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Juan Fernandez de Velasco

Juan Fernandez de Velasco (1550-15 March 1613) was Governor of the Duchy of Milan from 1592 to 1595, succeeding Carlo d'Aragona Tagliavia and preceding Pedro de Padilla, from 1595 to 1600, succeeding De Padilla and preceding Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, and from 1610 to 1612, succeeding Acevedo and preceding Juan de Mendoza.

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Juan Fernandez de Velasco was the son of Inigo Fernandez de Velasco, and he inherited his father's title of "Constable of Castile". He served as Governor of the Duchy of Milan during the 1590s and during the early 1610s, and he fought against France at the Battle of Fontaine-Francaise in 1595 during the Franco-Spanish War. He was also present at the signing of 1604 Treaty of London, which brought an end to the Anglo-Spanish War, and he died in Madrid in 1613.

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