Juan Sancho de Tovar y Velasco, 1st Marquis of Berlanga explained

Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga
Noble Family:House of Frias
Father:Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías
Mother:María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga
Spouse:María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla
Juana Enríquez

Juan Sancho de Tovar, 1st Marquis of Berlanga (in full, Spanish; Castilian: [[Don (honorific)|Don]] Juan Sancho de Tovar y Velasco, primer marqués de Berlanga, señor de la Casa y Estado de Tovar) ( -) was a Spanish nobleman.

Tovar was the second son of Íñigo Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Duke of Frías and of María de Tovar, Lady of Berlanga. His original name was Juan Sancho Fernández de Velasco y Tovar, but he changed it and adopted his mother's last name in order to succeed to her titles, as Lord of Berlanga. On 10 April 1529, he was raised to Marquis of Berlanga by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. He married María Girón, Lady of Gandul and Marchenilla, with whom he had 8 children.

After the death of his first wife, he married Juana Enríquez, sister of Perafán de Ribera, 1st Duke of Alcalá. They had no issue. Tovar died in 1540.

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