Luis Colón de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Veragua
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Luis Colón de Toledo, 1st Duke of Veragua, 1st Duke of la Vega, 1st Marquis of Jamaica and 3rd Admiral of the Indies (Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
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, 1519/1520/1522 – 29 January 1572), was the first son of Diego Colón
Diego Colón
Diego Columbus was the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 3rd Governor of the Indies. He was the firstborn son of Christopher Columbus and wife Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, and was born in 1479/1480 in Porto Santo, Portugal or 1474 in Lisbon, Portugal. He died February...

 and María de Toledo y Rojas, and grandson of Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
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.

After his father's death, a compromise was reached in 1536 in which he was named 3rd Admiral of the Indies and renounced all other rights for a perpetual annuity of 10,000 ducat
Ducat
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s, the island of Jamaica
Jamaica
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 as a fief, the Dukedom of Veragua  estate
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 of 25 square league
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s in the Province of Veragua
Veragua
Veragua or Veraguas was the name of five territorial entities in Central America, beginning in the sixteenth century during the Spanish colonial period...

 on the Isthmus of Panama
Isthmus of Panama
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, and the titles of 1st Duke of Veragua and 1st Marquess of Jamaica and 1st Duke of La Vega.

He married firstly in 1546 to María de Mosquera y Pasamonte, daughter of Juan de Mosquera and his wife Ofrasina de Pasamonte, and had:
  • María Colón de Toledo y Mosquera, a nun in Valladolid
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  • Felipa Colón de Toledo, 2nd Duchess of Veragua


He married secondly in Valladolid, October 19, 1555 to Ana de Castro Osorio, daughter of Beatriz de Castro Osório, 6th Countess of Lemos and Sárria
Sarria
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, and her second husband Alvaro Osorio, without issue.
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