Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 3rd Duke of Frías

Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 3rd Duke of Frías (c. 1485 – 10 November 1559), Grandee of Spain (in full, Spanish: Don Pedro Fernández de Velasco y Tovar, tercer duque de Frías, quinto conde de Haro, noveno Condestable de Castilla, mayorazgo y señor de la Casa de Velasco) was a Spanish nobleman.

Fernández de Velasco was the son of Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías and of María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga. He married his cousin Juliana de Velasco y Aragón, daughter of Bernardino Fernández de Velasco, 1st Duke of Frías in 1508, but they had no issue. He succeeded as 3rd Duke of Frias in 1528.

After 1559, Pedro's nephew, Iñigo, was known as Iñigo II Fernandez de Velasco, 4th Duke of Frias.

Sources

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

Military offices
Preceded by Íñigo Fernández de Velasco	Constable of Castile 1528–1559	Succeeded by Íñigo Fernández de Velasco
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Íñigo Fernández de Velasco	Duke of Frías 1528–1559	Succeeded by Íñigo Fernández de Velasco

Persondata
Name	Fernandez de Velasco, Pedro
Alternative names
Short description	Grandee of Spain and 3rd duke of Frias
Date of birth	1485
Place of birth
Date of death	10 November 1559
Place of death