Person:Pedro Larreátegui Y Ventura (1)

He held the title Count of Torre Arias, and was Vice-President of the Council of Castille and a Chevalier of the Order of Alcantara. A professor of law at Salamanca University. After years of study on the case, he reopened the inheritance suit in 1765, after it had been dormant for a century. Retroactively, he was 8th Duke of Veragua, 10th Admiral of the Indies.

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).