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{{Short description|Spanish grandee, explorer and helicopter pilot}}
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{{family name hatnote|Colón de Carvajal|Gorosábel|lang=Spanish}}
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| honorific-prefix = [[Admiral of the Ocean Sea]]<br>[[The Most Excellent]]
| name             = The Duke of Veragua
| honorific-suffix = [[Grandee|GE]] [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|OIC]]
| image            = Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel.jpg
| caption          = The Duke of Veragua, 2011
| office           = [[Admiral of the Ocean Sea]]<br>[[Adelantado|Adelantado of the Indies]]
| term_start       = 6 February 1986
| term_end         = 
| primeminister    = [[Felipe González]]<br>[[Jose Maria Aznar]]<br>{{nobr|[[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]]}}<br>[[Mariano Rajoy]]<br>[[Pedro Sánchez (politician)|Pedro Sánchez]]
| monarch          = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]<br>[[Felipe VI of Spain]]
| predecessor      = [[Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 17th Duke of Veragua|17th Duke of Veragua]]
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| birth_name       = Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal {{indent|3}}y Gorosábel
| birth_date       = {{bda|1949|10|4|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Madrid]], Spain
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| spouse           = Isabel Elena Mandalúniz {{indent|3}}y Castelo d'Ortega{{force singular}}
| children         = {{plainlist|
* Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal {{indent|3}}y Mandalúniz
* Ángel Santiago Colón {{indent|3}}de Carvajal y Mandalúniz
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* [[Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 17th Duke of Veragua|Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal]]
* Anunciada Gorosábel {{indent|3}}y Ramírez de Haro
}}
| alma_mater       = [[Colegio del Pilar (Madrid)|Colegio del Pilar]]
| profession       = Naval officer
| branch           = [[Spanish Navy]]
| branch_label     = Branch
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| rank      = [[Frigate Captain|Capitán de Fragata]]
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'''Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal y Gorosábel''' 18th Duke of Veragua, 17th Duke of la Vega, 19th Marquess of Aguilafuente, 16th Marquess of Jamaica, 20th Admiral of the Ocean Sea, [[Grandee|GE]], [[Order of Isabella the Catholic|OIC]] (born 4 October 1949) is a Spanish nobleman, businessman and formerly an officer, helicopter pilot, and commander of a naval vessel in the [[Spanish Navy]]. He is a direct descendant of [[Christopher Columbus]] by way of Christopher's son, [[Diego Columbus|Diego]]. From Diego, Colón de Carvajal also holds the [[Duchy of Veragua]] since 1986. As the Duchy corresponds to the present-day [[Veraguas Province]] of the independent republic of [[Panama]], Colón de Carvajal maintains close connections with Panamanian society, and serves on the advisory board of Petaquilla Minerals, a mining company.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.petaquilla.com/newsrelease.aspx?petaquilla=Don%20Cristobal%20Colon%20de%20Carvajal%20Joins%20Advisory%20Board%20of%20Petaquilla%20Minerals%20Ltd|title = Don Cristobal Colon de Carvajal Joins Advisory Board of Petaquilla Minerals Ltd.|date = May 10, 2012|publisher = Petaquilla Minerals Ltd.|access-date = August 20, 2012|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140622194400/http://www.petaquilla.com/newsrelease.aspx?petaquilla=Don%20Cristobal%20Colon%20de%20Carvajal%20Joins%20Advisory%20Board%20of%20Petaquilla%20Minerals%20Ltd|archive-date = June 22, 2014|url-status = dead}}</ref>

In 1986, Colón inherited from his father the [[Cristóbal Colón de Carvajal, 17th Duke of Veragua|17th Duke of Veragua]] all of his titles after he was murdered by the [[Basque people|Basque]] nationalist and separatist organization [[ETA (separatist group)|ETA]].

In 2011, his additional title as [[Duke of la Vega]] was among many to be passed on to different successors, with the new Duke of la Vega being Colón's son, [[Ángel Santiago Colón de Mandalúniz]].<ref>[http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2011/04/20/pdfs/BOE-A-2011-7102.pdf Real Carta de Sucesión]</ref>

In 1992, to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus' landing on [[Hispaniola]], Colón de Carvajal was co-designated [[Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade|Grand Marshal]] of the [[Tournament of Roses Parade]], alongside US Congressman [[Ben Nighthorse Campbell]].

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