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{{Short description|Spanish nobleman}}
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'''Luis Yáñez Fajardo y La Cueva, 2nd Marquis of los Vélez''', [[Grandee of Spain]], (in full, {{langx|es|[[Don (honorific)|Don]] Luis Yáñez Fajardo y La Cueva, segundo marqués de los Vélez, señor de Mula, Lebrilla, Alhama y Benitaglar, Adelantado mayor y capitán general de los Reinos de Murcia y Granada, alcaide de los alcázares de Murcia y Lorca, Adelantado mayor y capitán general del Reino de Valencia, capitán general de la gente de armas del Reino de Valencia para el socorro de Perpiñán, comendador de Monasterio y la Reina, comendador de Caravaca}}), (unknown - 1574) was a Spanish [[military]] and nobleman.
==Family==
He was the only son of Don [[Pedro Fajardo, 1st Marquis of Los Vélez]] by second wife Dona Mencía de la Cueva.
He married in 1526 Dona Leonor Fernández de Córdoba, daughter of the 3rd [[Count of Cabra]], who also died in 1575. They were the parents of the 3rd Marquess of Los Vélez, 2nd Marquess of Molina, etc., except for [[admiral]] Don [[Luis Fajardo (Spanish Navy officer)|Luis Fajardo]], since his mother was Ana Ruiz de Avendaño y Alarcón.
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 [[Principality of Catalonia|Catalonia]], son of the 5th Marquesses of los Vélez.
==Titles and military career==
He was the 2nd [[Marquis 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, Spain|Cartagena]] and the 8th Lord of [[Alhama de Murcia|Alhama]], [[Mula, Spain|Mula]], [[Librilla]], [[Molina de Segura]], [[La Puebla]]{{dn|date=November 2024}}, etc. He was ''[[Adelantado]]-Mayor'' and [[Captain-General]] / [[Captain-major|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 4 or 6 January 1569, ''[[Alcalde]]'' of [[Lorca, Spain|Lorca]], [[Knight]] and [[Commander#Military and chivalric orders|Commander]] of [[Caravaca de la Cruz|Caravaca]] and ''Thirteen'' (''Trece'') in the [[Order of Santiago]].
He was created 1st [[Marquis of Molina de Segura]] on 16 August 1535 by [[Charles I of Spain]].
==Sources==
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*{{cite book |last=Castro Pereira Mouzinho de Albuquerque e Cunha|first=Fernando de |title=Instrumentário Genealógico - Linhagens Milenárias |year=1995 |language=Portuguese |pages=319–20 }}
*{{Cite web |url=http://grandesp.org.uk/historia/titulos/titintro.htm |title=Grandes de España |accessdate=15 October 2008 |last=Hobbs |first=Nicolas |authorlink= |year=2007 |publisher= |location= |pages= |language=Spanish |doi= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= }}
*{{cite book |last=Instituto de Salazar y Castro |others=periodic publication |title=Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles |language=Spanish }}
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