Íñigo Manuel Velez Ladrón de Guevara y Tassis, (1642 – 5 November 1699) was a Spanish nobleman, 10th count of
Oñate, 4th count of
Villamediana
Villamediana is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality had a population of 229 inhabitants.
In Spanish history a prominent role was played by Juan de Ta ...
, a
Grandee of Spain
Grandee (; es, Grande de España, ) is an official aristocratic title conferred on some Spanish nobility. Holders of this dignity enjoyed similar privileges to those of the peerage of France during the , though in neither country did they ha ...
, (title bestowed to his family in 1640 by King
Philip IV of Spain
Philip IV ( es, Felipe, pt, Filipe; 8 April 160517 September 1665), also called the Planet King (Spanish: ''Rey Planeta''), was King of Spain from 1621 to his death and (as Philip III) King of Portugal from 1621 to 1640. Philip is remembered f ...
in 1640), and many other lesser or more recent titles, was a Head of the Imperial Spain Couriers and Post Offices, and a Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece
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in 1687.
After 1666, he married the childless, wealthy and influential
Flemish
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widow, Louise Marie de Ligne, daughter of
Claude Lamoral, Prince of Ligne
Claude Lamoral, 3rd Prince of Ligne, Prince of Epinoy, Marquis of Roubaix and Count of Fauquemberg (8 October 1618 – 21 December 1679), was a nobleman from the Spanish Netherlands, a soldier and diplomat in the service of Philip IV of S ...
,
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
1640s births
1699 deaths
Grandees of Spain
Knights of the Golden Fleece
Counts of Villamediana
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Spanish diplomats
1642 births
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