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Pedro Velaz de Medrano | |
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| Born | 28 July 1603 Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja |
| Died | 1659 Coimbra, Portugal |
| Allegiance | Spain, France |
| Service/ | Spanish Navy, Armada de Barlovento, Tercio, French Navy |
| Years of service | 1615 - 1656 |
| Rank | II Lord of Tabuerniga, Captain General of the Armada de Barlovento, custodian of the Fleet of New Spain, Governor of the Tercio of Alava, etc. |
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| Spouse(s) | María de Altamirano y Ponce de León |
| Relations | Don Antonio Velaz de Medrano y Mendoza (Father) and María Magdalena Manso de Zúñiga y Solá, I lady of Tabuérniga (Mother) |
Pedro Velaz de Medrano y Manso de Zúñiga, II Lord of Tabuérniga (Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja 28 July 1603 – Coimbra, c. 1659) was the captain general of the Armada de Barlovento and custodian of the Fleet of New Spain, governor of the Tercio of Álava, governor of five galleons from Naples, sailor and prominent Spanish noble during the reign of Felipe IV. He is famous for having captained a French corsair flotilla in the Caribbean with the intention of capturing the Spanish treasure fleet for King Louis XIV of France. He married María de Altamirano y Ponce de León. His son Don Antonio Velaz de Medrano y Altamirano, Governor of the strategic city of Nieuwpoort became the I Marquis of Tabuerniga, granted by King Carlos II of Spain in 1682.[1]
- ^ TÉLLEZ ALARCIA, Diego, Jaque al Rey: la conspiración del marqués de Tabuérniga. Madrid, Endymion, 2015, pp. 188-223.