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What were Christopher Columbus' children's names?

Question #50291. Asked by kola123.
Last updated Oct 19 2016.

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Christopher Columbus had two children (sons): Diego and Ferdinand Columbus.

He married Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, daughter of the Porto Santo governor and Portuguese nobleman of Lombard origin Bartolomeu Perestrello. In 1479 or 1480, his son Diego Columbus was born. Fernfinand was born in 1488 to another woman, Beatriz Enriquez de Arana.

Diego Columbus
Diego Columbus (Portuguese: Diogo Colombo; Spanish: Diego Colón; also, in Italian: Diego Colombo) (1479/80-1526) was a Portuguese navigator and explorer under the Kings of Castile and Aragón. He served as the 2nd Admiral of the Indies, 2nd Viceroy of the Indies and 4th Governor of the Indies as a vassal to the Kings of Castile and Aragón. He was the eldest son of Christopher Columbus and wife Filipa Moniz Perestrelo.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Columbus

Ferdinand Columbus
Ferdinand Columbus (Spanish: Fernando Colón also Hernando, Portuguese: Fernando Colombo, Italian: Fernando Colombo; 15 August? 1488–1539) was a Spanish bibliographer and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus. His mother was Beatriz Enriquez de Arana, whom his father never married, but who was Columbus' constant companion in later life.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Columbus
link http://columbus-day.123holiday.net/christopher_columbus_2.html

Response last updated by Terry on Oct 19 2016.
Aug 16 2004, 12:35 AM
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