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Fregoso Genealogy:

The Fregoso dynasty fell in Genoa in 1492. This historical event is documented by my grandfather . It is what he calls the Universal Chronology. Some members of the Fregoso family, grandpa notes; were adventurers, soldiers and miners, who accompanied Christopher Columbus to the Western Indies. Some Fregoso family members established themselves in the city of Puebla; others chose communities around Etzatlan, Ameca, Soyotlan, Juchipila and Jalostotitlan.

This information could be tied to certain events that occurred in the city of Genoa in the XV century. There was a series of doges, whose last name were Fregoso or a variant surname CampoFregoso, who ruled the famous kingdom. Grandpa notes that the Fregoso exodus from Genoa was the result of the fall of the dogeship and it coincided with the departure of Christopher Columbus trip to the West Indies in 1492.

The Dogeship of Genoa was vacant from 1458 to 1461, as Pietro Fregoso ceded his post to France. The Dogeship returned to Genoa. The Dogeship was ruled by the Sforza family from 1488 to 1507. It is my guess that it was during this period, when the Sforza family ruled Genoa, that the Fregosos accompanied Columbus.

Recently, I became aware while reading a biography of Christopher Columbus (Bergreen, L.), that when Columbus was seven years old in 1458, a Doge named Pietro Fregoso ceded Genoa to king Charles VII of France. This event precipitated a family feud between the two most important families of Genoa; the Fregoso and Adorno familes. As a child, Columbus lived in a house owned by the Fregoso family. Domenico Columbus, who was Christopher Columbus father, was a friend of the Doge Pietro Fregoso.

Bergreen notes that Pietro was injured in the family feud and died not far from Christopher Columbus' house. One website dedicated to Columbus house notes that a descendent of Pietro Fregoso helped the Fregoso family defeat the Doge Barnaba Adorno (http://aiwcgenoa.org/columbus-house-html).

My search continues to the historical significance of these events. Although I have provided anecdotal information, there is some evidence that my family ancestors knew Columbus, and as my grandfather noted, they might have accompanied the famous explorer.

Sources: Columbus: The Four Voyages 1492-1504. Bergreen, Laurence; 2012. Wilkipedia



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