Luis de Velasco y Velasco, 2nd Count of Salazar, 1st Marquess of Belvedere, (

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, 1559 –

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(present-day

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), 1625), was a Spanish military commander during the

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and the

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Family

His parents were Juan de Velasco, señor de Castrillo de Tejeriego and Beatriz de Mendoza, daughter of

Luis de Velasco, marqués de Salinas Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

. He married Anne de Hénin, daughter of Jacques de Hénin, Marquess of la Veere. He became the brother-in-law of

Íñigo de Borja Don Íñigo de Borja y Velasco (1575–1622) was a Spanish nobleman and military commander who served as governor of Antwerp Citadel. Family Don Íñigo was born at Gandía in 1575 to the prominent Spanish noble house of Borja, the son of Franci ...

. They had two children: * Juan de Velasco, 2nd Marquess of Belveder; * Anna de Velasco; married to Rasse de Gavre, 1st Marquess of Ayseau, she became grandmother of

Charles I Emmanuel, 1st Prince de Gavre Charles Emmanuel Joseph, 1st Prince de Gavre, 4th Marquess of Ayseaux, Count of the Empire (died 1773) was the first Prince de Gavre, created by Emperor Charles VI in 1736. He was the son of Rasse II François of Gavre, 3rd Marquess of Ayseau, an ...

He is best remembered for his role in the Spanish conquest of Calais (1596),

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(1622) and the failed

Siege of Bergen-op-Zoom (1622) The siege of Bergen op Zoom (1622) was a siege during the Eighty Years' War that took place from 18 July to 2 October 1622. The Spanish general Ambrosio Spinola laid siege to the Dutch city of Bergen op Zoom. Background The Spanish had besieged ...

. He became a Knight in the

Order of the Golden Fleece The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece ( es, Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, german: Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage ...

in 1622. He died from disease when he was in Dunkirk inspecting the defenses.

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Luis de Velasco y Velasco, 2nd Count of Salazar
1559 births 1625 deaths People from Valladolid 16th-century Spanish people 17th-century Spanish people Counts of Spain Knights of the Golden Fleece Marquesses of Spain Spanish generals Spanish people of the Eighty Years' War {{spain-mil-bio-stub