Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías

Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
Spouse(s)	María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga
Noble family	House of Frias
Father	Pedro Fernández de Velasco
Mother	Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa
Born	1462
Died	17 September 1528

Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Íñigo Fernández de Velasco y López de Mendoza, segundo duque de la villa de Frías, cuarto conde de Haro, octavo Condestable de Castilla, mayorazgo y señor de la Casa de Velasco, Caballero del Toisón de Oro), (1462–17 September 1528), was a Spanish nobleman and Duke of Frias.

Fernández de Velasco was the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, and he inherited the titles from his older brother Bernardino, who had no legitimate male issue. He married María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga, with whom he had six children.

• Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 3rd Duke of Frías
• Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga
• Mencía de Velasco
• María de Velasco, nun
• Isabel de Velasco
• Juana de Velasco, nun

He took part in the Castilian War of the Communities, and led the royalist army to victory at the Battle of Villalar.

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