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The Patricians: Prince Segismundo Henrique Jogaila, a.k.a. Christopher Columbus, Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Viceroy and Governor of the Indies (before 1451 - 1506) - Corsair, Navigator, Maritime Explorer, Coloniser - Author's 12th Cousin 17x Removed

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The longstanding belief that Christopher Columbus originally hailed from Genoa has recently been substantially challenged by Portuguese historian Manuel da Silva Rosa. Accordingly to results of his research, as set forth in his book entitled Colon: La Historia Nunca Contada , Columbus was of European/Byzantine royal descent. According to my research, Segismundo was born in Madeira, Portugal. His father, King Władysław III Jogaila of Poland, became a knight of Saint Catharine of Mount Sinai after fleeing to Jerusalem following his defeat at the Battle of Varna in l444. (History has maintained he was captured and beheaded by the Ottoman Turks, but neither his body nor his battle armor was ever discovered.) He lived for a time afterward as a Christian corsair before taking refuge on a Madeira archipelago island after his ship was sunk during a sea battle. Fearing the Ottoman Turks would hunt him down and kill him, he assumed the public identity of a German and became locally known as Henrique the German. King Afonso V of Portugal, who was his cousin, later gave him land on the Cabo Girão district of the Madeira Islands.

In Saudades da Terra by Gaspar Frutuoso, Henrique is described as follows:

"…Henrique Allemão, legendary person of the primitive times of colonization of this island of Madeira. Of him they said he was a Polish prince and that, having lost in 1444 a battle in Varna to Ladislaus IV of Hungary against Amurato II, he made a vow to travel the land as a knight onboard the carrack Santa Catarina do Monte Sinai. Arriving on the island of Madeira, João Gonçalo Zarco gave him, the area that was later called Madalena do Mar, a large unseeded plot of land, which was later confirmed by Infante Henrique on 29 April 1457, and by Afonso V on the 18 May of the same year. With effect, Henrique Allemão there founded a large populated farm, with chapel to the invocation of Santa Maria Madalena, which resulted in the localities name. He married the Lady Annes, and died disasteriously when he was crushed by falling rocks from Cabo Girão fell on his boat, as he returned from the city of Funchal to Madalena. His wife later married João Rodrigues de Freitas. Still now there is, above the village of Ponta do Sol, a Fajã do Allemão, that the people corruptly cultivate lemon."

The following are factual claims about the real Columbus as set forth in Rosa's book:

-Columbus married Filipa Moniz Perestrelo. Filipa was not only daughter of a high noble and Captain of the Portuguese Island of Porto Santo, but also a member of the elite Portuguese Military Order of Santiago
-Cristobal Colon’s noble wife: Filipa Moniz was one of the twelve elite “donnas” of the Portuguese Military Order of Santiago.
-Colon was descended from legendary Roman General Colonius (not listed in wikipedia List of Roman Generals).
-Columbus never wrote in Italian or Genoese [not even to his brothers].
-Columbus’ writings were: rough Castilian punctuated by noteworthy and frequent Portuguese words.
-Prof. José Lorente’s DNA studies prove that the discoverer Cristóbal Colón’s DNA did not match any of 477 Colombo families from the Genoa area.
-Colón was a royal prince, son of a Portuguese noblewoman from the Italian Colonna family and a man named Henrique Alemão (Henry the German) resident on the Portuguese island of Madeira.
-Henrique Alemão (Henry the German) = false moniker of Wladyslaw III used for hiding on Madiera Island (presumably from the Ottomans.)
-1498 Will and later Genoese documents proved to be forgeries/fakes.
-Prince Georges Paleologue de Bissipat, an exiled Byzantine nobleman living in France nicknamed “Colombo the Younger”, said to be a relative of Christopher Columbus was also a relative of King Wladyslaw III.

Unfortunately, the book is currently only available in Portuguese print.

In his teens Columbus became a protégé of Colombo (or Colon) the Younger, who was then in self-imposed exile with his family to Genoa after the abdication of their rulership of Byzantium to the Ottoman Turks. Born Georges Paléologue de Bissipat, he was the descendant of one of the most powerful and longest-lasting dynasties in the history of Byzantium. It appears he became a corsair for awhile before serving as an officer in the French Royal Navy. It's likely Columbus assumed his name, perhaps in representation of himself as Georges' son or nephew. Colombo the Younger achieved the rank of vice-admiral and afterward the king bestowed on him the title of vicomte of Falaise and a grant of land in Oise, France.

During their lifetimes Columbus and his sons maintained they were descendants of Greek royalty and Colombo the Younger was thus their cousin. Since specifics were never mentioned (perhaps for fear that Ottoman Turks would discover their real identity and exact revenge on them), scholars generally dismissed the claim even to this day. However, my own research clearly shows that Prince Segismundo Henrique Jogaila was indeed a direct descendant of ancient Byzantine Greek royalty. Thus, Colombo the Younger would have been his cousin. Furthermore, Segismundo was a descendant of Russian Greek Byzantine royalty, whose descendants came to rule Lithuania and later Poland. Moreover, both Colombo the Younger and Columbus frequently visited many royal courts, including Ferdinand and Isabella's Spanish Royal Court (whose actual underwriting of Columbus' voyages to America may not have a factual basis in reality), throughout Europe as courtiers rather than invited plebian guests.

The standard image of Columbus' physical appearance largely revolves around his depiction in an oil painting completed by Sebastiano del Piombo (1485–1547) thirteen years after his death. The Columbus shown in the painting is clearly different from his physical appearance as shown in a painting of him done when he was alive (see 1st image shown above). In actuality, Columbus was tall (well over 6 ft. in height) and muscularly built. Coupled with his blond hair, he would have appeared in life as an Anglo-saxon in ethnicity as opposed to the distinquished-looking Italian represented in del Piombo's painting (which now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City).

Prince Segismundo was an agnatic descendant of “Odin” Fridulfsson, King of Scandinavia (50 BC - 30 AD), and a direct descendant of Rurik “The Viking”, 1st Tsar of Russia (830 - 879).

Prince Segismundo Henriques Jogaila (a.k.a. Christopher Columbus)
Birth before 1451 in Madeira, Portugal
Death 20 May 1506 in Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain

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FAB PEDIGREE: Wladislaw II Jagiello, King of Poland
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Christopher Columbus
Birth 26 AUG 1451 in Vico Dellolivella, Genoa, Italy
Death 29 MAY 1506 in Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain

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Georges Paleologue de Bissipat (a.k.a. Colon (Colombo) the Younger; Giorgio Griego, Zorzi Greco "le Grec"), vicomté of Falaise, Admiral of French Royal Navy
Birth 1425 in Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey
Death 1496 in Troissereux, Oise, Picardie, France

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Afonso V Duartes "O Africano", Rei de Portugal e do Algarve, de Avis-Joãnina, KG
Birth 1432 in Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal
Death 1481 in Sintra, Lisboa, Portugal

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Charles VIII Valois, King of France
Birth 30 Jun 1470 in Chateau d'Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
Death 7 Apr 1498 in Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France

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FAB PEDIGREE: Charles VIII Valois
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Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_...

Charles VI "Le Bien" Valois, King of France
Birth 3 Dec 1368 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Death 22 Oct 1422 in Paris, Paris, Ile-de-France, France

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8th cousin 16x removed VALOIS-BOHEMIA-CAPET-PLANTAGENET-HOWARD-WOOD
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Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_...