Íñigo Fernández de Velasco y Girón, 4th Duke of Frías

Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Íñigo Fernández de Velasco y Girón, cuarto duque de Frías, segundo marqués de Berlanga, sexto conde de Haro, segundo conde de Castilnovo, Condestable de Castilla, mayorazgo y señor de la Casa de Velasco, señor de la Casa y Estado de Tovar, Camarero mayor de Felipe II), (c. 1520 – 1585), was a Spanish nobleman.

Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 4th Duke of Frías
Bornc. 1520
Died1585
Noble familyHouse of Velasco
Spouse(s)Ana Pérez de Guzmán y Aragón
FatherJuan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga
MotherMaría Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla

Fernández de Velasco was the son of Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga and of María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla. His original name was Íñigo de Tovar y Velasco, but he changed it and re-adopted his father's original last name when he inherited the Dukedom of Frías from his uncle Pedro Fernández de Velasco, who had no issue. He married Ana Pérez de Guzmán y Aragón, daughter of Juan Alfonso Pérez de Guzmán, 6th Duke of Medina Sidonia, with whom he had eleven children, among whom Juan Fernández de Velasco, 5th Duke of Frías.

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Íñigo Fernández de Velasco y Girón, 4th Duke of Frías
House of Velasco
Born: c. 1520 Died: 1585
Military offices
Preceded by Constable of Castile
1559–1585
Succeeded by
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Duke of Frías
1559–1585
Succeeded by
Preceded by Marquis of Berlanga
1540–1585
Preceded by Count of Castilnovo
1540–1585