Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, (in full, 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), (1462–17 September 1528), was a Spanish nobleman and Duke of Frias.
Fernández de Velasco was the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, and 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.
- Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 3rd Duke of Frías
- Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga
- Mencía de Velasco
- María de Velasco, nun
- Isabel de Velasco
- Juana de Velasco, nun
He took part in the Castilian War of the Communities, and led the royalist army to victory at the Battle of Villalar.
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- Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha, Fernando de (1995) (in Portuguese). Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias. pp. 329–30
- Costa Felgueiras Gaio, Manuel José da (in Portuguese). Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal. VII. Portugal: Beltroens
- Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). http://grandesp.org.uk/historia/titulos/titintro.htm. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
- Sousa, Dom António Caetano de (1946) (in Portuguese). História Genealógica da Casa Real Portuguesa. VI (2ª Edição ed.). Coimbra, Portugal: Atlântida-Livraria Editora, Lda. p. 323
- Instituto de Salazar y Castro (in Spanish). Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles. periodic publication
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Bernardino Fernández de Velasco |
Constable of Castile 1512–1528 |
Succeeded by Pedro Fernández de Velasco |
| Spanish nobility | ||
| Preceded by Bernardino Fernández de Velasco |
Duke of Frías 1512–1528 |
Succeeded by Pedro Fernández de Velasco |
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