Person:Mariano Larreátegui Y Embrún (1)

Superintendent of Police of the Kingdom and Superintendent of Police of the Kingdom and a member of the Council of Castille. He became 9th Duke of Veragua, Marquis of Jamaica, and 11th Admiral of the Indies in 1790, by decision of the court.

Mariano continued his father's reopened suit. Finally, on 16 June 1790, the court reversed the judgment of 1664 and awarded him and his heirs the Columbus estate and titles; the judgment was reaffirmed 20 March 1793 and again on 9 January 1796. His descendants still hold all the titles noted above.

1. ↑ 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).