Maybe so ... perhaps he was the son of King Wladyslaw III.
So I read a startling article hiszpankim dzieniku "ABC".
Different countries think of Christopher Columbus as their citizen ... among others, Italy, Greece, France and Scotland. But according to historian Manuel Rosa (who recently wrote a book called "Columbus"), he was of Polish origin.
Wladyslaw III fought against the Turks and was killed at the Battle of Varna. But Manuel Rosa (who has 20 years explores life of Columbus) thought otherwise: Władysław III of the Turks managed to escape and hid on the island of Madeira (Portugal). There he was known as "Enrique, el aleman", and married a Portuguese szlachcainką.
From this union was born Christopher Columbus, who preferred to hide their origin.
There are two arguments in support of this theory:
- Christopher Columbus married a Portuguese woman, coming from the upper class (because he, too, belonged to the same class of the Portuguese).
- Christopher Columbus had a very good knowledge of astrology and geography. Therefore, there could be a son of a craftsman from Genoa (as they say in Italy).
Manuel Rosa asked the Department in Krakow with the exhumation of King Wladyslaw III, to compare his DNA with DNA of Columbus (who is buried in Seville.)
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