sent to the royal court in Valladolid to serve as pages. Thereafter, Arana had little contact with the Columbus family, although Christopher provided her with a modest annuity after his first successful voyage in 1492.

Some stipulate that Christopher Columbus may have never married Beatriz Enríquez de Arana, possibly because of the strict social barriers that existed at the time between a nobleman and a common peasant. Other historians claim that Beatriz hailed from a noble family of small share-holders, removing any barrier she may