Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos)

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The Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos) was a series of protracted legal disputes in the 16th century between Christopher Columbus’s heirs and the Spanish Crown over the rights, titles, and revenues promised to the explorer and his descendants.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court case ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
lawsuit ⓘ
legal dispute ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Columbus family lawsuits ⓘ
Columbus lawsuits ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Spanish Empire ⓘ
archivesAt Archivo General de Indias ⓘ
basedOn Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
royal grants to Christopher Columbus ⓘ
concerns Christopher Columbus ⓘ
Columbus family ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
country Spain ⓘ
endTime 16th century ⓘ
hasCause contestation of Columbus’s hereditary rights ⓘ
dispute over interpretation of royal privileges ⓘ
hasEffect confirmation of some Columbus family titles ⓘ
creation of the Duchy of Veragua ⓘ
creation of the Marquisate of Jamaica ⓘ
limitation of Columbus family powers ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance clarified limits of private rights over overseas territories ⓘ
illustrates conflict between explorers and monarchy over colonial profits ⓘ
hasLanguageOfName Spanish ⓘ
hasMainDefendant Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain
hasMainPlaintiff Diego Colón ⓘ
Luis Colón ⓘ
hasName Pleitos Colombinos ⓘ
hasNameInSpanish Pleitos Colombinos ⓘ
hasParty House of Colón ⓘ
linked to: Casa de Colón

Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to: Crown of Spain

heirs of Christopher Columbus ⓘ
linked to: Columbus family
legalSystem Castilian law ⓘ
location Crown of Castile ⓘ
Seville ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Valladolid ⓘ
relatesTo Christopher Columbus’s voyages ⓘ
Spanish colonial law ⓘ
colonial administration in the Americas ⓘ
startTime 16th century ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
subjectOf hereditary titles of Columbus family ⓘ
implementation of Capitulations of Santa Fe ⓘ
revenues from American territories ⓘ
rights of discovery in the New World ⓘ
timePeriod Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

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Diego Columbus → notableEvent → Litigation over Columbus family privileges (Pleitos Colombinos) ⓘ