Pedro Fernández III de Velasco
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Pedro Fernández de Velasco (Burgos 1425 - Granada 1492) was the sixth Constable of Castile and second Count of Haro.
Ha was also Camarero Mayor of King Henry IV of Castile, Viceroy and Governor of Castile, Lord of Medina de Pomar, of Briviesca, of Villadiego, of Belorado, of Salas de los Infantes y su Sierra, of los Valles de Soba y Ruesga, etc.
In 1473 Henry IV named him sixth Constable of Castile and made this title hereditary.
He participated in the conquest of Úbeda and Baeza, which both occurred on Saint Andrew's day. He also fought against the Moors in the battles of Gibraltar and Archidona and participated in the conquest of Granada.
He married with Mencía de Mendoza y Figueroa and had six children.
- Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías, married
- Blanca de Herrera, señora de Pedraza de la Sierra
- Juana of Aragon, illegitimate daughter of Ferdinand II of Aragon.
- Íñigo Fernández de Velasco,, 2nd Duke of Frías, married Maria de Tovar, señora de Berlanga
- Catarina de Velasco, married Pedro de Zuñiga, 2nd count of Miranda
- Leonor de Velasco, married Juan Tellez-Giron, 2nd count of Ureña
- María de Velasco, married
- Juan Pacheco, 1st Duke of Escalona
- Beltrán de La Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque
- Isabel Fernandez de Velasco, married Juan Alonso de Guzman, 3rd Duke of Medina Sidonia
He and his wife are buried in the Capilla del Condestable in the Burgos Cathedral.
