Person:Pedro Portugal Y Ayala (1)

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Pedro Nuño de Portugal y Ayala
b.17 Oct 1676 Madrid, Spain
d.4 Jul 1733 Madrid, Spain
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Name[1] Pedro Nuño de Portugal y Ayala
Gender Male
Birth[1] 17 Oct 1676 Madrid, Spain
Death[1] 4 Jul 1733 Madrid, Spain

Duke of Veragua, Grandee of the First Class; Viceroy and Captain-General of Sardinia in 1707, Viceroy and Captain-General of Navarre in 1712, and a member of the Council of the Indies.

Last descendant in the male line of the Portugal family, and was obsessed with the idea of recovering Jamaica for Spain.

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).