Person:Manuel Vallejo Y Ortegón (1)

5th Duke of Veragua, 7th Admiral of the Indies (retroactively). He fought in northern Italy as a common soldier in a Spanish regiment, and died at Vercelli of wounds received in battle. There already had been a complete split with his family, who did not hear of his death for two years.^S1

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).