About Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar
Lived 1649 – 1716 (aged 66). Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar was a Spanish aristocrat.
Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar (1646 in Madrid – 1716), count of Melgar, was a Spanish noble and Viceroy of Catalonia.
Biography He was the illegitimate son of Íñigo Melchor de Velasco, 7th Duke of Frías and María de la Torre. His father had no legitimate sons and fully supported his career. In his youth, he fought in Portugal, Flanders and in 1674 in Catalonia against the French. He was appointed military Governor of Ceuta (1679-1689) and Cádiz (1689-1696).
Viceroy of Catalonia 1690s In 1696, he became Viceroy of Catalonia. Here he was confronted in 1697 with an invasion of French troops commanded by Louis Joseph de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme which besieged and took Barcelona on 10 August. Velasco y Tovar was relieved of his post and replaced by Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Sandoval, Conde de la Corzana.
Later life He went to live in Malaga and participated in the failed Siege of Barcelona in April 1706.
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Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar was born on 5 September 1649 in Madrid.
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Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar died on 23 March 1716 in Seville.
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Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar was an aristocrat.
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Francisco Antonio Fernández de Velasco y Tovar was Spanish.
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