Noble family House of Frias | Name Inigo de | |
Spouse(s) Maria de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga Father Pedro Fernandez de Velasco Mother Mencia de Mendoza y Figueroa Died 17 September 1528(1528-09-17) | ||
Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías, Grandee of Spain, (in full, Spanish: Don Íñigo Fernández de Velasco y López de Mendoza, segundo duque de la villa de Frías, cuarto conde de Haro, octavo Condestable de Castilla, mayorazgo y señor de la Casa de Velasco, Caballero del Toisón de Oro), (1462–17 September 1528), was a Spanish nobleman and Duke of Frias.
Fernández de Velasco was the son of Pedro Fernández de Velasco and of Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa, and he inherited the titles from his older brother Bernardino, who had no legitimate male issue. He married María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga, with whom he had six children.
He took part in the Castilian War of the Communities, and led the royalist army to victory at the Battle of Villalar.