Marquess of Los Vélez

Marquess of los Vélez is a Spanish noble title awarded in 1507 to the Spanish military Fajardo family.

Pedro Fajardo

The first to hold the title was Pedro Fajardo, the first son of Luisa Fajardo y Manrique. In 1477 she married a powerful Royal Accountant and financier named "Juan Chacón", a new nobleman jure uxoris. He was allowed by the Catholic Monarchs to use, as a privilege, his family name as "Pedro Fajardo y Chacón".

Luisa Fajardo y Manrique

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. 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.

List of Marquesses of los Vélez

The current Marquess is also known as Count of Niebla, Marquess of Villafranca del Bierzo (with Grandeza).

	Titular	Period	Remarks
1st Marquess of Los Vélez	Pedro I Fajardo	1507-1542	son of Juan Chacón and Luisa Fajardo
2nd Marquess of los Vélez	Luiz I Fajardo	1542-1575
3rd Marquess of los Vélez	Pedro II Fajardo	1575-1579
4th Marquess of los Vélez	Luiz II Fajardo	1579-1631
5th Marquess of los Vélez	Pedro III Fajardo	1631-1647
6th Marquess of los Vélez	Fernando Joaquín Fajardo	1647-1693
7th marchioness of los Vélez	María Teresa Fajardo y Álvarez de Toledo	1693-1715
8th marchioness of los Vélez	Catalina Moncada de Aragón y Fajardo	1715-1727	9th Duchess of Montalto
9th Marquess of los Vélez	Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo y Aragón	1727-1753	9th Marquis of Villafranca
10th Marquess of los Vélez	Antonio Álvarez de Toledo y Pérez de Guzmán	1753-1773	10th Marquis of Villafranca
11th Marquess of los Vélez	José Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alba	1773-1796	15th Duke of Medina Sidonia 11th Duke of Montalto 10th Duke of Bivona 8th Duke of Fernandina
12th Marquess of los Vélez	Francisco de Borja Álvarez de Toledo	1796-1821	16th Duke of Medina Sidonia
13th Marquess of los Vélez	Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox	1821-1867	17th Duke of Medina Sidonia
14th Marquess of los Vélez	José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo	1864-1892	18th Duke of Medina Sidonia
15th Marquess of los Vélez	Alonso Álvarez de Toledo y Caro	1892-1897
16th Marquess of los Vélez	José Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo	1901-1915	19th Duke of Medina Sidonia
17th Marquess of los Vélez	Joaquín Álvarez de Toledo	1915-1948	20th Duke of Medina Sidonia
18th Marquess of los Vélez	Luisa Isabel Álvarez de Toledo	1948-2008	21st Duchess of Medina Sidonia
19th Marquess of los Vélez	Leoncio Alonso González de Gregorio	2010-	22nd Duke of Medina Sidonia

See also

• Vélez (name)