Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 6th Duke of Frías

Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 6th Duke of Frias, Grandee of Spain,[1] (8 February 1609 – 31 March 1652), was a Spanish nobleman and diplomat.

Gridario, Milan 1647

Biography

Bernardino Fernández de Velasco was the oldest son of Juan Fernández de Velasco and of María Angela de Aragón y Guzmán. He inherited the title of Constable of Castile and like his father, Bernardino was Governor of the Duchy of Milan between 1647 and 1648. He was also Viceroy of Aragon between 1645 and 1647. King John IV of Portugal was his nephew.

Descendants

In 1629, the Duke married Isabel María de Guzmán, with whom had four children. He married for a second time with María Enríquez Sarmiento de Mendoza, but they had no issue.

By Isabel María de Guzmán:

• Íñigo Melchor de Velasco, 7th Duke of Frías
• Juana de Velasco y Tovar, was married three times, with:
  • Enrique Felípez de Guzmán, 1st Marquis of Mayrena, 2nd Duque of Sanlúcar de Barrameda
  • Alonso Melchor Téllez-Girón y Pacheco
  • Juan Enríquez de Borja, 7th Marquis of Alcañices
• Francisco de Velasco, 5th Marquis of Berlanga
• Andrea de Velasco, was married twice, with:
  • Manuel Enríquez de Almansa, 10th Count of Alba de Liste
  • Lorenzo de Cárdenas, 13th Count of la Puebla del Maestre

He got also at least one illegitimate son :

• Francisco Fernández de Velasco y Tovar, marquis of Carvajal (Madrid, Spain, 1646–1716), military Governor of Ceuta and Cádiz, as well as fighting in Portugal and in Flanders, and in 1697 in Catalunya against the French troops commanded by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1654 – 11 June 1712), acting later in Barcelona during the War of the Spanish Succession, 1701–1714, against the Catalan groups supporting the Austrian pretender to the vacant Spanish Crown, later Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685–1740).

Works

• Fernández de Velasco y Tobar, Bernardino (1647). Gridario dell'eccellentissimo signor don Bernardino Fernandez de Velasco (in Italian). Milano: Giovanni Battista Malatesta &.

Notes

1. in full, Spanish: Don Bernardino Fernández de Velasco Córdoba y Aragón, sexto duque de Frías, cuarto marqués de Berlanga, décimo conde de Haro, cuarto conde de Castilnovo, décimo primer Condestable de Castilla, mayorazgo y señor de la casa de Velasco, señor de la Casa y Estado de Tovar, señor de los Valles de Soba, Ruesga, señor del Estado de Briviesca, señor del Estado de Belorado, caballero de Santiago, comendador de Yeste, primer Sumiller de Corps, Camarero mayor, Copero mayor y Cazador mayor del Rey, Alférez mayor y Caballerizo mayor, capitán general de Castilla la Vieja, embajador ante los papas Sixto V y Clemente VIII, presidente del Consejo de Italia, Virrey del Reino de Aragón (1644-1647), gobernador y capitán general del Estado de Milán (1646-1648), consejero de Estado

Sources

• Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha, Fernando de (1995). Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias (in Portuguese). pp. 329–30.
• Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2008.
• Instituto de Salazar y Castro. Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles (in Spanish). periodic publication.
• "Genealogia" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2008.