Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías

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Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
Born1462
Died(1528-09-17)17 September 1528
Noble familyHouse of Frias
Spouse(s)María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga
FatherPedro Fernández de Velasco
MotherMencía de Mendoza y Figueroa

Íñigo Fernández de Velasco (1462–17 September 1528), 2nd Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, and Constable of Castile (Spanish: Don Íñigo Fernández de Velasco y López de Mendoza, segundo duque de la villa de Frías, cuarto conde de Haro, octavo Condestable de Castilla, mayorazgo y señor de la Casa de Velasco, Caballero del Toisón de Oro), was a Spanish nobleman.

Fernández de Velasco was the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa. He inherited the titles from his older brother Bernardino, who had no legitimate male issue. He married María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga, with whom he had six children.

He took part in the Revolt of the Comuneros, leading the royalist army to crushing victory at the Battle of Villalar.

Sources

  • Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha, Fernando de (1995). Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias (in Portuguese). pp. 329–30.
  • Costa Felgueiras Gaio, Manuel José da. Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal (in Portuguese). Vol. VII. Portugal: Beltroens.
  • Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  • Sousa, Dom António Caetano de (1946). História Genealógica da Casa Real Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Vol. VI (2ª Edição ed.). Coimbra, Portugal: Atlântida-Livraria Editora, Lda. p. 323.
  • Instituto de Salazar y Castro. Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles (in Spanish). periodic publication.
Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
House of Velasco
Born: 1462 Died: 17 September 1528
Military offices
Preceded by Constable of Castile
1512–1528 		Succeeded by
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Duke of Frías
1512–1528 		Succeeded by


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