Fernando Enríquez de Velasco (around 1466 - 1545), 1st
Duke of Medina de Rioseco, was the 5th
Admiral of Castile.
Biography
Fernando Enríquez was the son of
Alonso Enríquez (1435–1485) and María de Velasco. He inherited the titles from his elder brother
Fadrique Enríquez when he died without children in 1538.
For his services to the Crown, he was promoted to Duke by King
Charles I of Spain
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.
He married with María Girón, daughter of
Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña
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, and had 5 children:
*
Luis Enríquez y Téllez-Girón, his successor
* Fadrique Enríquez Girón, commander in the
Order of Santiago
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and Mayordomo to King Charles I.
* Fernando, Maestrescuela of
Salamanca
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and
Archdeacon
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of
Madrid
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;
*María Luisa Girón Enríquez, married Antonio Alonso Pimentel y Herrera de Velasco, 3rd
Duke of Benavente.
*Alonso, Abbot in Valladolid
Sources
Real Academia de la Historia
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Dukes of Spain
1545 deaths
Year of birth uncertain