Marquis of Los Vélez is a Spanish noble title awarded in 1507 to the Spanish military Fajardo family.
Marquisate The marquisate was awarded on 15 October 1507 by Queen Joanna I of Castile. The awarded title of Grandee of Spain was given to the Fajardo family in 1520 by her eldest son, King Charles I of Spain.
The first to hold the title was Pedro Fajardo, the first son of Luisa Fajardo y Manrique who, in 1477, had married a powerful Royal accountant and financier named Juan Chacón, a new nobleman jure uxoris. Luisa Fajardo y Manrique, Lady of Cartagena, came from an important military family, with institutional powers over conquered Muslim lands in Murcia, Granada and Almeria. Chacón was allowed by the Catholic Monarchs to use, as a privilege, his family name as Pedro Fajardo y Chacón.
List of marquises of Los Vélez The current Marquis is also known as Count of Niebla, Marquis of Villafranca del Bierzo (with Grandeza). Titular Period Remarks1st Marquis of Los Vélez Pedro I Fajardo 1507-1542 son of Juan Chacón and Luisa Fajardo 2nd Marquis of Los Vélez Luiz I Fajardo1542-1575 3rd Marquis of Los Vélez Pedro II Fajardo1575-1579 4th Marquis of Los Vélez Luiz II Fajardo 1579-1631 5th Marquis of Los Vélez Pedro III Fajardo 1631-1647 6th Marquis of Los Vélez Fernando Joaquín Fajardo 1647-1693 7th Marchioness of Los VélezMaría Teresa Fajardo y Álvarez de Toledo1693-1715 8th Marchioness of Los VélezCatalina Moncada de Aragón y Fajardo1715-1727 9th Duchess of Montalto9th Marquis of Los Vélez Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Aragón 1727-1753 9th Marquis of Villafranca10th Marquis of Los Vélez Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Pérez de Guzmán 1753-1773 10th Marquis of Villafranca11th Marquis of Los Vélez José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba1773-1796 15th Duke of Medina Sidonia11th Duke of Montalto10th Duke of Bivona 8th Duke of Fernandina12th Marquis of Los Vélez Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo1796-1821 16th Duke of Medina Sidonia13th Marquis of Los Vélez Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox1821-1867 17th Duke of Medina Sidonia14th Marquis of Los Vélez José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo1864-1892 18th Duke of Medina Sidonia15th Marquis of Los Vélez Alonso Álvarez de Toledo y Caro1892-1897 16th Marquis of Los Vélez José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo1901-1915 19th Duke of Medina Sidonia17th Marquis of Los Vélez Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo1915-1948 20th Duke of Medina Sidonia18th Marquis of Los Vélez Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo 1948-2008 21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia19th Marquis of Los Vélez Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio2010- 22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia
See also Vélez (name)
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