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{{Short description|Grandson of Christopher Columbus}}
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{{family name hatnote|'''Colón'''|'''Álvarez de Toledo'''|lang=Spanish}}
'''Luis Colón y Álvarez de Toledo, 1st Duke of Veragua, 1st Duke of la Vega, 1st Marquess of Jamaica''' (c. 1519/1520/1522  – 29 January 1572), was the first son of [[Diego Colón]] and [[María de Toledo y Rojas|María Álvarez de Toledo y Rojas]], and grandson of [[Christopher Columbus]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Luis Colon de Toledo , 3. almirante das Índias, * 1522 {{!}} Geneall.net |url=https://geneall.net/es/name/49301/luis-colon-de-toledo-3-almirante-das-indias/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=geneall.net}}</ref>
After his father's death, a compromise was reached in the [[pleitos colombinos]] 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]]s, the island of [[Jamaica]] as a fief, the [[Dukedom of Veragua]]  [[Estate (house)|estate]] of 25 square [[League (unit)|league]]s in the province of [[Veragua]] on the [[Isthmus of Panama]], 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]]
* [[Felipa Colón de Toledo, 2nd Duchess of Veragua]]
He married secondly in Valladolid, on 19 October 1555, to Ana de Castro Osorio, daughter of Beatriz de Castro Osório, 6th Countess of [[Lemos]] and [[Sárria]], and her second husband Alvaro Osorio, without issue.
==See also==
*[[Pleitos colombinos]]
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