Person:Cristóbal Larreátegui Y De (1)

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Cristóbal Larreátegui y de la Cerda-Palafox
b.9 Jun 1837
d.30 Oct 1910 Madrid, Spain
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Name[1] Cristóbal Larreátegui y de la Cerda-Palafox
Gender Male
Birth[1] 9 Jun 1837
Marriage to Unknown de Aguilera
Death[1] 30 Oct 1910 Madrid, Spain

11th Duke of Veragua, Marquis of Jamaica, 13th Admiral of the Indies.

He served as Spanish Minister of the Interior in 1890 and Minister of Marine in 1902.

Duke Cristóbal represented the descendants of the Discoverer at the Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. He also visited Cuba and Puerto Rico, which were then still Spanish colonies, but not Santo Domingo.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Schoenrich, Otto. The Legacy of Christopher Columbus: Three Centuries of Disputes, Lawsuits, Struggles for Rewards and Inheritances, Brands by the Admiral of Aragón and Others, Spoliations by Sir Frances Drake and Others, Claims of Ilegitimates and Black Sheep, Resulting from the Discovery of America. (Glendale, California: A.H. Clark Co., 1949-50).