Christopher columbus family history

Christopher Columbus Genealogy

Parents?

If one buys the Genoa origins of Columbus, he was born the eldest child of Domenico Colombo and Susanna Fontanarossa. Their first child was Cristoforo, in 1451; later came Giovanni Pellegrino, Bartolomeo, Giacomo, and daughter Bianchinetta.

Marriage & Children

During his time in Portugal, Columbus married Doña Felipa Perestrello y Moniz, the daughter of a Portuguese nobleman around 1478.

In about 1480 she bore him a son, Diego. Soon after Diego was born in 1480 or 81, Columbus and Felipa moved to the island of Madeira from Porto Santo, where they had been living when Diego was born.

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It's believed that Columbus’ wife died soon thereafter. He moved to Spain in 1485

During this time in Spain waiting to get approval for his voyage he met another woman, Beatriz Enriquez de Arana (1465-1520), Although Columbus never married her, in 1488 she bore him a second son, Fernando, out of wedlock.

She was a peasant woman, who had