The Carillo ancestry of the Velasco family is a little confusing as one line with the title holder ends without children, or sons, (depending on how you interpret it) so a nephew takes a title. This nephew is married to a cousin so branches of the Carillo family are joined, but genealogists have confused the lines and provide different trees. Second marriages within the family also helped confuse the lines. A will where a great grandfather is listed helps straighten out the confusing lines. I have straightened out some of the confusion, but am still collecting and sorting primary data to solidify the lines.

There is descent from Eleanor of Aquitane but it is through the wife of the nephew that inherits the title. The wife is a cousin to her husband as they are both Carillos. This wife s ancestry and her husbands is often confused by genealogists as they confuse son in law with son.

6). Garcia Gomez de Carillo.Señor de Ormasa y Mazuelo, (d.1312) + Elvira Alvarez de Osorio

7). Sancha Garcia Carillo y Osorio + Sancho Sanchez de Velasco I señor de Medina y Pomar, adelantado mayor de Castilla

8). Fernan Sanchez de Velasco (b. 1307, d.1347) + Mayor Juana G

9). Pedro Fernandez de Velasco ( y Castañeda) III Señor de Medina y Pomar (b. 1335, d.1384) [ Pedro is married to Maria Sarmiento but she is not the mother of two of his sons, #10Pedro Hernandez de Velasco and Sancho Sanchez de Velasco.]

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10). Pedro Hernandez de Velasco [Pedro is married to Isabel de Agüero y Ochoa de Ceballos. I do not know if his son Sancho is from this marriage] [this Pedro inherited property from his father that his father's legitimate wife, Maria Sarmiento, did not want to give up.] {this Pedro was not as stable financially as his brother Sancho Sanchez de Velasco, or his legitimate half

Sancho Sanchez el comendador is the son of Pedro de Velasco, half brother of Juan de Velasco y Sarmiento. I do not have the name of Sancho Sanchez de Velasco's mother. The Sancho Sanchez that I had believed was his father is his uncle. In order for the comendador to be a cousin, he had to descend from one of the two brothers. Further research revealed that he does not descend from Sancho Sanchez de Velasco which leaves him to be the son of Pedro. I do have a wife for this Pedro but I don't know if Sancho.Sanchez el comendador is legitimate or illegitimate. If Sancho is legitimate then he is a younger born son. I do have more information of the eldest born son.

I am sorry for having stated that his uncle was his father,

There are many men named Sancho Sanchez which has made the search for "Sancho Sanchez el comendador" a lengthy one. Secondary sources served to add confusion to the search. Looking only at the information from primary sources provides a different picture than

I posted the the information Sancho Velasco el comendador based on a combination of primary and secondary sources. The problem is that secondary sources available to me have different information. Because of this I am not 100% sure If the line is correct. If the primary source on the comendador is correct, then Sancho Sanchez de Velasco el comendador is the son of either Sancho Sanchez de Velasco or his brother Pedro de Velasco. Both of these brothers are illegitimate brothers of Juan Fernandez de Velasco (y Sarmiento). Putting the information together from some secondary sources pointed to a descent from Sancho Sanchez de Velasco. But if Luis de Salazar y Castro's line of descent is correct then the comendador does not descend from Sancho.

Luis de Salazar y Castro mentions Sancho Sanchez de Velasco but erroneously names his mother as Maria Sarmiento, which would make him a full brother. Numerous primary documents clearly show that Sancho and Pedro are not sons of Maria Sarmiento

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Sancho de Velasco comendador de Castroverde, Cousin to Pedro Velasco Solier, Conde de Haro.

Juan de Velasco and Maria Solier are the parents of Pedro Fernandez de Velasco (y Solier) 1 Conde de Haro

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1). Sancho Sanchez de Velasco + Sancha Carillo

2). Fernan Sanchez de Velasco + Mayor de Castañeda

3). Pedro Fernandez de Velasco + Maria Sarmiento

4). Juan De Velasco (y Sarmiento) Maria Solier

5). Pedro Fernandez de Velasco, ( y Solier) + 1 Conde de Haro + Beatriz Manrique de Lara y Castilla

6). Sancho Fernandez de Velasco, Señor de Arnedo + Maria Enriquez de Lacarra

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1). Sancho Sanchez de Velasco + Sancha Carillo

2). Fernan Sanchez de Velasco + Mayor de Castañeda

3). Pedro Fernandez de Velasco ( Pedro is married to Maria Sarmiento but she is not #4 Sancho's mother)

4). Sancho Velasco (hijo natural, named in a big legal dispute)

5). Sancho Sanchez de Velasco, comendador (The

The people who were holding out hope that Sancho Sánchez de Velasco and María Enríquez de Lacarra are the paternal grandparents of Sancha Sanchez de Velasco married to Alfonso Ruiz de Temino will be disappointed to find out that her father, Sancho Sanchez de Velasco, el comendador, has been proven to be from another branch of the family.

But genealogy is a science. When we get additional information, we need to use that information to help us in our research. Sometimes genealogists, myself included, find information that changes the direction of our research. Instead of being disappointed, we need to embrace the new information since our search is for the truth. The search is always for the truth, otherwise hours of research are a waste of time. A fake family tree can be made with much less effort and time. And a fake family tree isn't worth the paper it is written on. The effort and hours of research are only worth it if we are seeking the truth. Any additional information

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A primary source states that the comendador is a first cousin to Pedro Fernandez de Velasco so the comendador and Pedro Fernandez de Velasco y Solier. This means that they have the same grandfather.

It depends on whether you believe the primary source document that names him as a cousin, or the historian that believes that there should be an added generation which makes his father the half first cousin and him a nephew of Pedro Fernandez de Velasco. The confusion may be because of the illegitimate status of Sancho Sanchez de Velasco and Pedro Velasco.

What we do know is that the comendador was the either the son or the grandson of Sancho Sanchez De Velasco or Pedro de Velasco the natural sons of Pedro Fernandez de Velasco (and not his wife Maria Sarmiento). Sancho and Pedro are mentioned in his father's will and in their half brother, Juan Velasco's will. They also are in the service of their half brother Juan de Velasco. Sancho is also named in a big court case in which he is

Sancho de Velasco comendador de Castroverde, Cousin to Pedro Velasco Solier, Conde de Haro.

Juan de Velasco and Maria Solier are the parents of Pedro Velasco Solier

Piece by piece the puzzle comes together. Slowly at times, but every little piece that we add brings us closer to completing the puzzle.

R.A. Ricci

Dear Leon de Tejada and Enrique Salvador Agraz Villarrea,

Thank you for clarifying that Sancho Velasco el comendador and Sancho Velasco el Señor de Arnedo are not the same person. Because of your statements, I dropped what I was working on and focused my energy on trying to find out more information on Sancho Velasco el comendador.

Though I have not yet found answers to our questions on Sancho Velasco el comendador, I discovered Isabel Mendoza (Velasco) the half sister to the Virrey (2nd Viceroy). For me personally, this was a bigger find then actually finding Sancho Velasco since I had been looking for an " Isabel Mendoza" that matched all the clues for about four decades.

We do have leads since he is called a cousin, we just need to find out what degree cousin. Once we find out where he was comendador, then we can focus our energy on documents in that area to see if we can find out more about him. I need to go back to working on what I had been working on before, but will go

The last time that I commented on my Sancha Velasco de Lacarra findings I was accused of riding the tailcoats on the discussion so I won't repeat all of the documentation. Yes, our Sancha Velasco de Lacarra is the one that is an ancestor to the temino de Velasco. And it is through this line that there is a clear why : " Uno de los hijos de Alfonso Ruiz de Temiño y de Sancha de Velasco tomó el nombre de Pedro Gómez de Velasco".

The problem is the evidence is in the inquisition records of the judeo converso part of the family. Anyone refusing to believe that we have judeo converso ancestors will avoid looking at these records which actually lead back to royalty like the Fernandez de Hijar or Velasco lines. Besides descent from Enrique Ii of Castile,there is repeated descent from Portuguese kings, Aragon kings, and Sancho Iv of Castile. There is also a line of descent from English royalty. I will document these lines in my book.

R.A.. Ricci