Luis Ybáñez Fajardo de la Cueva, 2nd Marquess of los Vélez

Don Luis Ybáñez Fajardo de La Cueva, 2nd Marquess of los Vélez (– 1575) was a Spanish military and nobleman.

He was the only son of Don Pedro Fajardo y Chacón Manrique de Lara, 1st Marquess of los Vélez by second wife Dona Mencía de la Cueva.

He was the 2nd Marquess of los Vélez Grandee of Spain First Class with a Coat of Arms of Fajardo, 2nd Count of Gagliano, 4th Count and Lord of the City of Cartagena and the 8th Lord of Alhama, Mula, Lebrillo, Molina Seca, La Puebla, etc. He was "Adelantado-Mayor" and Captain-General / Captain-Major of the Kingdom of Murcia and Granada, Captain-General of the Kingdom of Granada, where he was the first to enter with his Army on January 4 or January 6, 1569, "Alcalde" of Lorca, Knight and Commander of Caravaca and "Thirteen" ("Trece") in the Order of Santiago.

He was created 1st Marquess of Molina on August 16, 1535 by Charles I of Spain.

He married in 1526 Dona Leonor Fernández de Córdoba, daughter of the 3rd Counts of Cabra, who also died in 1575. They were the parents of the 3rd Marquess of Los Vélez, 2nd Marquess of Molina, etc, and Conquistador Don Luis Fajardo de Córdoba.

He was the ancestor of the 1st Baron of Castellvell de Rosanés and 1st Marquess of Martorell in 1627 Don Luis Francisco Fajardo de Zúñiga, Requeséns y Girón, ?th Lord of the Majorat of Martorell in Catalonia, son of the 5th Marquesses of los Vélez.

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*Cunha, Fernando de Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e (1906-1998), "Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias". MCMXCV, p. 319
*Instituto de Salazar y Castro, "Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles". Various (periodic publication)