Beatriz Enríquez de Arana

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Beatriz Enríquez de Arana (1465/70?–1521?) was the mother of Ferdinand Columbus, Christopher Columbus's younger son. The nature of her relationship to Christopher Columbus has been a subject of dispute amongst historians. Some evidence suggests that she was the second wife to Columbus. Columbus's own codicil of 1506, however, refers to her only as "the mother of his son, Ferdinand." Most historians conclude that the two never married. The Columbus family tree lists Ferdinand and Diego Columbus, Columbus's son from his first marriage, on the same branch, as Ferdinand was a "natural son" in accordance with the Siete Partidas, the law in effect at the time.

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