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From: Francisco Antonio Doria <>
Subject: [BRAZIL-L] Re: Columbus' in-laws... Doubts raised by Doug (II).
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 99 08:00:33 -0000


Francisco Antonio Doria remarked:

>Now we know that Pedro Correia da Cunha met Columbus in 1480 - 1485, so it
>is likely that he was from the second marriage.

Let me clarify this `it is likely':

1) Pedro Correia da Cunha was a younger son, and as such sent to the islands to marry there, together with a grant of land.

2) He was still alive and able to discuss naval matters in the late 15th century. One of the sources I have says that he was living at Huelva, Spain, where he was reached by Columbus.

3) Several sources give him as the son of Isabel Pereira de la Cerda.

Isabel's mother Violante Pereira was born c. 1360. If Isabel was born in 1380 and married early Gomes Martins Ferreira, lord of Cavaleiros - say, around 1395 - she could be less than thirty when she married Gonçalo Correia of Farelães, who received his inheritance in 1411.

Notice that there are no conclusive documents here, so we must rely on the lineage books and on what we can infer from them.

chico



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Francisco Antonio Doria
Prix Caumont-La Force 1995
(Conféderation Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique.)
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