Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga
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Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga (in full) (c. 1490 – c. 1540) was a Spanish
nobleman.
Tovar was the second son of Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
and of María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga. His original name was Juan Sancho Fernández de Velasco y Tovar, but he changed it and adopted his mother's last name in order to succeed to her titles, as Lord of Berlanga. On 10 April 1529, he was raised to Marquis of Berlanga by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
. He married María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla, with whom he had 8 children.
After the death of his first wife, he married Juana Enríquez, sister of Perafán de Ribera, 1st Duke of Alcalá. They had no issue. Tovar died in 1540.
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nobleman.
Tovar was the second son of Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, ), was a Spanish nobleman and Duke of Frias....
and of María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga. His original name was Juan Sancho Fernández de Velasco y Tovar, but he changed it and adopted his mother's last name in order to succeed to her titles, as Lord of Berlanga. On 10 April 1529, he was raised to Marquis of Berlanga by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
Charles V was ruler of the Holy Roman Empire from 1519 and, as Charles I, of the Spanish Empire from 1516 until his voluntary retirement and abdication in favor of his younger brother Ferdinand I and his son Philip II in 1556.As...
. He married María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla, with whom he had 8 children.
- Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of FríasÍñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of FríasÍñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, , , was a Spanish nobleman.Fernández de Velasco was the son of Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga and of María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla...
- Francisco de Velasco y Tovar
- Pedro de Velasco y Tovar
- Juan de Velasco y Tovar
- Inés de Velasco y Tovar, who married Jerónimo de Acevedo, 4th Count of Monterrey
- Isabel de Velasco y Tovar, who married Antonio Gómez de Mendoza, 5th Count of Castrogeriz
- Juliana de Velasco y Tovar, nun
- Bernardina de Velasco y Tovar, nun
After the death of his first wife, he married Juana Enríquez, sister of Perafán de Ribera, 1st Duke of Alcalá. They had no issue. Tovar died in 1540.