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Died 30 October 1910, Madrid, Spain | ||
Cristóbal Colón de la Cerda, Duke of Veragua XVI (8 June 1837 in Madrid – 30 October 1910 in Madrid), was a Spanish Minister of Public Works during the regency of Maria Christina of Austria and Minister of the Navy during the same period and during the reign of Alfonso XIII.
Biography
He was born in Madrid in 1837, and was the eldest son of Pedro Colón y Ramirez de Baquedano, the twelfth Duke of Veragua and María del Pilar-Luisa de la Cerda y-Ghent Vilain.
The Duke of Veragua began his political career as a deputy of the Province of Ávila in the elections of 1871, was re-elected in the elections of 1872, and in 1876 he was elected deputy in the district of Puerto Rico. In 1878 he was appointed Senator and became Vice President of the Senate.
Colón de la Cerda was Minister of Public Works during the regency of Maria Cristina of Austria and Minister of the Navy during the same period and during the reign of Alfonso XIII. In 1892 he received the Golden Fleece to celebrate the fourth centenary of the discovery of America.