Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías

Don Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain (c. 1450 – 9 February 1512) was a Spanish nobleman and prominent military figure of the last stages of the Reconquista. The son of Fanciso Fernández de Velasco and Maria Mendoza and was born in Burgos, the son of Don Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro, Constable of Castille, and of Doña Beatriz Manrique de Lara y Castilla,

He participated in the conquest of Granada, where his father died, and became one of its firsts Viceroys. On 20 March 1492 he was granted the title of Duke of Frías by the Catholic Monarchs.

1st.m.

2nd. m. María Enríquez Sarmiento de Mendoza daughter of Hernando Baluelos and Beatriz Isabell de Alcocer. Issue 

    *Diego Tramino De Valesco b.abt 1474 Saville Spain m. Francesca Alcoideo-Ascoide Saville Spain
titles passed on to his younger brother Don Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías.
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