Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro
2nd count of Haro
About Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro
Lived 1425 – 1492 (aged 66–67).
Detail of the "tomb of the Condestable" in the Burgos Cathedral. 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 Reconquista.
Biography 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 Maria de Mendoza (1430-1470), daughter of Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, with whom he had seven children : Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías (1454-1512), married Blanca de Herrera, señora de Pedraza de la Sierra Juana of Aragon, illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon. Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías (1462-1528), married María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga Catarina de Velasco (1450-1496), married Pedro de Zúñiga, 2nd Count of Miranda Leonor de Velasco (1453-1522), married Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña María de Velasco (1457-1493), married Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque Isabel Fernandez de Velasco (1465-1496), married Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia Mencia de Velasco.
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Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro was born in 1425 in Burgos.
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Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro died in 1492 in Burgos.
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