Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga (in full, es,

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Juan Sancho de Tovar y Velasco, primer marqués de Berlanga, señor de la Casa y Estado de Tovar) ( – ) was a Spanish nobleman. Tovar was the second son of

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and of María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga. His original name was ''Juan Sancho Fernández de Velasco y Tovar'', but he changed it and adopted his mother's last name in order to succeed to her titles, as Lord of Berlanga. On 10 April 1529, he was raised to Marquis of Berlanga by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He married María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla, with whom he had 8 children. *

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*Francisco de Velasco y Tovar *Pedro de Velasco y Tovar *Juan de Velasco y Tovar *Inés de Velasco y Tovar, who married Jerónimo de Acevedo, 4th Count of Monterrey *Isabel de Velasco y Tovar, who married Antonio Gómez de Mendoza, 5th Count of Castrogeriz *Juliana de Velasco y Tovar, nun *Bernardina de Velasco y Tovar, nun After the death of his first wife, he married Juana Enríquez, sister of Perafán de Ribera, 1st Duke of Alcalá. They had no issue. Tovar died in 1540.

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Juan ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, ...

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