Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 18th Duke of Veragua

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Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel, 18th Duke of Veragua, GE, (born 4 October 1949) is a Spanish nobleman, businessman and formerly a Spanish Navy officer. He is a direct descendant of Christopher Columbus by way of Christopher's son, Diego. From Diego, Colón de Carvajal also holds the Duchy of Veragua since 1986. As the Duchy corresponds to the present-day Veraguas Province of the independent republic of Panama, the Duke maintains close connections with Panamanian society, and serves on the advisory board of Petaquilla Minerals, a mining company. In 1986, he inherited from his father, the 17th Duke of Veragua, all of his titles after the 17th Duke was murdered by the Basque terrorist organization ETA. In 2011, his additional title as Duke of La Vega was among many to be passed on to different successors, with the new Duke of la Vega being Colón's son, Ángel Santiago Colón de Mandalúniz. In 1992, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's landing on Hispaniola, Colón de Carvajal...

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