Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro (in full, ) (c. 1425 – 1492) was a Spanish nobleman and military figure of the last stages of the

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Biography

Fernández de Velasco was born in

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populous municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of th ...

, the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Beatriz Manrique. He became ''Camarero Mayor'' of King

Henry IV of Castile Henry IV of Castile (Spanish language, Castilian: ''Enrique IV''; 5 January 1425 – 11 December 1474), nicknamed the Impotent, was King of Kingdom of Castile, Castile and Kingdom of León, León and the last of the weak late-medieval kings of Ca ...

, and viceroy and governor of Castile. In 1473 Henry IV named him sixth

Constable of Castile Constable of Castile () was a title of a military nature created by John I, King of Castile in 1382, as a result of the Third Fernandine War against the Portuguese and the English. The post substituted the title of ''Alférez Mayor del Reino'' ...

and made this title hereditary in his family. He participated in the conquest of

Úbeda Úbeda () is a municipalities in Spain, municipality of Spain located in the Province of Jaén (Spain), province of Jaén, Andalusia. The town lies on the southern ridge of the so-called Loma de Úbeda, a Table (landform), table sandwiched in bet ...

and Baeza, which both occurred on

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's day. He also fought against the Moors in the battles of

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and

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and participated in the

conquest of Granada The Granada War was a series of military campaigns between 1482 and 1492 during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, against the Nasrid dynasty's Emirate of Granada. It ended with the defeat of G ...

, where he died. He and his wife are buried in the ''Capilla del Condestable'' in the

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. He married Maria de Mendoza (1430-1470), daughter of

Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquess of Santillana (19 August 139825 March 1458) was a Castilian politician and poet who held an important position in society and literature during the reign of John II of Castile. Biography He was born a ...

, with whom he had seven children : *

Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías Don Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain (c. 1450 – 9 February 1512) was a Spanish nobleman and prominent military figure of the last stages of the Reconquista. The son of Fanciso Fernández de Velasco and Maria ...

(1454-1512), married **Blanca de Herrera, señora de Pedraza de la Sierra **Juana of Aragon, illegitimate daughter of

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. *

Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías Íñigo Fernández de Velasco (1462–17 September 1528), 2nd Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, and Constable of Castile (), was a Spanish nobleman. Fernández de Velasco was the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Beatriz Manrique ...

(1462-1528), married María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga *Catarina de Velasco (1450-1496), married

Pedro de Zúñiga, 2nd Count of Miranda Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning ...

*Leonor de Velasco (1453-1522), married

Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña (in full, ) (c. 1456 – 21 May 1528) was a Spanish nobleman. Juan Téllez-Girón was the third natural son of Pedro Girón, 1st Lord of Osuna and of Inés de las Casas. The children were legitimated by Pap ...

*María de Velasco (1457-1493), married ** Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona **

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*Isabel Fernandez de Velasco (1465-1496), married

Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. The name is of Hebrew origin and has the meaning "God has been gracious." It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking countries around the world and in the Philippi ...

*Mencia de Velasco.Real Academia de la Historia
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