Duke of Frías

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Coat of arms of the Dukes of Frías
Frías
Pedraza Castle
Berlanga de Duero Castle
Palace of the Dukes of Frías in Berlanga de Duero

The title Duke of Frías is one of the most important in the Spanish aristocracy; it was bestowed in 1492 by the Catholic Kings Don Bernardino I Fernández de Velasco, 3rd Conde de Haro, Konnetabel of Castile, and son of Pedro Fernández III. de Velasco. In 1520, King Charles I made the Dukes of Frías grandees of Spain. The feudal lords of the Dukes of Frías were in Frías , Soria , Burgos , Palencia , Álava , La Rioja , in the province of Zamora and in eastern Cantabria .

Dukes of Frías

  • Bernardino I. Fernández de Velasco (1454–1512), 3rd Conde de Haro, 7th Condestable de Castilla (Connetable of Castile), 1st Duque de Frías; ⚭ Blanca de Herrera, daughter of García González de Herrera, heiress of Pedraza Castle
  • Iñigo Fernández de Velasco (1462–1528), his brother, 2nd Duque de Frías, 8th Condestable de Castilla; ⚭ 1480 María de Tovar y Vivero, 6th Señora de Berlanga, daughter and heir of Luis de Tovar, 5th Señor and Margrave de Berlanga de Duero
  • Pedro IV. Fernández de Velasco († 1559), their son, 3rd Duque de Frías, 9th Condestable de Castilla; ⚭ Juliana Ángeles de Velasco y Aragón, 1st Condesa de Castilnoivo, daughter of Bernardino de Velasco, 1st Duque de Frías, without offspring.
  • Iñigo Tovar y Velasco, later: Iñigo de Tovar y Velasco (1520–1585), his nephew, 4th Duque de Frías, 9th Condestable de Castilla, son of Juan de Tovar y Velasco and Juana Enríquez de Rivera Portocarrero y Cardenas; ⚭ Angela de Guzmán y Aragón.
  • Juan Fernández de Velasco y Tobar (1550–1613), their son, 5th Duque de Frías, 10th Connetable of Castile, 1592–1595 governor of the Duchy of Milan ; ⚭ I María Girón de Guzmán, daughter of Pedro Girón de la Cueva, 5th Conde de Ureña, 1st Duque de Osuna ; ⚭ II Juana Fernández de Córdoba y Enríquez Aragón, daughter of Luis Fernández de Córdoba Cardona y Aragón (from the family of the Dukes of Segorbe )
  • Bernardino Fernández de Velasco y Tovar (1609–1652), his son, 6th Duque de Frías, 11th Condestable de Castilla; ⚭ I Isabella María de Guzmán, daughter of Gabriel Núñez de Guzmán, 9th Señor and 1st Marqués del Toral; ⚭ II María Enríquez Sarmiento de Mendoza, daughter of Diego Sarmiento de Mendoza, 9. Conde de Ribadavia
  • Iñigo Melchor Fernández de Velasco y Guzmán (1635–1696), his son, 7th Duque de Frías, 12th Condestable de Castilla; ⚭ I Josefa Jacinta Fernández de Córdova Figueroa, daughter of Alfonso Fernández de Córdoba y Figueroa, el Mudo, 5th marqués de Priego, 2nd marqués de Montalbán, 3rd marqués de Villafranca; ⚭ II María Teresa de Benavides y Corella, daughter of Diego IV de Benavides y de la Cueva, 1st marqués de Solera, no offspring
  • José Fernández de Velasco y Tovar († 1713), his nephew, 8th Duque de Frías, 13th Condestable de Castilla, son of Francisco Baltasar y María Catalina de Carvajal Enríquez y Sarmiento; ⚭ I Ángela de Benavides Ponce de León, daughter of Luis de Benavides Carrillo de Toledo, 5th Marqués de Frómesta, Marqués de Caracena; ⚭ II Ana María Téllez-Girón, daughter of Gaspar Téllez-Girón y Sandoval, 5th Duque de Osuna
  • Bernardino Fernández de Velasco y Tovar († 1727), whose son from his first marriage, 9th Duque de Frías, 14th Condestable de Castilla, 1646–1647 governor of the Duchy of Milan ; ⚭ Rosa de Toledo y Portugal, daughter of Manuel Joaquín Garcí-Álvarez de Toledo y Portugal de Córdoba Zúñiga Pimentel Monroy y Ayala, 8th Conde de Oropesa, no offspring
  • Agustín Fernández de Velasco (1669–1741), grandson of Luis de Tovar y Velasco (brother of the 6th Duke), 10th Duque de Frías, Condestable de Castilla; ⚭ Manuela Pimentel y Zúñiga, daughter of Francisco Casimiro Antonio Pimentel de Quiñones y Benavides, 12th Conde y 9th Duque de Benavente
  • Bernardino IV. Fernández de Velasco Pimentel († 1771), his son, 11th Duque de Friás, Condestable de Castilla; ⚭ María Josefa Pacheco Téllez-Girón de Toledo y Portugal, daughter of Manuel Gaspar Alonso de Sandoval Téllez-Girón, 5th Duque de Uceda,
  • Martín Fernández de Velasco (1729–1776), his brother, 12th Duke of Frías, Condestable del Reino de Castilla; ⚭ Donna Maria Isabella Spinola, 6th Duchessa di San Pietro in Galatino, Principessa di Molfetta, daughter of Francesco Maria Spinola, Principe di Molfetta, 5th Duca di San Pietro in Galatino, without descendants
  • Diego Antonio María de la Portería Severo Andrés José Joaquín López Pacheco Téllez-Girón Gómez de Sandoval, from 1779: rés José Joaquín López Pacheco Téllez-Girón Gómez de Sandoval, al (1779) Diego Fernández de Velasco López Pacheco Téllez Fernández de Velasco López Pacheco Téllez-Girón Toledo Portugal Guzmán Tovar Enríquez Ayala Carrillo Cárdenas Monroy y Córdova (1754–1811), 13th Duque de Frías, son of María Portería Fernández de Velasco y Pacheco (daughter of the 11th Duke) and Andrés Manuel Pacheco (daughter of the 11th Duke) Alonso Téllez-Girón Pacheco y Toledo; ⚭ Francisca de Paula Joaquina María de Gracia Egipciaca Sinforosa de Benavides y Fernández de Córdoba, daughter of Antonio de Benavides y de la Cueva, 2nd Duque de Santisteban del Puerto
  • Bernardino Fernández de Velasco Pacheco Téllez-Girón Toledo Portugal Guzmán Tovar Enríquez Ayala Carrillo Cárdenas Monroy Córdova y Bracamonte (1783–1851), his son, 14th Duque de la ciudad de Frías, 14th Duque de Escalona , 9th Duque de Uceda; ⚭ I María Ana Teresa de Silva Bazán y Waldstein, daughter of José Joaquín de Silva Bazán y Sarmiento, 9th marqués de Santa Cruz de Mudela etc .; ⚭ II María de la Piedad Roca de Togores y Valcárcel, Escorcia y Pío di Savoia, daughter of Juan Nepomuceno I Roca de Togores y Scorcia, 1st Conde de Pinohermoso; ⚭ III Ana Jaspe y Macías, daughter of Domingo Jaspe
  • José María Bernardino Silverio Fernández de Velasco y Jaspe (1836–1888), whose son from third marriage, 15th Duque de Frías; ⚭ I Victoire Balfe y Roser, daughter of Michael William Balfe ; ⚭ II Maria del Carmen Josefa de Copertino Rosa Jenara principessa Pignatelli d'Aragona, daughter of Juan Vicente Pignatelli y Antentas
  • Bernardino VI. Fernández de Velasco al Pacheco y Balfe (1866–1916), his son, 16th Duque de Frías; ⚭ 1892 Mary Boleyn Knowles, daughter of Sir Charles George Frederick Knowles, 3rd Baronet, of Lovell Hill, without descendants
  • Guillermo Fernández de Velasco y Balfe, later: Fernández de Velasco y Balfe, Jaspe y Roser (1870–1937), his brother, 17th Duque de Frías; ⚭ Carolina Sforza-Cesarini Dei Conti di Santa Fiora, daughter of Bosio Sforza Cesarini
  • José María de la Concepción Fernández de Velasco y Sforza-Cesarini Balfe y Santa Croce (1910–1986), his son, 18th Duque de Frías; ⚭ María de Silva y Azlor de Aragón Carvajal y Hurtado de Zaldívar, daughter of Luis María de Silva y Carvajal, 2nd Duque de Miranda, without descendants.
  • Francisco de Borja Soto y Moreno Martorell y de la Serna, 19th Duque de Frías; since the 18th Duke had no offspring, the 1999 title went to Francisco de Borja, a descendant of the Escalona family.

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