Felipa Colón de Toledo, 3rd duchess of Veragua

Felipa Colón de Toledo y Mosquera, 3rd Duchess of Veragua, 3rd Duchess of la Vega, 2nd Marchioness of Jamaica (c. 1550 – 25 November 1577 in Valladolid, Olmedo, Spain), was the second daughter and heiress of Luis Colón de Toledo, 2nd Duke of Veragua and of la Vega, and his first wife María de Mosquera y Pasamonte.[1] She was a great-granddaughter of famous explorer Christopher Columbus.

She married her first cousin Diego Colón de Toledo, 4th Admiral of the Indies, without issue. Her husband held that office, which she had inherited, in her place.

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  1. ↑ http://www.geneall.net/H/per_page.php?id=52942

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