Juan Sancho de Tovar y Velasco, 1st Marquis of Berlanga

Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga (in full, Spanish: Don Juan Sancho de Tovar y Velasco, primer marqués de Berlanga, señor de la Casa y Estado de Tovar) (c. 1490c. 1540) was a Spanish nobleman.

Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga
Bornc. 1490
Diedc. 1540
Noble familyHouse of Frias
Spouse(s)María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla
Juana Enríquez
FatherÍñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
MotherMaría de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga

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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  • Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha, Fernando de (1995). Instrumentário Genealógico — Linhagens Milenárias (in Portuguese). pp. 329–30.
  • Costa Felgueiras Gaio, Manuel José da. Nobiliário das Famílias de Portugal (in Portuguese). Vol. VII. Portugal: Beltroens.
  • Hobbs, Nicolas (2007). "Grandes de España" (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  • Sousa, Dom António Caetano de (1946). História Genealógica da Casa Real Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Vol. VI (2ª Edição ed.). Coimbra, Portugal: Atlântida-Livraria Editora, Lda. p. 323.
  • Instituto de Salazar y Castro. Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles (in Spanish). periodic publication.

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Juan Sancho de Tovar y Velasco, 1st Marquis of Berlanga
House of Frias
Born: c. 1490 Died: c. 1540
Spanish nobility
New title Marquis of Berlanga
1529–1540
Succeeded by