal⁵ Colón; born circa 1508 (mother unknown); died after 1523.
• 35 ii. Francisco Colón; born after 1510 in Santo Domingo; died 1546 in Veragua (killed by Indians).
• 36 iii. Francisco Colón; born 1546 in Santo Domingo. He married Violante ___(?)___.

The only known child of Maria⁵ de la Cueva y Colón and Carlos de Arellano was:

• + 37 i. Juana⁶ de Arellano y de la Cueva, married Francisco Pacheco de Córdova.

Children of Alvaro⁵ de Portugal y Colón and ___(?)___ de Córdova were:

• + 38 i. Jorge Alberto⁶ de Portugal y Córdova; born 1566; died 1589. He married ___(?)___ de Vicentelo.
• + 39 ii. Nuño de Portugal y Córdova; born 1568 in Seville; died 9 March 1622 in Madrid. He married ___(?)___ de Bastida.

Children of Francisca⁵ Colón y Pravia and Diego de Ortegón were:

• + 40 i. Guiomar⁶ de Ortegón y Colón; died 1621. She married Diego de Portugal y Botti.
• + 41 ii. Jacoba de Ortegón y Colón; died April? 1618. She married Francisco Vallejo Vela.
• + 42 iii. Ana de Ortegón y Colón. She married Baltasar de Alamos.
• + 43 iv. Josefa de Ortegón y Colón. She married Francisco Paz de la Serna.
• 44 v. Maria de Ortegón y Colón.
• 45 vi. Francisca de Ortegón y Colón.
• 46 vii. Catalina de Ortegón y Colón; died a nun at the Convent of St. Isabel, Olmedo.
• 47 viii. Isabel de Ortegón y Colón; died a nun at the Convent of St. Isabel, Olmedo.
• 48 ix. ___(?)___ de Ortegón y Colón; died before April 1616.

Children of Maria⁵ Colón y Anaya and Luis de Avila were:

• 49 iii. Cristóbal de Avila y Colón; born 30 June [or 27 August?] 1579 in Santo Domingo; died 1580.
• 50 iv. Luis de Avila y Colón; born 15 September 1582 in Santo Domingo; dsp. 2 July 1633. Retroactively, he was 4th Duke of Veragua, 6th Admiral of the Indies.
• 51 ii. Juana de Avila y Colón; died young?.
• 52 i. Maria⁶ de Avila y Colón; died between 1596 and 1621.
• 53 v. Magdalena de Avila y Colón; baptized 20 July 1591 in Santo Domingo; died after 1621.

Children of Juana⁶ de Arellano y de la Cueva and Francisco Pacheco de Córdova were:

• + 54 ii. Carlos Pacheco de Córdova y Arellano; born 1602 in Guadalajara. He married Juana Maria Torres y Portugal.
• + 55 i. Nuño⁷ Pacheco de Córdova y Arellano. He married Maria de Mendoza.

Children of Jorge Alberto⁶ de Portugal y Córdova and ___(?)___ de Vicentelo were:

• + 56 i. Leonor⁷ de Portugal y Vicentelo. She married 1st Fernando de Castro. She married 2nd Diego Carrillo de Mendoza y Pimental.

Children of Nuño⁶ de Portugal y Córdova and ___(?)___ de Bastida were:

• + 57 i. Alvaro Jacinto⁷ de Portugal y la Bastida; born 1596. He married his cousin, Catarina de Castro y Portugal.

Children of Guiomar⁶ de Ortegón y Colón and Diego de Portugal y Botti were:

• 58 i. Diego⁷ de Portugal y Ortegón; dsp. 1 October 1627.
• 59 ii. Francisca de Portugal y Ortegón; died 30 November 1630. Unmarried.
• + 60 iii. Ana Francisca de Portugal y Ortegón. She married Diego de Cárdenas y Balda.

Children of Jacoba⁶ de Ortegón y Colón and Francisco Vallejo Vela were:

• 61 i. Antonio Diego⁷ Vallejo y Ortegón; died in infancy.
• 62 ii. Manuel Antonio Vallejo y Ortegón; born 10 January 1617 in Olmeda; dsp. 20 May 1641 in Vercelli, Italy, of wounds received in battle. Retroactively, he was 5th Duke of Veragua, 7th Admiral of the Indies. [NOTE 8]

The only known child of Ana⁶ de Ortegón y Colón and Baltasar de Alamos was:

• 63 i. Teresa⁷ de Alamos y Ortegón. She married Garcia Tello de Sandoval.

The only known child of Josefa⁶ de Ortegón y Colón and Francisco Paz de la Serna was:

• + 64 i. Josefa⁷ Paz de la Serna y Ortegón. She married Martin de Larreátegui.

Children of Carlos⁷ Pacheco de Córdova y Arellano and Juana Maria Torres y Portugal were:

• 65 i. Francisco Domingo Pacheco; born 24 February 1639. He followed his father as Governor of Nueva Galicia in Mexico and has numerous descendants in the Spanish nobility.
• + 66 ii. Juana Teresa⁸ Pacheco. She married Manuel Exarch de Belvis.

The only known child of Nuño⁷ Pacheco de Córdova y Arellano and Maria de Mendoza was:

• + 67 i. Maria⁸ Pacheco de Córdova y Mendoza. She married Gaspar Ibañez.

The only known child of Leonor⁷ de Portugal y Vicentelo and Fernando de Castro was:

• 68 i. Catarina⁸ de Castro y Portugal. She married her cousin, Alvaro Jacinto de Portugal y la Bastida, son of Nuño de Portugal y Córdova and ___(?)___ de Bastida.

• 69 i. ___(?)___⁸ Carillo de Mendoza y Portugal.

The only known child of Alvaro Jacinto⁷ de Portugal y la Bastida and Catarina de Castro y Portugal was:

• + 70 i. Pedro Nuño⁸ de Portugal y Castro; born 13 December 1618 in Madrid; died 13 December 1673 in Mexico City. He married ___(?)___ de la Cueva.

Children of Ana Francisca⁷ de Portugal y Ortegón and Diego de Cárdenas y Balda were:

• + 71 i. Lorenza⁸ de Cárdenas y Portugal. She married Luis Enriques.
• 72 ii. Catarina de Cárdenas y Portugal. She married Francisco Tutavilla.
• 73 iii. Francisca de Cárdenas y Portugal. She married Francisco Tello.

Josefa⁷ Paz de la Serna y Ortegón and Martin de Larreátegui had 7 sons and 1 daughter, including:

• + 74 i. Diego⁸ de Larreátegui y Paz de la Serna; born 15 August 1640. He married Esperanza de Carvajal.
• + 75 ii. Francisco de Larreátegui y Paz de la Serna; born May 1646 in Madrid. He married ___(?)___ de Ventura de Angulo.

The only known child of Juana Teresa⁸ Pacheco and Manuel Exarch de Belvis was:

• + 76 i. Francisca Maria⁹ Exarch de Belvis ; born 1666. She married Francisco Belvis de Moncada.

With 3 other sons, Maria⁸ Pacheco de Córdova y Mendoza and Gaspar Ibañez had:

• 77 i. Josef⁹ Ibañez y Pacheco (who had three sons).

The only known child of Pedro Nuño⁸ de Portugal y Castro and ___(?)___ de la Cueva was:

• + 78 i. Pedro Manuel⁹ de Portugal y la Cueva; born 25 December 1651; died 10 September 1710 in Madrid. He married ___(?)___ de Ayala.

The only known child of Lorenza⁸ de Cárdenas y Portugal and Luis Enriques was a daughter, name unknown:

• 79 i. ___(?)___⁹ Enriques y Cárdenas, who married the Duke of Arce (name unknown).

The only known child of Diego⁸ de Larreátegui y Paz de la Serna and Esperanza de Carvajal was:

• 80 i. Martin⁹ de Larreátegui y Carvajal; dsp. 29 August 1741. He was a cavalry officer, and was retroactively 7th Duke of Veragua, 9th Admiral of the Indies.
• 81 ii. Ana de Larreátegui y Carvajal; died 1771, a nun.

The only known child of Francisco⁸ de Larreátegui y Paz de la Ser and ___(?)___ de Ventura de Angulo was:

• + 82 i. Pedro Isidero⁹ de Larreátegui y Ventura de Angulo; born 13 May 1695; died 14 February 1770. He married ___(?)___ de Embrún.

Children of Francisca Maria⁹ Exarch de Belvis and Francisco Belvis de Moncada were:

• + 83 i. Josef Vincente¹⁰ Belvis de Moncada; born 1690. He married Ollala Ibañez de Mendoza.

Children of Pedro Manuel⁹ de Portugal y la Cueva and ___(?)___ de Ayala were:

• 84 i. Pedro Nuño¹⁰ de Portugal y Ayala; born 17 October 1676 in Madrid; died 4 July 1733 in Madrid. He held the titles Duke of Veragua, Grandee of the First Class. He was Viceroy and Captain-General of Sardinia in 1707, Viceroy and Captain-General of Navarre in 1712, and a member of the Council of the Indies. He was the last descendant in the male line of the Portugal family, and was obsessed with the idea of recovering Jamaica for Spain.
• + 85 ii. Catalina de Ventura y Portugal de Ayala; born 14 July 1690; died 1740. She married James Stewart (her 2nd husband?).

Children of Pedro Isidero⁹ de Larreátegui y Ventura de Angulo and ___(?)___ de Embrún were:

• + 86 i. Mariano¹⁰ de Larreátegui y Embrún, married ___(?)___ de Ramirez de Baquedano.

The only known child of Josef Vincente¹⁰ Belvis de Moncada and Ollala Ibañez de Mendoza was:

• + 87 i. Pascual Benito¹¹ Belvis de Moncada; born 1727; died 1781. He married Florentina Pizarro Picolomini.

Children of Catalina¹⁰ de Ventura y Portugal de Ayala and James Stewart were:

• + 88 i. Jacobo Francisco Eduardo¹¹ Stewart y Portugal; born 28 December 1718; died 1785. He married Maria Teresa de Silva.

The only known children of Mariano¹⁰ de Larreátegui y Embrún and ___(?)___ de Ramirez de Baquedano was:

• + 89 i. Pedro¹¹ de Larreátegui y Ramirez de Baquedano; born 9 September 1801; died 1866. He married ___(?)___ de la Cerda y Palafox.

Children of Pascual Benito¹¹ Belvis de Moncada and Florentina Pizarro Picolomini were:

• 90 i. Juan de la Cruz¹² Belvis de Moncada (a/k/a Moncada y Colón); born 1756. He held the titles Marquis of Belgida & Villamayor, Grandee of Spain.

Children of Jacobo Francisco Eduardo¹¹ Stewart y Portugal and Maria Teresa de Silva were:

• + 91 i. Carlos Fernando¹² Stewart y Silva; born 25 March 1752. He married Catalina Augusta (Carlota) von Stolberg.

Children of Pedro¹¹ de Larreátegui y Ramirez de Baquedano and ___(?)___ de la Cerda y Palafox were:

• + 92 i. Cristóbal¹² de Larreátegui y de la Cerda-Palafox; born 9 June 1837 in Madrid; died 30 October 1910 in Madrid. He married ___(?)___ de Aguilera.

Children of Carlos Fernando¹² Stewart y Silva and Catalina Augusta (Carlota) von Stolberg were:

• 93 i. Jacobo Felipe Carlos¹³ Stewart y Stolberg; born 25 February 1773 in Paris. He married Maria Teresa de Silva y Palafox. He held the title Duke of Veragua and was the ancestor of the present family of Berwick-Alba.

Children of Cristóbal¹² de Larreátegui y de la Cerda-Palafox and ___(?)___ de Aguilera were:

• 94 i. Cristóbal Colón y Aguilera; born 12 September 1878; dsp. (murdered) 10 August 1937. He held the titles 12th Duke of Veragua, Marquis of Jamaica, 14th Admiral of the Indies. [NOTE 11]
• 95 ii. Genaro¹³ Colón y Aguilera; died in infancy.
• + 96 iii. Maria del Pilar Colón y Aguilera. She married Manuel de Carvajal y Hurtado de Mendoza.

Maria del Pilar¹³ Colón y Aguilera and Manuel de Carvajal y Hurtado de Mendoza had 2 sons and 5 daughters, including:

• + 97 i. Ramón¹⁴ Carvajal y Colón; born 21 September 1898; died 21 January 1941. He married ___(?)___ de Maroto.

Children of Ramón¹⁴ Carvajal y Colón and ___(?)___ de Maroto were:

• + 98 i. Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Maroto; born 29 January 1925. He married Anunciada Gorosabel y Ramirez de Haro.
• 99 ii. Juan Manuel Colón de Carvajal y Maroto; born 1926?
• 100 iii. Eulalia¹⁵ Colón de Carvajal y Maroto; born 1930-1932?
• 101 iv. José Ramón Colón de Carvajal y Maroto; born 1937?

Children of Cristóbal¹⁵ Colón de Carvajal y Maroto and Anunciada Gorosabel y Ramirez de Haro include:

"Veragua" is today the western part of Panama, near the Costa Rican border. An end to the peaceful rule of the Colón family as marquises of Jamaica came in 1655 when Cromwell, having declared war on Spain, sent a fleet to the West Indies under Admiral William Penn, father of the founder of Pennsylvania. Penn captured Jamaica in June 1655 and the last Spanish settlers were evicted in 1658. Britain thereby deprived the descendants of the Discoverer of their principal assets. The dukes of Veragua continued their income from the revenues of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines until the U.S. war with Spain in 1898. As a last irony, the Spanish commissioners proposed in the draft Peace Treaty that the U.S. take over responsibility for the Veragua annuity in the amount of $7,400 per year, but this was rejected by the American commissioners.