Pedro Fernández de Velasco y Manrique de Lara, II Conde de Haro

(in full, Spanish: Don Pedro Fernández de Velasco y Manrique, segundo conde de Haro, sexto Condestable de Castilla, señor de los valles de Saba y Ruesga, y de las villas de Briviesca, Puebla de Arganzón, Arnedo, Medina de Pomar, Santo Domingo de Silos, Salas de los Infantes, Villalpando, señor de Haro, Belorado, Frías, Villasiego y Herrera, Camarero mayor de Enrique IV de Castilla y de los Reyes Católicos, Merino mayor de Castilla la Vieja, Virrey y capitán general del Reino de Navarra y de las Provincias Vascongadas) (c. 1425–1492) was a Spanish nobleman and military figure of the last stages of the Reconquista.

Fernández de Velasco was born in Burgos, the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Beatriz Manrique. He became Camarero Mayor of King Henry IV of Castile, and viceroy and governor of Castile. In 1473 Henry IV named him sixth Constable of Castile and made this title hereditary in his family.

He participated in the conquest of Úbeda and Baeza, which both occurred on Saint Andrew's day. He also fought against the Moors in the battles of Gibraltar and Archidona and participated in the conquest of Granada, where he died. He and his wife are buried in the Capilla del Condestable in the Burgos Cathedral.

He married Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, with whom he had six children.

   * Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías, married

o Blanca de Herrera, señora de Pedraza de la Sierra
o Juana of Aragon, illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon.
* Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías, married María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga
* Catarina de Velasco, married Pedro de Zúñiga, 2nd Count of Miranda
* Leonor de Velasco, married Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña
* María de Velasco, married
o Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona
o Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque
* Isabel Fernandez de Velasco, married Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia

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Parents

Father: Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, 1. conde de Haro * c. 1400 Mother: Beatriz Manrique de Lara y Castilla * c. 1420

Marriages

Mencía de Mendoza * c. 1430

Children •Bernardino Fernández de Velasco y Mendoza, 1. duque de Frias * 1467 Blanca de Herrera, señora de Pedraza de la Sierra Juana María de Aragón Inés Enriquez de Sagredo Clara de Orense •Iñigo Fernandez de Velasco, 2. duque de Frias * 04.1460 María de Tovar y de Vivero, señora de Berlanga •Catalina de Velasco * c. 1450 Pedro de Zuñiga, 2. conde de Miranda •Leonor de La Vega y Velasco * c. 1450 Juan Téllez Girón y de las Casas, 2. Conde de Ureña •María Fernández de Velasco y Mendoza, 1ª duquesa de Roa * c. 1450 Juan Pacheco, 1. duque de Escalona Beltrán de La Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, 1. duque de Alburquerque •Isabel Fernandez de Velasco * c. 1465 Juan Alonso de Guzman, 3. duque de Medina Sidonia

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Titles •Counts of Haro (2)

Occupations •Constables of Castilla (1)

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Padres

Padre: Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, 1. conde de Haro * c. 1400 Madre: Beatriz Manrique de Lara y Castilla * c. 1420

Matrimonios

Mencía de Mendoza * c. 1430

Hijos

• •Bernardino Fernández de Velasco y Mendoza, 1. duque de Frias * 1467 Blanca de Herrera, señora de Pedraza de la Sierra Juana María de Aragón Inés Enriquez de Sagredo Clara de Orense
• •Iñigo Fernandez de Velasco, 2. duque de Frias * 04.1460 María de Tovar y de Vivero, señora de Berlanga
• •Catalina de Velasco * c. 1450 Pedro de Zuñiga, 2. conde de Miranda
• •Leonor de La Vega y Velasco * c. 1450 Juan Téllez Girón y de las Casas, 2. Conde de Ureña
• •María Fernández de Velasco y Mendoza, 1ª duquesa de Roa * c. 1450 Juan Pacheco, 1. duque de Escalona Beltrán de La Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, 1. duque de Alburquerque
• •Isabel Fernandez de Velasco * c. 1465 Juan Alonso de Guzman, 3. duque de Medina Sidonia

Notas Biográficas

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Titulos y Señorios •Condes de Haro (2)

Cargos •Condestables de Castela (1)

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