Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro (in full) (c. 1425 – 1492) was a Spanish

Spain

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 nobleman and military figure of the last stages of the Reconquista

Reconquista

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Fernández de Velasco was born in Burgos

Burgos

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, the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Beatriz Manrique. He became Camarero Mayor of King Henry IV of Castile

Henry IV of Castile

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, and viceroy and governor of Castile

Crown of Castile

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. In 1473 Henry IV named him sixth Constable of Castile

Constable of Castile

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 and made this title hereditary in his family.

He participated in the conquest of Úbeda

Úbeda

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 and Baeza

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, which both occurred on Saint Andrew

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's day. He also fought against the Moors in the battles of Gibraltar

Gibraltar

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 and Archidona

Archidona

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 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

Burgos Cathedral

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He married Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, with whom he had six children.

• Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías
  Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías
  Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain was a Spanish nobleman and military figure of the last stages of the Reconquista....
  
  , married
  • Blanca de Herrera, señora de Pedraza de la Sierra
  • Juana of Aragon, illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon
    Ferdinand II of Aragon
    Ferdinand the Catholic was King of Aragon , Sicily , Naples , Valencia, Sardinia, and Navarre, Count of Barcelona, jure uxoris King of Castile and then regent of that country also from 1508 to his death, in the name of...
    
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• 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....
  
  , married María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga
• Catarina de Velasco, married Pedro de Zúñiga, 2nd Count of Miranda
• Leonor de Velasco, married Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña
  Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña
  Juan Téllez-Girón, 2nd Count of Ureña was a Spanish nobleman.Juan Téllez-Girón was the third natural son of Pedro Girón, 1st Lord of Osuna and of Inés de las Casas. The children were legitimated by Papal bull on March 1466, confirmed by King Henry IV of Castile. He succeeded to the titles of his...
  
  
• María de Velasco, married
  • Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona
  • Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque
    Beltrán de la Cueva
    Beltrán de la Cueva y Alfonso de Mercado, 1st Duke of Alburquerque was a Spanish nobleman and presumed lover of Queen Joan of Portugal.-Early life:...
    
    
• Isabel Fernandez de Velasco, married Juan Alonso de Guzmán, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia

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